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Cybersecurity Leadership Demystified

Cybersecurity Leadership Demystified

By : Dr. Erdal Ozkaya
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Cybersecurity Leadership Demystified

Cybersecurity Leadership Demystified

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By: Dr. Erdal Ozkaya

Overview of this book

The chief information security officer (CISO) is responsible for an organization's information and data security. The CISO's role is challenging as it demands a solid technical foundation as well as effective communication skills. This book is for busy cybersecurity leaders and executives looking to gain deep insights into the domains important for becoming a competent cybersecurity leader. The book begins by introducing you to the CISO's role, where you'll learn key definitions, explore the responsibilities involved, and understand how you can become an efficient CISO. You'll then be taken through end-to-end security operations and compliance standards to help you get to grips with the security landscape. In order to be a good leader, you'll need a good team. This book guides you in building your dream team by familiarizing you with HR management, documentation, and stakeholder onboarding. Despite taking all that care, you might still fall prey to cyber attacks; this book will show you how to quickly respond to an incident to help your organization minimize losses, decrease vulnerabilities, and rebuild services and processes. Finally, you'll explore other key CISO skills that'll help you communicate at both senior and operational levels. By the end of this book, you'll have gained a complete understanding of the CISO's role and be ready to advance your career.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Building a cybersecurity strategy

Building a cybersecurity strategy is a CISO role that is central to all their security functions. All security initiatives and policies are based on a core cybersecurity strategy that is developed by a CISO and their security team. This cybersecurity strategy acts as a blueprint on which all security actions and efforts are developed and measured and offers direction to the security team in the development of various security policies and initiatives across the organization. All cybersecurity engagements within the organization should align with the cybersecurity strategy in place. The CISO is tasked with coming up with a strategy that will define their work as a CISO in the organization. The strategy has to match the business needs and operations to ensure that it facilitates business operations and does not hinder the progress of the organization. Therefore, a cybersecurity strategy can only be developed after the CISO and their team have developed...

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