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The cybersecurity market has experienced massive growth over the last five years, with the demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals expected to increase to 6 million worldwide by 2019.

According to the most recent (ISC)² Global Information Security Workforce Study, we are entering a workforce gap in the cybersecurity field of 1.5 million in the upcoming five years, all while the demand for information security experts keeps on rising.

In fact, more and more organizations increase their staffing for security-related positions and dedicate larger portions of their budget to the recruitment, training and retention of competent security professionals.

 

What is a CISO

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A CISO is a senior-level executive bearing the full weight of the organization’s security responsibilities who is responsible for designing and implementing a comprehensive information security program to protect the organization from internal and external threats. Median salaries for CISOs in the United States are reported to be no less $152,140, and are expected to continue to increase going forward (PayScale, 2017).

 

The role of a CISO – no walk in the park!

Faced with an increasingly complex threat landscape, strict compliance requirements and budgetary constraints, today’s CISOs are under tremendous pressure to protect their organization’s critical data assets from cyberthreats such as ransomware, phishing and DDoS attacks.

They have to have a broad understanding of the security industry. CISOs possess the necessary technical knowledge and business acumen to implement measures in line with corporate strategy. They demonstrate leadership skills and strategy thinking, and know how to communicate clearly and effectively with the Board of Directors, executive management and employees alike (Frost & Sullivan, 2015).

In short, CISOs tend to wear many hats and often struggle keeping up to date with today’s cybersecurity developments while juggling their day-to-day responsibilities.

 

Resources for CISOs

If you can sympathize with the multi-armed CISO in the illustration above, we’ve got you covered!

We’ve gathered a few useful resources that will help busy CISOs keep up with the rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape. Make sure to bookmark this page and check back regularly for updates!

 

Introductory Reading

 

Research, Reports & Whitepapers

 

Learning & Training

 

Blogs

 

Industry News & Updates

 

Twitter Accounts to Follow

 


Want to learn more about the responsibilities of a CISO? Ensuring regular security audits is just one out of many projects that CISOs need to think about.

 

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