{"id":38811,"date":"2023-06-07T07:11:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T11:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itworldcanada.com?p=540260"},"modified":"2023-06-09T08:35:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T12:35:16","slug":"cyber-security-today-june-7-2023-why-a-ciso-should-be-on-your-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/cyber-security-today-june-7-2023-why-a-ciso-should-be-on-your-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Security Today, June 7, 2023 \u2013 Why a CISO should be on your board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why a CISO should be on your board.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It&#8217;s Wednesday, June 7th, 2023. I&#8217;m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/27061500\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/000000\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/ITWC-Cyber-Security-Today\/dp\/B07BRNG89P\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-skills&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1522688435\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-396718 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i.itworldcanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sub-alexa-200.png\" alt=\"Cyb er Security Today on Amazon Alexa\" width=\"200\" height=\"74\" border=\"none\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL2N5YmVyc2VjdXJpdHl0b2RheS5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw%3D%3D\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"thumbnail aligncenter wp-image-408712 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i.itworldcanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/sub-gp-200.png\" alt=\"Cyber Security Today on Google Podcasts\" width=\"200\" height=\"74\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/cyber-security-today\/id1363182054\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-396720 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i.itworldcanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sub-itunes-200.png\" alt=\"Subscribe to Cyber Security Today on Apple Podcasts\" width=\"200\" height=\"74\" border=\"none\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>I&#8217;m away for a few days, so this podcast doesn&#8217;t have news briefs as usual. Instead I want to summarize a report released this week on the suitability of chief information security officers to be on boards of directors.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Because the Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed requiring publicly-traded companies doing business in the U.S. to disclose the cybersecurity expertise of board members. What better way to show it than by putting an independent CISO on your board?<\/p>\n<p>There are five traits boards should seek in candidates, the report suggests:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;first, experience in cybersecurity. The report suggests looking for people with at least five years of experience as a CISO<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;second, broad experience on the business side of a company;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;third, experience working in information security for a large organization;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;fourth, holding advanced degrees in technology, business or law;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;and, fifth, to make sure the board has diverse views, pay attention to enlisting qualified women and minorities.<\/p>\n<p>Finding candidates with all five traits won&#8217;t be easy. OK, finding the perfect candidate for any job isn&#8217;t easy. It will be even harder to find a CISO who has earned a board certification by passing programs offered, for example, by the National Association of Corporate Directors.<\/p>\n<p>But a CISO who, for example, has a history of regularly meeting with the boards of firms they worked for as well as other members of the C-suite, would be a strong candidate.<\/p>\n<p>The report urges companies to cast a wide search net for candidates and be ready to compromise. It may not be hard to find a CISO with over five years of experience, but harder to find one with a business degree.<\/p>\n<p>Another possibility are people who are business leaders of cybersecurity companies, or tech leaders who haven&#8217;t been CISOs but are knowledgeable about cybersecurity.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the report says companies shouldn&#8217;t forget to look at a candidate&#8217;s soft skills. Can they provide governance guidance? Do they show empathy? Are they good listeners?<\/p>\n<p>This report was done by IANS Research, a Boston-based cybersecurity research firm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iansresearch.com\/resources\/infosec-content-downloads\/research-report-insights\/cisos-as-board-directors-ciso-board-readiness-analysis\"  rel=\"noopener\">There&#8217;s a link to it here.<\/a> You will have to give a name and email address to get the report.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Cyber Security Today on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or add us to your Flash Briefing on your smart speaker. Thanks for listening. I\u2019m Howard Solomon<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itworldcanada.com\/article\/cyber-security-today-june-7-2023-why-a-ciso-should-be-on-your-board\/540260\">Cyber Security Today, June 7, 2023 \u2013 Why a CISO should be on your board<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itworldcanada.com\/\">IT World Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This episode reports on why an independent CISO should be on the board of your firm, and what criteria firms shoul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[360,16],"tags":[523,389],"class_list":["post-38811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","category-security","tag-ciso","tag-cyber-security-today"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38811"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38921,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38811\/revisions\/38921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}