The Business of Cybersecurity, as CISOs Budget Wisely for 2025 Priorities – BSW #377
In the leadership and communications segment, The Business of Cybersecurity: The CISO’s Role in Alignment and Pervasive Governance, CISO Priorities for 2025: Budget Wisely, How Do I Position Myself to Influence Senior Leadership?, and more!
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- 1. The Evolving Role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) role has not just evolved, but it has ascended to a strategic position of paramount importance. Once perceived as a technical role, primarily concerned with safeguarding digital assets, it has now become a pivotal leadership role that is inseparable from business success. Cybersecurity is no longer a mere defense mechanism for information systems; it has metamorphosed into a cornerstone that underpins business continuity and growth.
- 2. The Business of Cybersecurity: The CISO’s Role in Alignment and Pervasive Governance
The word alignment frequently comes to mind when reflecting on the business of cybersecurity. It represents the crucial intersection where the CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) operates — not as a peripheral figure but as the glue holding together three essential components: business strategy, IT operations, and security functions. In many ways, this alignment can be visualized as a three-legged stool or the spokes of a steering wheel, with the CISO at the hub, ensuring balance and cohesion.
- 3. CISO Priorities for 2025: Budget Wisely
The year 2025 promises new challenges for cybersecurity leaders. Cybersecurity remains funded, but the era of exponential budget increases is fading. While some business areas shift to a “risk-on” posture, cybersecurity continues to be a “risk-off” priority — essential but under pressure to do more with less.
- 4. CISA Releases Draft of National Cyber Incident Response Plan
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a draft version of the National Cyber Incident Response Plan (NCIRP), outlining how public- and private-sector organizations should handle significant cyber incidents. The public comment period ends Jan. 15, 2025.
- 5. How Do I Position Myself to Influence Senior Leadership?
He’s a leader who took a role at an organization where he can expand his area of expertise and make more of a strategic impact. But he’s getting mixed signals from leadership on how to grow the company, and he’s wondering how to stay effective in influencing the senior team without burning out in the process.
- 6. Workers fear their skills will be obsolete this decade, report finds
By providing training opportunities, employers can nurture the skills needed to compete in the new market, according to the Global Labor Market Conference.
