The chief information security officer: insights, tools and survival skills

The CISO has overall responsibility for corporate security strategy, but today's CISO has to be in the business of managing information, not just securing it.

The successful CISO needs to have excellent communication and presentation skills, and to demonstrate keen business acumen.

The serious and ever-changing nature of today's security threats demand a strategic-minded response, and a successful CISO will always be thinking about how to gain business objectives through enabling technology while properly managing risk.

This pocket guide emphasises the importance of a suitable information security management system (ISMS) and the risk management methodolgy that should be at its heart.