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Books Information Security & ISO27001 The Chief Information Security Officer
The Chief Information Security Officer

The Chief Information Security Officer - Insights, tools and survival skills

Barry Kouns, Jake Kouns (Authors)

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SKU: 3353
Format: Softcover
ISBN13: 9781849281829
BIC: COMPUTER SECURITY
BISAC: COMPUTERS / Security / General
Pages: 74
Published: 05 May 2011
Availability: In Stock

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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. It describes the hard and soft skills that a successful CISO requires: not just a good knowledge of information security, but also attributes such as flexibility and communication skills.

 

Discover the skills you need to be a successful CISO in today’s changing world.

Authors

About the authors

Barry Kouns is a security and risk management expert with over 25 years of experience in information security consulting, risk assessment and quality management. Barry formed and operates SQM-Advisors, an information security, risk assessment and IT service management firm that has led eight organisations to ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification.. Barry has earned the CISSP designation and is a trained ISO/IEC/27001 Lead Auditor and ISMS Implementer, and is ITIL Foundation certified.

Jake Kouns has an MBA with a concentration in Information Security from James Madison University. He holds a number of certifications including CISSP, CISM, CISA and CGEIT. He is currently Director of Cyber Security and Technology Risks Underwriting for Markel Corporation, a speciality insurance company.. Jake is the co-founder, CEO, and CFO of the Open Security Foundation (OSF), a non-profit organisation that oversees the operations of the Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB.org) and DataLossDB.

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Table of contents

1: The Nature of the CISO Role

2: The Traditional CISO Job Description

3: The Changing CISO Role

4: The New CISO's Toolbox

5: Risk Management

6: The Information Security Management System

7: CISO Survival

8: Summary - You Become What You Think About

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