The CISO Perspective - Understand the importance of the CISO in the cyber threat landscape
About this ebook
Read this book and understand how:
The CISO’s role can improve an organization’s cyber strategy.
An enterprise’s view of information security, business continuity, compliance, safety, and physical security is crucial for the success of your organisation’s cyber security defense.
Soft skills are crucial in order for the CISO to communicate effectively with the Board and other departments in the organisation.
Standards such as ISO 27001:2022 can help your organisation implement a suitable ISMS (information security management system).
Risk management is imperative to identify, analyze, evaluate and protect the organization’s assets.
About the author
Barry Kouns is a security and risk management expert with over 25 years of experience in information security consulting, risk assessment and quality management. He formed and operates SQM Advisors, LLC an information security, risk assessment and IT service management firm that has led numerous organizations to ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification. Mr. Kouns co-founded Risk Based Security, Inc., a vulnerability intelligence and data breach analytics company, that was acquired by Flash Point in 2022.
Jake Kouns holds a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in information security from James Madison University. He holds a number of certifications including CISSP, CISM®, CISA®, and CGEIT®. Jake co-founded Risk Based Security, Inc., and is currently the Chief Innovation Officer at Flashpoint. He is well known from his presentations at security conferences including RSA, CISO Executive Summit, EntNet IEEE GLOBECOM, CanSecWest, and SyScan. Jake is also the co-founder of RVAsec, a Richmond, Virginia information security conference that has grown to host more than 500 attendees. He is the co-author of Information Technology Risk Management in Enterprise Environments and has also been interviewed numerous times as an expert in the security industry.
