Posts categorized: Leadership Development
1 February 2018 / Leadership Development / JC Gaillard
Through this series, we have examined how an incoming CISO can create the conditions to truly make a difference in their new job. Of course, as we stated in the introductory article , all companies are different from one another and so are most individ… Read more »
18 January 2018 / Leadership Development / JC Gaillard
This is the point when you really get stuck in. By now, you would have been in the new CISO job for about 2 months and it should start to feel less and less like a new job. Of course, this is not really about 100 days, and you should also start to real… Read more »
30 November 2017 / Leadership Development / JC Gaillard
This is really the time-horizon over which the new CISO must start assessing their new position. Once again, many of the management tips we will be building up in this series could apply to any executive taking up a senior job in a new organisation. Bu… Read more »
16 November 2017 / Leadership Development / JC Gaillard
Many of the management tips we will be building up in this series could apply to any executive taking up a senior job in a new organisation. But the role of the CISO is particularly sensitive in many aspects and has its own dynamics. It is often… Read more »
2 November 2017 / Leadership Development / JC Gaillard
There is some form of management reality beyond the “100 days” journalistic cliché: How does an incoming executive make an impact in a new role? What are the real timeframes to look at? What can be expected, and over what horizon? What are the key issu… Read more »
27 July 2017 / Leadership Development, Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
The role of the CISO and their reporting line seems to be a continuing topic of discussion amongst cyber security professionals. The same title often hides a large diversity of roles, positioned differently across their respective organisations. It oft… Read more »
15 June 2017 / Leadership Development, Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
Keep appointing pure technologists in CISO roles and you’ll never win The Wannacry ransomware attack that affected so many large firms in May 2017 led to a number of animated discussions amongst InfoSec communities. The corrective patch (fixing the vul… Read more »
4 May 2017 / Leadership Development, Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
Corporate culture and the profile of the CISO are key, over and above any arbitrary organisational consideration It is astonishing to see the amount of interest still surrounding the reporting line of the CISO. The fact that it is still a topic of seri… Read more »
30 March 2017 / Leadership Development, Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
Various clichés bouncing about on social media are simplistic and must be challenged Over the past 6 months, social media and the Internet have been inundated with GDPR-related material. Law firms, consultancies – large and small – and even tech firms… Read more »
10 November 2016 / Leadership Development, Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
4 Tips for CIOs to Deal Efficiently with Shadow IT Dealing with Shadow IT embodies the evolution of the role of the CIO, from being primarily a technologist and a problem solver to being an influencer and a risk manager. Thinking about Shadow IT as a “… Read more »