Discover exactly how to make an impact as a new CISO and navigate your cyber security leadership transition.
Starting a new role as a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is a critical opportunity to assess cyber security risk, strengthen security culture, and align information security strategy with business objectives. This eBook explains how new CISOs can make an impact in their first 90 days by understanding the cyber threat landscape, assessing the organisation's cyber security posture, building stakeholder relationships, and prioritising high-risk areas.
It covers key areas including cyber security strategy, risk assessment, behavioural analysis, incident response planning, board engagement, manager masterclasses, security awareness training, and long-term security culture change. The guide also explores how CISOs can communicate cyber security risks to senior leaders, encourage employee participation, and use structured change models such as Kotter, ADKAR, and Prosci to drive meaningful behaviour change.
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A new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) should start by understanding the organisation's cyber security landscape, assessing its current security posture, identifying key risks, and aligning cyber security strategy with business objectives. The first 90 days should also focus on building relationships with the board, senior leaders, IT, legal, compliance, HR, and other stakeholders to create support for long-term security improvement.
A CISO can assess cyber security posture by conducting a comprehensive risk assessment, reviewing existing security policies and procedures, performing a gap analysis, and using penetration testing or vulnerability assessments to identify weaknesses. This helps prioritise security initiatives, strengthen defences, and build a clear cyber security roadmap based on organisational risk.
Security culture is critical because employees play a major role in protecting an organisation from cyber threats such as phishing, social engineering, data breaches, and human error. A new CISO should communicate the importance of security awareness, encourage open reporting, engage managers, and use behavioural analysis to understand employee attitudes and improve cyber security behaviours across the workforce.