An easy-to-use guide written by experienced practitioners for recently-hired or promoted Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), individuals aspiring to become a CISO, as well as business and technical professionals interested in the topic of cybersecurity, including Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Boards of Directors, Chief Privacy Officers, and other executives responsible for information protection. Volume 2 of the CISO Desk Reference Guide tackles nine additional topics, including hiring the right talent, creating a cyber awareness training program, monitoring your environment, threat intelligence, continuity planning, incident response, recovering operations, forensics/post-mortem, and writing a strategic cybersecurity plan. As a desk reference guide written specifically for CISOs, we hope this book becomes a trusted resource for you, your teams, and your colleagues in the C-suite. The different perspectives can be used as standalone refreshers and the five immediate next steps for each chapter give the reader a robust set of 40 actions based on roughly 100 years of relevant experience that will help you strengthen your cybersecurity programs. We hope you like it.

Tribal Knowledge from the Best in Cybersecurity Leadership The Tribe of Hackers series continues, sharing what CISSPs, CISOs, and other security leaders need to know to build solid cybersecurity teams and keep organizations secure. Dozens of experts and influential security specialists reveal their best strategies for building, leading, and managing information security within organizations. Tribe of Hackers Security Leaders follows the same bestselling format as the original Tribe of Hackers, but with a detailed focus on how information security leaders impact organizational security. Information security is becoming more important and more valuable all the time. Security breaches can be costly, even shutting businessesand governments down, so security leadership is a high-stakes game. Leading teams of hackers is not always easy, but the future of your organization may depend on it. In this book, the world’s top security experts answer the questions that Chief Information Security Officers and other security leaders are asking, including: What’s the most important decision you’ve made or action you’ve taken to enable a business risk? How do you lead your team to execute and get results? Do you have a workforce philosophy or unique approach to talent acquisition? Have you created a cohesive strategy for your information security program or business unit? Anyone in or aspiring to an information security leadership role, whether at a team level or organization-wide, needs to read this book. Tribe of Hackers Security Leaders has the real-world advice and practical guidance you need to advance your cybersecurity leadership career.

Expert guidance on the art and science of driving secure behaviors Transformational Security Awareness empowers security leaders with the information and resources they need to assemble and deliver effective world-class security awareness programs that drive secure behaviors and culture change. When all other processes, controls, and technologies fail, humans are your last line of defense. But, how can you prepare them? Frustrated with ineffective training paradigms, most security leaders know that there must be a better way. A way that engages users, shapes behaviors, and fosters an organizational culture that encourages and reinforces security-related values. The good news is that there is hope. That’s what Transformational Security Awareness is all about. Author Perry Carpenter weaves together insights and best practices from experts in communication, persuasion, psychology, behavioral economics, organizational culture management, employee engagement, and storytelling to create a multidisciplinary masterpiece that transcends traditional security education and sets you on the path to make a lasting impact in your organization. Find out what you need to know about marketing, communication, behavior science, and culture management Overcome the knowledge-intention-behavior gap Optimize your program to work with the realities of human nature Use simulations, games, surveys, and leverage new trends like escape rooms to teach security awareness Put effective training together into a well-crafted campaign with ambassadors Understand the keys to sustained success and ongoing culture change Measure your success and establish continuous improvements Do you care more about what your employees know or what they do? It's time to transform the way we think about security awareness. If your organization is stuck in a security awareness rut, using the same ineffective strategies, materials, and information that might check a compliance box but still leaves your organization wide open to phishing, social engineering, and security-related employee mistakes and oversights, then you NEED this book.

The CISO Desk Reference Guide, Volume 1, 2nd Edition is the greatly-anticipated update to the iconic first volume of the highly-respected two-volume set written by experienced practitioners and intended for recently-hired or promoted Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs). These easy-to-use guides are also perfect for individuals aspiring to become CISOs, as well as business and technical professionals interested in the topic of cybersecurity. Those with the titles Chief Technology Officer (CTOs), Chief Information Officer (CIOs), and Chief Privacy Officer will gain critical insights, and members of the board of directors and other executives responsible for information protection will find them invaluable.As a desk reference guide written specifically for CISOs, we hope this book and its companion CISO Desk Reference Guide, Volume 2 become trusted resources for you, your teams, and your colleagues in the C-suite. The different perspectives offered by the authors can be used as standalone refreshers, and the five immediate next steps for each chapter give the reader a robust set of actions based on roughly 100 years of relevant experience that will help you strengthen your cybersecurity programs. We hope you like the CISO Desk Reference Guide.

Recently inducted into the Cybersecurity Canon Hall of Fame, The CISO Desk Reference Guide, Volumes 1 and 2, are written specifically for CISOs and will become trusted resources for you, your teams, and your colleagues in the C-suite. These easy-to-use guides are also perfect for recently hired or newly promoted CISOs, individuals aspiring to become CISOs, as well as business and technical professionals interested in the topic of cybersecurity. The different perspectives offered by the authors in this two-volume set can be used as standalone refreshers, and the five immediate next steps for each chapter give the reader a robust set of actions based on decades of relevant experience that will help you strengthen your cybersecurity programs. Best purchased together, volumes 1 and 2 provide 18 chapters spanning topics including organizational structure, regulatory and compliance, risk management, cybersecurity policy, metrics, working with your board, awareness training, threat intel, incident response, and much more, culminating with a guide to building your strategic plan. We hope you like the CISO Desk Reference Guide.

An easy to use guide written by experienced practitioners for recently-hired or promoted Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), individuals aspiring to become a CISO, as well as business and technical professionals interested in the topic of cybersecurity, including Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Boards of Directors, Chief Privacy Officers, and other executives responsible for information protection.As a desk reference guide written specifically for CISOs, we hope this book becomes a trusted resource for you, your teams, and your colleagues in the C-suite. The different perspectives can be used as standalone refreshers and the five immediate next steps for each chapter give the reader a robust set of 45 actions based on roughly 100 years of relevant experience that will help you strengthen your cybersecurity programs.

You know by now that your company could not survive without the Internet. Not in today’s market. You are either part of the digital economy or reliant upon it. With critical information assets at risk, your company requires a state-of-the-art cybersecurity program. But how do you achieve the best possible program? Tari Schreider, in Building Effective Cybersecurity Programs: A Security Manager’s Handbook, lays out the step-by-step roadmap to follow as you build or enhance your cybersecurity program. Over 30+ years, Tari Schreider has designed and implemented cybersecurity programs throughout the world, helping hundreds of companies like yours. Building on that experience, he has created a clear roadmap that will allow the process to go more smoothly for you. Building Effective Cybersecurity Programs: A Security Manager’s Handbook is organized around the six main steps on the roadmap that will put your cybersecurity program in place: Design a Cybersecurity Program Establish a Foundation of Governance Build a Threat, Vulnerability Detection, and Intelligence Capability Build a Cyber Risk Management Capability Implement a Defense-in-Depth Strategy Apply Service Management to Cybersecurity Programs Because Schreider has researched and analyzed over 150 cybersecurity architectures, frameworks, and models, he has saved you hundreds of hours of research. He sets you up for success by talking to you directly as a friend and colleague, using practical examples. His book helps you to: Identify the proper cybersecurity program roles and responsibilities. Classify assets and identify vulnerabilities. Define an effective cybersecurity governance foundation. Evaluate the top governance frameworks and models. Automate your governance program to make it more effective. Integrate security into your application development process. Apply defense-in-depth as a multi-dimensional strategy. Implement a service management approach to implementing countermeasures. With this handbook, you can move forward confidently, trusting that Schreider is recommending the best components of a cybersecurity program for you. In addition, the book provides hundreds of citations and references allow you to dig deeper as you explore specific topics relevant to your organization or your studies.