Ciso Soft Skills: Securing Organizations Impaired By Employee Politics, Apathy, And Intolerant Perspectives

A companion volume to the highly touted "CISO Handbook," this bookpresents tools that empower organizations to identify those intangible negative influencers of security that plague most organizations, and provides further techniques for security professionals to identify, minimize, and overcome these pitfalls within their own customized situations. The book also discusses some proactive techniques that CISOs can utilize in order to effectively secure challenging work environments. Reflecting the experience and solutions of those that are in the trenches of modern organizations, this volume provides practical ideas that can make a difference in the daily lives of security practitioners.

Recognizing that a security system is a living breathing thing, the R.E.A.P. Security Success Model, employed by noted CISO consultants Gentile and Collette, offers a practical approach to mitigate the primary human obstacles to implementing a security standard and system that is effective, efficient, and readily maintained. One by one, the text tackles the four biggest challenges which the authors define as apathy, myopia, primacy, and infancy. Using a straightforward style, they provide a context for each and outline prudent action steps, which they have successfully employed many times in creating security systems that do not compromise organizational integrity.