September 13, 2025
Welcome to the CISO job averaging an industry 24 months tenure. Why? Misaligned expectations, no seat at the table, and not enough budget and manpower to match the task at hand.
Three quick ways to fix these structural problems:
- Give CISOs a real seat at the executive leadership table
- Match resources to the risk you’re ready to accept
- Make security a living part of your culture and business – not just a compliance function
CISO stability means – business stability.
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Translating Cyber Speech to Boardroom Language
Cyber leaders often speak in technical jargon, but boards need clarity, not configs. Security reporting must shift from firewalls and CVEs to impact on business continuity, customer trust, and compliance. Translate cyber risk into plain outcomes: downtime avoided, reputational damage prevented, legal defensibility achieved. Only then does security strategy become a story the board can […]
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Never Strike Out
In baseball, you get three strikes. In cyber defense, one is all it takes. One missed patch or untested firewall can lose you the game. Prioritize adversarial testing – automated security validation and red-team exercises. This is the best way to expose weak spots fast and fix them early. Stay vigilant. Never strike out.