Adaptation Is a Leadership Capability
The most effective CISOs are not those who repeat the same model everywhere they go.
They are those who understand why different organisations require different approaches.
In a CISO, TISO and BISO model, the CISO must coordinate.
In a Three Lines of Defence model, the CISO must govern, challenge and oversee risk from the second line under the CRO.
In a full CISO model, the CISO must execute and deliver.
Past experience remains important.
But it must be adapted to the organisation’s structure, mandate and maturity.
A CISO should not enter a new organisation asking how to recreate the previous one.
The better question is:
What type of cybersecurity leadership does this operating model require from me?
The title may be the same.
The leadership cannot be.
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