CISO Leadership: Cyber Security Top Cop - Paperback

by Sameer Sait (Contribution by), Del Alfred (Author)

As cyber security becomes the mainstay of businesses worldwide, it is imperative that leaders start developing the attitudes and the business acumen needed to manage risks and enable the business. This book provides a basic roadmap for information security leaders and those who aspire to be leaders on leading practices that are vital to the success of any organization that care about the security and privacy of their data and systems. This book provides leadership tenets that can be developed for Chief Information Security officers and those who aspire to be CISOs and also provides some basic guidelines on information security practices that help manage risk; from incident response and incident management to vulnerability management, security awareness and training, future trends in technology and security such as BYOD (bring you own device), cloud computing security, advanced persistent threats and many other information security leading practices and how to effectively manage and structure organizations for success against cyber attacks.

Author Biography

Del Alfred, CISSP, CSSLP has been both a practitioner and leader in Information Security for over 15 years. He is recognized as a business visionary with hands-on experience managing and securing the information assets for multi-billion dollar enterprises. His track record of success in creating robust and secure technology platforms that allow for innovation has proven to be instrumental in driving success across the enterprise. Alfred's deep technical expertise combined with his business acumen has allowed him to develop and mentor information security leaders at some of the largest and most successful firms across the nation. Sameer Sait, CISSP, PMP has spent the majority of his career building governance, risk & compliance programs at fortune 500 firms. Wearing the hats of both a security strategist and risk manager, his approach transcends traditional cyber detection/ protection capabilities by focusing on building "risk aware" organizations. He has a degree in Information Systems Management from Carnegie Mellon University and has completed the Program for Leadership Development (PLD) at Harvard Business School.