What is an IANS CISO Impact Roundtable?

CISOs and their teams operate against a backdrop of continuous change in

the threat landscape, information security technology, and business conditions.

The mission to protect critical assets across space and time is further

complicated by a lack of direct control over the people and processes that

expose the organization to risk through day-to-day operations.

In-depth research with hundreds of information security leaders revealed

a common thread among the top performers:

Technical skills, while essential, are not enough.

To deliver maximum impact, Information Security must

engage with the business and practice proactive

organizational engagement.

To drive insight and enable action

on these “soft skills,” IANS has

broken proactive organizational

engagement down into a set of

clearly defined, quantifiable

elements we call The 7 Factors

of CISO Impact.

Our CISO Impact framework provides a

structured, action-oriented approach that

allows you to baseline your performance

and measure progress down to the Factor

and sub-Factor levels as you work towards

better proactive organizational

engagement.

First step: take the Diagnostic.

The Diagnostic is an online self-

assessment that measures the current

state of your team’s organizational

engagement. Your confidential report

provides you with insight into your team’s

strengths and weaknesses, and allows

you to compare the results to those of

your peers.

As you work to improve your skill sets in

each of the 7 Factors, your Diagnostic

results will reflect your progress.

Then, attend a CISO Impact

Roundtable, where you will:

• Discuss technical challenges with a group of your

peers, identifying common roadblocks and time-

sinks.

• Gain an understanding of the 7 Factors of CISO

Impact and how they map to underlying skills that

are necessary to succeed as a business risk

executive.

• Take a deeper look at several Factors, discussing

challenges, strategies, tactics, and best practices.

A CISO Impact Roundtable is a collaborative working session.

Wrap-UpReview lessons

learned and discuss of how

improvement will drive success

IntroductionsGet to know your

fellow CISOs

Technical Challenges Discussion

The day begins with an interactive level-set on

the technical challenges of the group

Working Lunch

Hot Issues & Pain PointsEngage with your peers in a

freewheeling discussion of the items burning up your to-do list

Intro to CISO ImpactAn explanation of the CISO

Impact framework and why both proactive organizational

engagement and technical expertise are necessary to

succeed

The 7 Factors of CISO ImpactOverview of the 7 Factors, how they address competencies required for

CISO leadership, and in-depth discussion of several Factors

You’ll walk away with new ideas

and strategies for success in real-world situations, such as:

•  Making business leaders accountable for information

security risk through policy and processes.

•  Gaining cooperation of the business in identifying

critical assets and build consensus on the impact of

loss.

•  Understanding the needs of stakeholders and

positioning information security as a value-add to

them.

•  Driving information security criteria into key business

processes, like software development and vendor

management.