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

b e t t e r p ro a c t i v e o rg a n i z a t i o n a l

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 personal 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

Workshop.

The CISO Impact Workshop is a four-hour

deep dive into one of the 7 Factors of

CISO Impact.

IANS-proprietary worksheets will help you

break down your Factor-specific Diagnostic

results into concrete, step-by-step actions

for improvement.

You’ll experience a new way of thinking

about what you do, and walk away with

insights that will influence the way that you

execute your mission.

A CISO Impact Workshop is a collaborative hands-on working session.

Wrap-UpReview lessons

learned and discuss of how improvement

will drive success. Introductions

Get to know your fellow CISOs

Workshop OrientationThe IANS facilitator

describes the workshop context, components and

flow for the day

Solo WorkDocument your team’s skills and processes vs. the workshop Factor.

Presentations & Feedback

Present your workbook

writings and receive feedback from your peers.

Research OverviewA discussion of the

research and structure of the CISO Impact

framework

DiagnosticAn explanation of how the CISO Impact self-assessment tool works

What are the 7 Factors?An overview of the individual

7 Factors of CISO Impact, and a look at how they all

work together to drive success.

Small Group Discussion

Share ideas and challenges with

your small group

Most business leaders view information

security risk as separate from business

risk. Why? And how can we change this?

Only 7% of CISOs who have taken the CISO Impact

Diagnostic report being in-sync with business

leadership regarding information security assets,

processes, and incident response capabilities. What

steps can you take to bring your goals into line with

the strategic goals of the business and convince

business leaders to own information security risk?

At a recent Factor 2 Workshop, we posed the question:

Factor 2: Get Business Leaders to Own Information

Security Risk

Participants discussed the challenges …

… and through that discussion, shared thoughts on how to address the problem.

“If the business signs off on risk, nobody blinks. We have to push to revisit risks periodically.”

“We don’t have a risk culture so developing a policy on risk stewardship isn’t getting much support.”

“Top management sends mixed signals about who is accountable for information security risk. We’re left on the hot seat.”

You’ll walk away with strategies for success in real-world situations. For example,

you’ll learn how to:

•  Work with C-Level executives to tie business leaders’ compensation to reducing security risks.

•  Create competition among business leaders by implementing

and publishing ‘wall of shame’ metrics for information security

compliance.

•  Work on building connections and finding security champions

in other departments in the organization, like Finance or

Legal.