How To Become A CISO, Part 1

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http://www.darkreading.com/how-to-become-a-ciso-part-1/d/d-id/1316749

By Sara Peters
Dark Reading
October 20, 2014

Think you're ready for the top job? Here's part 1 of a series to help you 
land that prime chief information security officer position.

So you want to be a CISO, huh? Think you're ready to lead a small band of 
white knights into battle against a countless, hidden enemy? Ready to play 
both savior and scapegoat, depending on what the day brings? Ready to beg, 
borrow, and steal for the resources you need to protect your company?

Yes? OK, then, you're ready to do the job... but can you get the job? For 
the next several weeks, we're dedicating Mondays to helping you find the 
path to the big job, which won't be easy to define.

"There's not a standard path [to the CISO job] like so many other 
professions," says Mark Aiello, president of the Boston cyber security 
staffing firm Cyber360 Solutions. "We can't even agree on how to spell 
cyber security." (Cybersecurity? Cyber-security?)

Even the words "engineer" and "administrator" don't mean the same thing 
from company to company. The bad news, then, is that it is hard to know 
what career steps to take next.

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