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Bob Chaput's avatar

Paul and Doug, I could not agree more. Over the course of my IT career, starting in the early '80s (yes, the last millennium!), I watched the analogous evolution of the role from Manager-EDP to CIO. The same thing is happening now for CISOs (often, starting out as the infrastructure manager)! In a blog post, From Cyber Guardian to Boardroom Luminary – A Personal Story About CIO Evolution Parallels, with Career Advice, I provided some several specific career development considerations. They can be found here: https://bobchaput.com/from-cyber-guardian-to-boardroom-luminary-a-personal-story-about-cio-evolution-parallels-with-career-advice/

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Doug Abel's avatar

Paul, as you may remember, I’m one of those “digital directors”. While not a CISO I was a CIO (even before the role of CISO became common place). You describe a situation that CIO’s were in 20 years ago. Where their expertise defined them as “one trick”, it took a while for CIOs to start acting like executives ahead of their technical knowledge. CISOs must do the same. Demonstrate that they are true executives who happen to have a very critical technical skill.

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