The Security Leader’s Communication Playbook and Leading the Digital Workforce Set - Jeffrey W. Brown

The Security Leader’s Communication Playbook and Leading the Digital Workforce Set

Media-Kombination
614 Seiten
2024
CRC Press
978-1-032-87408-1 (ISBN)
159,45 inkl. MwSt
This book examines the multitude of communication challenges that CISOs are faced with every day.

Leading the Digital Workforce takes a fresh look at technology leadership, exploring how to lead and manage in today’s digital workplace where the pace of change is exponential.
The Security Leader’s Communication Playbook

This book is for cybersecurity leaders across all industries and organizations. It is intended to bridge the gap between the data center and the board room. This book examines the multitude of communication challenges that CISOs are faced with every day and provides practical tools to identify your audience, tailor your message and master the art of communicating. Poor communication is one of the top reasons that CISOs fail in their roles. By taking the step to work on your communication and soft skills (the two go hand-in-hand), you will hopefully never join their ranks. This is not a “communication theory” book. It provides just enough practical skills and techniques for security leaders to get the job done. Learn fundamental communication skills and how to apply them to day-to-day challenges like communicating with your peers, your team, business leaders and the board of directors. Learn how to produce meaningful metrics and communicate before, during and after an incident. Regardless of your role in Tech, you will find something of value somewhere along the way in this book.

Leading the Digital Workforce

Future IT leaders won't be technology leaders, they'll be business leaders who understand technology. Leading the Digital Workforce takes a fresh look at technology leadership, exploring how to lead and manage in today’s digital workplace where the pace of change is exponential. This book walks you through building personal resiliency and avoiding stress and burnout to creating a strategy, building a high-performance team, and examining how technology will change the workforce of the future. Technology leadership requires a unique set of skills, which is why traditional leadership approaches don't always work. This book provides actionable advice on how to create a culture of innovation while driving successful change initiatives.

Leading the Digital Workforce provides strategies for empowering people, optimizing processes, and inspiring innovation. This book offers insights into managing change, leveraging technology, and building strong relationships within your organization, including how to understand and work with company culture. Finally, it shares strategies for using technology and innovation to create a competitive edge to unlock new opportunities.

Leading the Digital Workforce is essential reading for IT leaders who want to develop their skills, stay ahead of the digital curve, and lead their organizations into the future. No matter if you’re a new IT leader, an aspiring one, or a seasoned leader who’s been at it for years, there’s something in this book that will help you level up your game.

Jeffrey Brown is a recognized information security and IT risk expert with a strong track record of more than two decades implementing cost-effective controls for global Fortune 500 financial institutions, including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, GE Capital, BNY Mellon and AIG. He is currently serving as the first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the State of Connecticut. Jeff is active in the information security industry as a frequent speaker at various events and conferences and is the author of multiple articles and publications. He co-Chairs the Evanta New York CISO Executive Summit and works in an advisory capacity with various events, including the Cyber Investing Summit. He is a board advisor and mentor for iQ4 in their Virtual Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Challenge, which aims to prepare some 10,000 students for the workforce and help address the security skills shortage. Jeff holds a B.A. in Journalism with an English minor and an M.S. in Publishing from Pace University. He holds multiple security certifications including CISSP-ISSMP, CISM and CRISC.

The Security Leader’s Communication Playbook

Preface

xvii

Acknowledgments

xix

Author

xxi

Introduction

1

Part 1 Communication Foundational Skills

13

1 Foundational Communication Skills

15

2 People Skills

43

3 The Language of Business Risk

59

4 Company Culture

79

5 Better Business Writing

93

6 Say What? Verbal Communication Skills

119

7 Communication Superpowers

157

Part 2 Communication in the Real World

183

8 Policies, Standards, Guidelines and Procedures

185

9 T raining and Awareness

203

10 Driving Change through Metrics

217

11 The High Stakes of Incident Response Communication

235

12 Communicating with Your Team and Colleagues

249

13 Managing Up: Finding Your Boss’s Communication Style

269

14 The Board of Directors

279

15 Working with Auditors

295

16 Your Next Job

305

17 Consultants and Sales: Building and Maintaining Client Relationships

325

Appendix

341

Index 361

Leading the Digital Workforce

Preface

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Part 1: Foundations

Chapter 1 Playing the long game of leadership

Chapter 2: The average IT leader is…average

Chapter 3 Master your mindset

Chapter 4 IT leadership peak performance

Part 2: Leadership in action

Chapter 5 Starting a new job: How to thrive

Chapter 6 A crash course in strategic planning

Chapter 7 Building a high-performance team

Chapter 8 Execution and getting things done

Chapter 9 Leading from anywhere: A guide to the hybrid office

Chapter 10 Giving back: Industry leadership and the next generation of leaders

Chapter 11 Leading from the edge: The future of work

Conclusion

Appendix

Erscheint lt. Verlag 24.5.2024
Reihe/Serie Security, Audit and Leadership Series
Zusatzinfo 54 Line drawings, black and white; 10 Halftones, black and white; 64 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 1292 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Theorie / Studium
Recht / Steuern Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht IT-Recht
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Kommunikationswissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-032-87408-2 / 1032874082
ISBN-13 978-1-032-87408-1 / 9781032874081
Zustand Neuware
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