World Wide Technology Security Chief Advises Cybersecurity to Align with Business Goals.

This post at TechTarget talks about the key ways CISOs should consider interacting with the C-suite and across business units. It’s by Mike McGlynn, VP and General Manager, Global Security at World Wide Technology and is well worth the time to read!

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Today’s highlight is the contribution from Andrea Markstrom, CIO at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. Andrea’s contribution to Can. Trust. Will.: Hiring for the Human Element in the New Age of Cybersecurity centers around the importance of differing mindsets and how a business approach can impact the performance of a cybersecurity team and raise the performance of a company.

One of the things Andrea told us was: “But I think it is so important to know your customer, know your business, so that instills confidence from them in you as their CIO. If you’re listening to them and asking them for their feedback and insights and bringing them along as a partner, that goes a long way. Instead of calling you for a gadget discussion, like what type of mobile phone should I get, the conversation changes to now, “Here I’m working with a client and we need a solution to a business problem.” We agree!

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