The Chief Information Security Officer: An analysis of the skills required for success

abstract

• The aim of this study is to determine a set of skills needed for a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in a competitive business today. To this end, a review of the literature and IT security executive interviews were conducted to identify a set of relevant skills. This list was then compared to a set of job listings for CISOs. Ultimately, a set of skills were developed that organizations can use when defining the CISO position and seeking new CISOs.

authors

• Whitten, G.

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS

author list (cited authors)

• Whitten, D.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Whitten, Dwayne

publication date

• March 2008

published in

• Journal of Computer Information Systems  Journal

keywords

• Chief Information Security Officer
• Governance
• It Management
• Security

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/08874417.2008.11646017

start page

• 15

end page

• 19

volume

• 48

issue

• 3