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How To Establish Messaging & Mentoring During The Selection Of A Cyber Security Platform
If you’re new to cyber security, at some point in your future, you will be required to quantify why you should purchase the platform(s) you want to purchase, and using fear of breach as a motivating factor will only get you so far. But, what should your message to purchase focus on? What problems, points, or questions should you circle your answers around? How do you establish a theme while aligning on the purchase of a platform? How do you reduce risk while enabling the business? Can messaging and mentoring co-exist? Is there an opportunity to establish a transferable strategic thinking skill while also establishing a repeatable approach framework for management? Stay tuned.
Overarching Vision & Approach
One of the CISO’s primary roles is to declare, clearly document, and share an overarching vision and approach that inspires the organization into empowered action. If a cyber security platform or tool is required, it must be eliminating or closing a gap, and for a gap to exist, there must be something desired. The CISO’s vision and approach document the desired Northstar. Here’s an example:
The critical points in the vision and approach are bolded to signify what the leaders should key in on when engineers and architects present recommended solutions.
