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Hired for One Job, Judged on Another: The CISO’s Real Problem

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BLUF

The core challenge for modern CISOs is aligning hiring criteria with performance expectations.

NEWS

Security Week reports that most security leaders struggle because the competencies required to land a CISO role differ significantly from those needed to satisfy boards and executives later. This misalignment creates high turnover and strategic friction within organizations.

Why I Care

This matters because unresolved skill gaps lead to leadership instability, increased risk exposure, and wasted recruitment resources for both companies and professionals seeking security roles.

Next Steps

CISOs should proactively develop business acumen alongside technical expertise before accepting offers. Boards must redefine hiring criteria to match long-term performance metrics by the next fiscal planning cycle.

The skills that get a CISO hired are rarely the skills they are judged on later. Most security leaders are stuck in that gap. Closing it is the real job. The post Hired for One Job, Judged on Another: The CISO’s Real Problem appeared first on SecurityWeek.
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