Security News > 2023 > August > The secret habits of top-performing CISOs

"The most effective CISOs stay apprised of existing and emerging risks so they can provide leadership with context around the most significant threats facing the business, to influence investments and risk decisions accordingly."

63% of top-performing CISOs proactively engage in securing emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning and blockchain, compared with just 38% of bottom-performing CISOs.

"Threat actors are always one step ahead, so CISOs must be more proactive in understanding the security impact of technologies like generative AI and communicating those risks with senior business leadership."

CISOs strengthen relationships with business leaders.

Top-performing CISOs proactively engage with senior decision-makers across the business, such as by building relationships outside the context of projects and by collaborating to define enterprise risk appetite.

The most effective CISOs regularly meet with three times as many non-IT stakeholders compared to IT stakeholders, such as heads of sales, heads of marketing and business unit leaders.

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