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CISO MindMap 2025: What do InfoSec Professionals Really Do?

Many individuals outside the realm of cybersecurity often underestimate the intricacies involved in a security professional’s role. Since its inception in 2012, the CISO MindMap has served as a valuable educational resource, offering insights into CISO responsibilities and aiding security professionals in crafting and enhancing their security programs. Continuously adapting to reflect the evolving landscape of cybersecurity, the CISO MindMap has been updated to accommodate the latest developments in the field. Here is the most recent iteration of the CISO MindMap for 2025, featuring numerous enhancements and fresh recommendations for the next 12-18 months covering the year 2025-26. Continue reading →

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CISO MindMap 2024: What do InfoSec Professionals Really Do?

Many individuals outside the realm of cybersecurity often underestimate the intricacies involved in a security professional’s role. Since its inception in 2012, the CISO MindMap has served as a valuable educational resource, offering insights into CISO responsibilities and aiding security … Continue reading →

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Third Party Risk Management – Considerations for creating a program standard

What is a Third Party Third parties generally refer to external entities with whom you enter into contractual agreements to deliver products or services. These external partners may offer essential services to support your business operations or extend services to … Continue reading →

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No-Hype Use of LLMs in Cybersecurity

Three use cases of Large Language Models (LLMs) to save time and immediately enhance productivity While there is tremendous hype around LLMs, many people in Cybersecurity are still struggling to put news tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard to practice. … Continue reading →

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A Conference Dedicated to Security Operations Center (SOC)

As shown in CISO MindMap 2023, job of security professionals is complex and Security Operations Center (SOC) is a significant part of this job. SOC analysts are stressed out by overwhelming number of incidents and dealing with these incidents in a timely … Continue reading →

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CISO MindMap 2023: What do InfoSec Professionals Really do?

NOTE: A new version of CISO MindMap has been published and is available at this link. Most people outside the Cybersecurity profession don’t fully realize and appreciate the complexity of a security professional’s job. Since 2012, CISO MindMap has been … Continue reading →

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Risk Assessment – Qualitative, Quantitative and Scoring

Information security community has been performing risk assessment for as long as the profession existed. The risk assessment is  typically classified as qualitative (e.g. Critical, High, Medium, Low) or quantitative (a dollar amount). Risk scoring is a relatively new phenomenon … Continue reading →

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Podcast: CISO MindMap and Recommendations for 2022-23

Recently we recorded a podcast with CISO Tradecraft focusing on CISO MindMap 2022 and recommendations for 2022-23. As a reference the latest CISO MindMap is available here and detailed recommendations page is also available here. You can listen to the … Continue reading →

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