CCISO Certified Chief Information Security Officer All-in-One Exam Guide

INTRODUCTION

Security is mortals’ chiefest enemy.—Hecate, from Macbeth by William Shakespeare

As we put the finishing touches on this book, Twitter is busy recovering from the latest very public and newsworthy cybersecurity incident widely reported in the media. For every one of these highly publicized breaches there are hundreds of other damaging cyberattacks experienced by businesses and government entities. To help organizations protect themselves against and respond to information security incidents, many of them turn to the chief information security officer (CISO) for leadership. The CISO is becoming the guardian of the modern business, charged with protecting the organization against security threats in the digital world.

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