Why CISOs Fail, 2nd Edition

“The average tenure for a CISO today is two and a half years. Any CISO who reads this book and uses it as a guide will extend that average. Through his entertaining narration of experiences and their outcomes, Barak Engel brings the reader to the inevitable conclusion that integrating security into business practices should never be an adversarial process with internal partners.

With this book, Barak shatters the myth that successful CISOs have to be technologists first and foremost—without attention to the role that security can play in facilitating business goals and objectives. His well-written and humorous anecdotes and musings make it crystal clear that a good CISO is a business enabler, and he provides experiential guidance on what that ...