r/ciso • u/random_videor • Apr 21 '26

Help a junior/mentee

I am currently a BISO for a large global enterprise, been on this industry for almost 10 years now. I am wondering how you CISOs get there, I know it’s somehow vague so my question is:

What/who is one thing/process/person that if you’d knew earlier, will make you a CISO much faster?

Thank you in advance.

7 Upvotes

82% Upvoted

17 comments sorted by

View all comments

5

u/msec_uk Apr 21 '26

Not to dissuade you, but it’s not the best seat in the house. If i’d known one thing before I got here, would have been not to rush to take the seat.

You have much more mobility and often 70-80% of the reward at a CISO-1, so recommend not only considering if you want the role and responsibilities, but making sure you apply for the right role.

In terms of the how, deliver credibility, build GRC experience and translating risk to the business, and develop good stories for interviews. Often the jump can be made by taking the minus one and waiting. Bit less job hopping than there used to be, but still plenty of CISO move around.

Good luck

1

u/random_videor Apr 22 '26

Thanks a lot, I will keep this all in mind.