---
id: 8029
title: "The Biggest Challenge Facing CISOs Today – and the Key to Winning"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/security-industry-trends/biggest-challenge-facing-cisos-today-key-to-winning/"
published_at: "2020-09-29T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["security-strategy", "financial-services", "ciso", "leadership", "misconfiguration", "podcast"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8029"
lang: en
---

# The Biggest Challenge Facing CISOs Today – and the Key to Winning

## Summary

A 30-year security veteran shares lessons for CISOs: simple misconfigurations often beat advanced skills, and new senior leaders should focus on understanding the business before spending on tools.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2020-09-29T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/security-industry-trends/biggest-challenge-facing-cisos-today-key-to-winning/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8029