The CISO Role Is Changing. Can CISOs Themselves Keep Up?

A CPX 2024 panel and IDC insights highlight the CISO role’s shift from technical focus to broader business leadership, emphasizing communication, collaboration with boards and peers, and designing security that accelerates business. Survey findings show growing value placed on leadership and business skills, while examples include moving beyond VPNs, adopting passwordless approaches, measuring security culture via KPIs tied to bonuses, and ensuring CISOs are involved early in strategic decisions (e.g., e-connected aircraft). The piece underscores that security success now hinges on culture, usability, and executive alignment as much as traditional cyber controls.