Communication Skills Are Key to Success
What personal skills or attributes are most pivotal to your success as a security leader?
By Daintry Duffy
June 01, 2006 — CSO —
What personal skills or attributes are most pivotal to your success as a security leader? (Choose three.)
83% Ability to communicate effectively
71% Strategic thinking and planning
57% Understanding business processes and operations
43% Ability to lead and motivate staff
36% Ability to lead during a crisis
30% Understanding industry trends, business strategy
29% Technical knowledge and skills
19% Negotiation skills
11% Investigative skills
9% Law enforcement background, skills and connections
Read more about executive communication in CSOonline's Executive Communication section.
ESSENTIAL READING
Expert advice and resources for communicating effectively with CEOs and other executives
9 secrets of getting stuff done in big companies
Leading CSOs and CISOs on how to get budget approval and followthrough on security initiatives
Business negotiation secrets from an FBI hostage negotiator
How to use "active listening" and other techniques for effective communication
The business value of a CSO
Connect other leaders via their common risk management concerns&and reap competitive advantage
How to manage operational risk through ERM
Risk management provides the language that connects with the boardroom
A CEO/CSO communication case study
Business communication 101 for security
- Balancing Increasing Security Requirements with Decreasing Budgets
- Gain Control of the New Threat Landscape
- Securing Your BYOD Strategy: Cisco Secure Mobility Solutions
- Securing Your BYOD Strategy: Cisco Secure Mobility Solutions
- Introduction to VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5
- Reliable Disaster Protection with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
- Overcome Top 7 Admin Challenges of Active Directory
- X-Ray of the PCI Process-4 Proactive Steps
- Beyond SFTP: Five Ways Secure Managed File Transfer Can Improve Your Business
- Secure Managed File Transfer: Bringing Coherence & Control to Compliance
- The TCO of FTP: Hidden Costs of "Free" File Sharing
- Streamline, Speed and Secure the Supply Chain with Managed File Transfer
- Patch Tuesday preview, February 2012
Microsoft published its Patch Tuesday Preview for February of 2012 a few minutes ago. IT admins can expect nine bulletins to address 21 security vulnerabilities.
It looks like four bulletins will be rated critical while the rest are designated as important.
Affected Microsoft products are:
- M86 report proves water is wet
- Actor, banker, soldier, spy: Suits and Spooks Anti-Conference aims to redefine security
More Salted Hash with Bill Brenner
