Undercover

Succession Planning: The Day After the Deputy CISO Left Work on a Gurney

Our anonymous CSO thought he'd planned for a disaster--until he experienced an unexpected absence of a key staff member

By Anonymous

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Personnel evaluations and progress reports. A good time to go over major activities that your leadership team is involved with is during regular evaluations or reporting period reviews. Because this is when you are typically establishing professional goals, it’s the perfect time to identify both the formal and informal functions your people are working on.

Planning for the loss of key people, including your leadership team, is critical to your continuity of operations. After my experience with my deputy CISO, I’m even more of an advocate of the old saying, “The worst time to plan for an emergency is during the emergency.” Not only is it the worst time, but it’s also a pretty painful time—even if you’re not the one who leaves the office on a gurney.

CSO Undercover is written anonymously by a real CSO. Send feedback to csoundercover@cxo.com.

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