Connector Events

See the Big Picture

IANS Connector Events bring together small groups of

senior-level information security professionals from a

broad spectrum of industries and experiences for

facilitated deep-dive discussions of important challenges

and solutions in the information security space.

Your community is a resource: through intimate peer-to-

peer conversations around common issues, solutions,

and suggestions for improvement, you’ll gain insight into

varying perspectives and develop new ideas to accelerate

your problem-solving efforts.

Do you have the skills to run information

security like a business?

Success as a CISO isn’t dependent only on technical

skills - proficiency in areas like human resources and

project management is also important. IANS’ research

demonstrates that security organizations could benefit

from both increasing their staffing and using current

staff more efficiently. As a CISO who’s spent years

training to solve technical problems, how can you

quickly fill this gap in your skill-set?

At a recent event, we posed the question:

“Currently, there is only one other

person staffed to address

information security besides

myself. There are no plans at this

point for additional head count as

we have just started defining the

strategic direction for establishing

an information security program.”

“Some personnel are in

MBA courses, and others

are in Mgmt 101 courses,

but this is not fully

integrated across the

team.”

Attendees discussed the challenges …

“Problems may lie in the

increasing support demands

for new security tools (and

this increased staffing is not

currently in the budget).”

… and through that discussion, shared

thoughts on how to address the problem.

• Tie requests for new budget to business impact –

business impact specific to your organization

• Strengthen resource management skills to focus and

deliver the projects you promised to accomplish

• Beg, borrow, or hire project management to get

projects in on-time and on-budget

At at Connector

Event, you will:

• Gain insight into the challenges and roadblocks

you and your peers share.

• Learn about new and unique approaches to

common issues and topics

• Take away problem-solving ideas that you can

apply in your own organization.