Episode Fifty-Seven - Hey CISO, You Can't Win

DAY ONE<br />CONGRATULATIONS! You've made it to the top. You're the CHIEF!<br />CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER, the CISO. <br />Sounds pretty damn good! It's feels pretty damn good too! <br />I AM THE CISO!!! YAY ME!!!<br /><br />SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DAY TWO AND NINETY<br />I'm (still) grateful to be the CISO. I get paid to make a difference, and it's great to be in a position where I can!<br />It's a lot of work though. Like ALOT or work. It didn't seem so hard from the outside. Maybe I'm just not doing it right. Or, you know what? I'm still adjusting. Yep, that's it! Still adjusting.<br />This will be great!<br />Now that I think about it, it's sort of lonely here at the top too. <br />Oh well, whatever. Remember, I'm adjusting and I'M CISO!<br /><br />SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DAY NINETY AND WHAT SEEMS LIKE ETERNITY<br />Wow. Now I realize that it's lonely at the top, AND the wind blows the strongest at the top of the mountain!<br />Between the unrealistic expectations of the "business", lack of collaboration with other executives (namely the CEO), preaching the same shit everyday, the politics, and very limited resources, I'm starting to miss the good old days.<br />WAIT?! What am I saying?! I'm the damn CISO! I'm the the top dog, and this is awesome!<br />Now I need to figure out how to tell my wife I'm going to be late again tonight...<br /><br />IF YOU'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION...<br />You may have noticed that you're playing a game that you CANNOT win. You are being held accountable for things you're not empowered to control. Everybody looks at you when you know they should be looking at themselves.<br /><br />That damn head of research and his damned grants! There's no way in hell I'm going to get him to use MFA on the data repository.<br /><br />Bill in sales is a real turd too! Just because he brings in millions of dollars of business, it shouldn't exempt him from following the rules! He's putting the business at risk!!!<br /><br />Crap, and what about Sally, the head of the London office? She keeps playing th