Many CISOs feel like they don’t get the proper respect from their board

Many board members do not treat their Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) with the respect and seriousness they deserve, hurting not only the CISOs themselves, but the organization as a whole.

A Trend Micro study, based on a survey of 2,600 IT and cybersecurity leaders, found that nearly four in five CISOs (79%) say they have been pressured to discuss the severity of the risks they face to trivialize.