The document discusses the challenges faced by CISOs in protecting organizational assets and managing risk due to a lack of control over processes and people. It introduces the CISO Impact framework which provides a structured approach for CISOs to measure and improve their performance in proactively engaging with the organization through 7 defined factors. The framework includes a diagnostic assessment and workshops to help CISOs understand their strengths/weaknesses and develop concrete plans to advance each factor and their overall impact.

1. CISOs and their teams operate against a backdrop of continuous change in the threat
landscape, information security technology, and business conditions. The mission to
protect critical assets across space and time is further complicated by a lack of direct
control over the people and processes that expose the organization to risk through day-
to-day operations.
In-depth research with hundreds of information security leaders revealed
a common thread among the top performers:
Technical skills, while essential, are not enough.
To deliver maximum impact, Information Security must
engage with the business and practice proactive
organizational engagement.

2. To drive insight and enable action
on these “soft skills,” IANS has
broken proactive organizational
engagement down into a set of
clearly defined, quantifiable
elements we call The 7 Factors
of CISO Impact.
Our CISO Impact framework provides a
structured, action-oriented approach that
allows you to baseline your performance
and measure progress down to the Factor
and sub-Factor levels as you work towards
b e t t e r p ro a c t i v e o rg a n i z a t i o n a l
engagement.

3. First step: take the Diagnostic.
The Diagnostic is an online self-
assessment that measures the current
state of your team’s organizational
engagement. Your personal report
provides you with insight into your team’s
strengths and weaknesses, and allows
you to compare the results to those of
your peers.
As you work to improve your skill sets in
each of the 7 Factors, your Diagnostic
results will reflect your progress.

4. Then, attend
a CISO Impact
Workshop.
The CISO Impact Workshop is a four-hour
deep dive into one of the 7 Factors of
CISO Impact.
IANS-proprietary worksheets will help you
break down your Factor-specific Diagnostic
results into concrete, step-by-step actions
for improvement.
You’ll experience a new way of thinking
about what you do, and walk away with
insights that will influence the way that you
execute your mission.

5. A CISO Impact Workshop is a collaborative
hands-on working session.
Wrap-Up
Review lessons
learned and
discuss of how
improvement
will drive
success.Introductions
Get to know your
fellow CISOs
Workshop Orientation
The IANS facilitator
describes the workshop
context, components and
flow for the day
Solo Work
Document your
team’s skills and
processes vs. the
workshop Factor.
Presentations &
Feedback
Present your
workbook
writings and
receive feedback
from your peers.
Research Overview
A discussion of the
research and structure of
the CISO Impact
framework
Diagnostic
An explanation of how
the CISO Impact self-
assessment tool works
What are the 7 Factors?
An overview of the individual
7 Factors of CISO Impact,
and a look at how they all
work together to drive
success.
Small Group
Discussion
Share ideas and
challenges with
your small group

6. Most business leaders view information
security risk as separate from business
risk. Why? And how can we change this?
Only 7% of CISOs who have taken the CISO Impact
Diagnostic report being in-sync with business
leadership regarding information security assets,
processes, and incident response capabilities. What
steps can you take to bring your goals into line with
the strategic goals of the business and convince
business leaders to own information security risk?
At a recent Factor 2 Workshop, we posed the question:
Factor 2:
Get Business Leaders
to Own Information
Security Risk

7. Participants discussed the challenges …
… and through that discussion, shared
thoughts on how to address the problem.
“If the business signs off
on risk, nobody blinks.
We have to push to
revisit risks periodically.” “We don’t have a risk
culture so developing a
policy on risk stewardship
isn’t getting much
support.”
“Top management sends
mixed signals about who is
accountable for information
security risk. We’re left on the
hot seat.”

8. You’ll walk away with strategies for success
in real-world situations. For example,
you’ll learn how to:
• Work with C-Level executives to tie business leaders’
compensation to reducing security risks.
• Create competition among business leaders by implementing
and publishing ‘wall of shame’ metrics for information security
compliance.
• Work on building connections and finding security champions
in other departments in the organization, like Finance or
Legal.