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The Cybersecurity Executive’s First Year Playbook: From Onboarding to Strategic Impact
Author(s): Renana Friedlich (Author), Yuri Diogenes (Author)
- Publisher Finelybook 出版社: Packt Publishing
- Publication Date 出版日期: October 30, 2026
- Edition 版本: 1st
- Language 语言: English
- Print length 页数: 410 pages
- ISBN-10: 1806679337
- ISBN-13: 9781806679331
Book Description
A practical guide for new cybersecurity executives, offering a clear roadmap for the critical first year in leadership. It equips leaders with strategies, tools, and insights to build strong security foundations, trusted relationships, and lasting organizational impact.
Key Features
- Assess risks, understand the business, and build key relationships early
- Build and execute a realistic roadmap with budget and resources
- Translate security risks into clear, business-focused messages for leaders
- Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt’s next-gen Reader
Book Description
Stepping into a cybersecurity leadership role is one of the most challenging transitions in a security professional’s career. Expectations are immediate, the stakes are high, and the path forward is rarely clear. This book is a practical guide to navigating the first year as a cybersecurity executive. It provides a structured approach to understanding the business, building credibility, and shaping a security program that delivers measurable impact.
The journey begins with assessing the organization and building the relationships that enable progress. It then focuses on action: defining a clear vision, aligning security priorities with business goals, and creating a realistic, risk-driven roadmap. Beyond strategy, the book addresses execution—securing budget, developing talent, strengthening core capabilities, and leading through major incidents. It offers guidance on communicating with executives and boards, measuring progress, and building programs that endure. Chapters also cover identity, data, cloud, third-party risk, and governance responsibilities, emphasizing accountability and collaboration with legal and executive stakeholders.
Written for new and aspiring CISOs and security leaders stepping into executive roles, this guide helps you lead with clarity, confidence, and lasting impact.
What you will learn
- Understand your organization’s mission, risk landscape, and security posture
- Build trust and credibility with executives, boards, partners, and your security team
- Translate technical risk into business priorities leaders care about
- Define a security vision and create a practical, risk-driven roadmap
- Secure budget, talent, and partners through strong business cases
- Lead with clarity during incidents and high-pressure moments
- Build a security-first culture across the organization
- Sustain resilience, well-being, and long-term leadership effectiveness
Who this book is for
This book is designed for cybersecurity leaders entering executive roles, including CISOs, CSOs, and senior security managers taking on leadership for the first time. It also serves aspiring security professionals preparing for executive responsibilities, experienced practitioners seeking to sharpen strategic and leadership skills, and business executives who want a deeper understanding of the challenges, priorities, and impact of cybersecurity leadership within modern organizations.
Table of Contents
- Laying the Foundational Bricks: The Initial Assessment
- Forging Alliances: Building Key Relationships
- Crafting Your Vision: Developing the Security Plan
- Charting the Course: Designing the Security Roadmap
- Fueling the Program: Budgeting, Legal, and People Management
- Operationalizing Defense: Core Security Functions
- Protecting the Crown Jewels: Identity, Access, and Data Security
- Navigating the Landscape: Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)
- Speaking the Language 语言: Mastering Executive Communication and Board Reporting
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About the Author
Renana Friedlich is an enterprise technology and cybersecurity executive who serves as Executive Vice President, CISO and CIO at LPL Financial. An award-winning leader with more than two decades of experience, Renana is known for turning strategy into execution and driving innovation across cybersecurity, AI, and enterprise technology. Before joining LPL, she held senior leadership roles at PayPal, EY, and the IDF, where she helped protect some of the world’s largest organizations against cyber threats. Renana actively engages in shaping the future of cybersecurity. She serves on advisory boards for universities, technology companies, startups, and venture capital firms and is a sought-after speaker at leading conferences, where she shares her perspectives on building trust and enabling growth in highly regulated environments. Renana holds multiple security certifications, including the CISSP, CISM, and a CISO certification from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
Yuri Diogenes is a cybersecurity executive, author, and educator with more than 30 years of experience in the technology industry. He holds a PhD in Cybersecurity Leadership, a Master of Science in Cybersecurity Intelligence and Forensics Investigation, and an MBA.
Yuri is a Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas and EC-Council University. He spent more than two decades at Microsoft, holding various technical and leadership positions, most recently serving as Principal PM Manager for Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
An accomplished author, Yuri has published more than 30 books, primarily focused on cybersecurity, information security, and Microsoft technologies. He also holds numerous industry-recognized certifications, including CISSP, CEH, CHFI, ECSA, CND, CompTIA SecAI+, Security+, CySA+, Network+, CASP+, and MITRE ATT&CK certifications in Cyber Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, and Detection Engineering.
