The capacity to react fast and accurately to evolving attacks is important to defend threats

Bhaskar Rao, CISO, Bharat Co-op Bank

The CISO has to deal with various challenges like -
·    Security of Remote and Hybrid workforce
·    Phishing and Spear-Phishing Attacks
·    Software vulnerables
·    Ransomeware Evolution
·    Network Access Control
·    Emerging 5G Technology
·    Regular Patching
·    Data Leak Protection
·    Protection from Ever increasing Mobile Malwares
·    API Security
·    Outdated Hardwares
·    Social Engineering etc.

Skilled cyber-security force is one of the major concerns and this is going to be continued in the coming years, the ever rising cyber threats and much sophisticated attacks by the hackers are some of the major concerns. It is always advisable to outsource certain products instead of doing in-house.

The CISO always has to think on the safe-guarding the interest of the organization, recent years have shown how the major cyber security problems and threat actors are modifying their methods to match the ever changing global environment. The capacity to react fast and accurately to constantly evolving attacks that can hit anywhere within an organization's IT infrastructure is necessary to defend against all threats. The CISO needs to do various things to protect the organization like (a) multi-factor-authentication, (b) zero trust, (c) micro-segmentation, (d) protect the data from an unknown actor, (e) protection of data leakages, (f) safe and secured connectivity, (g) needs-based access and (h) creation of the user awareness.