Recently a CEO that I worked for in the past reached out to me. Like many successful CEO’s, he has “retired”. But do you ever really retire at that point? John now sits on the board of a few companies and does some consulting. He’s written a very insightful book about transformation in the industry we worked in. And he is an insanely successful guy in his entire career. I was very pleased and honored that he reached out to me for some advice.
His question revolved around what a board member should be asking to get informed about the security program of the company he was responsible for as a Director. This is a fantastic question. One I think more Directors need to think about. After all, they have a fiduciary responsibility for that company.
I wrote my former CEO a long (for me) email around all of this. After thinking about it a bit, I realized that this is something that should be shared more broadly. So, stripping the personal content out, I am including my answer to John in full fo…
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