Cybersecurity Tools & Guides
Each downloadable piece featured below is a fully-detailed, actionable resource that's part of a larger collection of cybersecurity content available to our clients in the IANS Insights Portal.
Retaining and Hiring CISOs and Security Leaders in 2024
IANS and Artico Search surveyed more than 660 CISOs as part of the 2023 CISO Compensation and Budget Survey. Retaining and Hiring CISOs and Security Leaders in 2024 compiles the findings of that survey into key data points that hiring leaders should keep in mind during the recruitment process.
Tips for Creating Effective Executive Dashboards
This report explains the key ingredients of an effective executive-level dashboard and offers tips for building one.
IANS Vulnerability and Breach Update: Q2 2024
In this quarterly research report, IANS updates you on the top vulnerabilities and breaches from the past quarter and provides some real-world context and perspective.
Develop and Promote Internal Talent To Senior Infosec Roles
Identifying top-tier talent and ensuring their advancement through coaching, development and promotion is essential to building a mature security organization. This report explores the various criteria that demonstrates whether an individual is ready for promotion or advancement.
Create Metrics To Use for Budgeting and Decision-Making
Creating metrics to support budgeting and decision-making requires a focus on threats, losses and return on controls (ROC). This report explains how to use a cyber-risk quantification (CRQ) process to create metrics that resonate with the board and senior leadership.
Determine the Cost and Impact of a Security Breach
The financial effects of a data breach can range from losses due to business disruption and data exposure to regulatory fines, brand impacts and legal costs. This report highlights some recent statistics on breach costs and provides a process for determining breach costs specific to your organization.
IANS Security, Privacy and Compliance Law Update: Q1 2024
This Report provides updates on emerging international compliance laws and regulations that impact the information security and privacy communities.
Data Protection and Classification Policy Template
This template is designed to help establish a workable data protection and classification policy in general, as well as to support PCI DSS compliance.
The State of the CISO, Canada, 2023–2024 Benchmark Report
This benchmark report serves to help CISOs in Canada better assess their situations against those of their peers with country-specific data and analysis charting comp, security budgets and satisfaction levels.
