Leadership & Executive Communication , Training & Security Leadership
Profiles in Leadership: Suren Naidoo
CISO Describes Best Practices for Securing Buy-In, Delivering Constant Innovation
Experience as a chief enterprise architect offers excellent underpinnings for performing as a cybersecurity leader, in that both roles require creating and executing a vision, backed by stakeholder buy-in and navigating obstacles - no matter any scarcity of resources, skills or time, says Suren Naidoo, CISO of The Foschini Group.
See Also: Post-Transformation: Building a Culture of Security
In a video interview with Information Security Media Group as part of the CyberEdBoard's ongoing Profiles in Leadership series, Naidoo discusses:
- The imperative of focusing on the people ecosystem;
- Strategies for delivering innovation despite any scarcity of resources, skills or time;
- Working within and beyond constraints, backed by change management and leadership.
Naidoo serves as CISO of The Foschini Group, or TFG, one of the leading retail groups based in South Africa, which oversees 31 global retail brands that trade in fashion, value, jewelry, accessories, sporting apparel, cellular, homeware and furniture. Among other roles, he previously served as the first-ever chief enterprise architect for the International Monetary Fund and as an IT architecture and planning adviser for Microsoft.
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