Why Root To CISO exists.
Cybersecurity careers rarely follow a straight line. Root To CISO captures the real journeys behind security leadership — the decisions, setbacks, opportunities and lessons that job descriptions never show.
The mission
Give cybersecurity professionals access to practical career and leadership lessons from people who have already made the journey. The archive is designed to help people learn across many different paths, not copy a single formula.
Two formats
Root To CISO focuses on current and former commercial CISOs. Byte Size features leaders who have hired cybersecurity professionals and can share useful hiring, career and leadership insight.
Kris Rides
Kris Rides is the creator and host of Root To CISO and the founder of Tiro Security, a cybersecurity staffing and professional services company founded in 2012.
For more than two decades, Kris has worked with technology and cybersecurity professionals, helping organizations build security teams and working closely with leaders throughout their careers — from people taking their first steps into cybersecurity to CISOs leading major organizations.
Kris is an active member of the cybersecurity community and regularly speaks at major cybersecurity conferences and events across the US. He is Chair of the NCyTE Industry Advisory Board, President of the Cloud Security Alliance Las Vegas Chapter, and serves on advisory boards supporting cybersecurity education and the wider security community.
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