Fundamentals of Cybersecurity Governance and Leadership
Donavon Johnson · 2024
This chapter focuses on establishing cybersecurity governance structures in public administration. It covers the roles and responsibilities of cybersecurity leaders, developing policies and procedures, and managing compliance and risks. The importance of cybersecurity governance in the current digital landscape is emphasized at the beginning of the chapter. It then explores how to set up cybersecurity governance structures and discusses how to create cybersecurity policies that describe how an organization approaches cybersecurity. The crucial components of compliance and risk management within the framework for cybersecurity governance are then examined in the following section. Examples from the real world are used to illustrate how cybersecurity governance ideas are applied in the Global South throughout the chapter. Readers will have a clear understanding of the foundations of cybersecurity governance by the end of the chapter, as well as the crucial elements needed to create strong governance structures, specify cybersecurity roles, create efficient policies, and ensure compliance and risk management in the constantly evolving cybersecurity landscape.