CISOs today spend up to 30 percent of their time building and nurturing global networks both internally and externally. CISOs find that building close relationships with chief technical officers, IT architects, project managers and senior business leaders helps in solving IT security issues as a team. Security leaders build strong relationships with other CISOs, CIOs, vendor community to stay updated on trends, threats, current topics and new product applications. The benefits of networking include the ability to share information to help other leaders share and pass information.”]
Source: https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/4-dos-donts-networking-a-4565