Quick background: I have been an at this company as an ISSM for just over a year now. Did one year as an ISSO before starting here, and 10 years doing SA/NA type work.
My boss works across the country and has limited insight at my location. I work with an FSO who tries to act as if he’s my boss. This has led to several communication issues between myself and leadership at the site. People constantly go to him for cybersecurity related issues assuming he is my manager.
Recently the FSO asked me for a report, I said sure but what for, and he says it’s a meeting only for management. I manage a lot of projects and it’s a lot harder when I don’t have the information I need. I brought it up to him later and asked if it would be a good idea to get me involved in these types of meetings, he told me not to worry about it and it’s mostly programmatics.
I guess I just feel like it’s hard to be a ISSM when you’re not treated like a manager. Wanted to see if anyone had input/advice on how to go about this. I’m also curious how much other ISSMs work with their FSOs, and if the dynamic is the same.