CISO Stories Podcast: Necessity is the Mother of Security

Tatu Ylönen, SSH founder and inventor of Secure Shell, discusses the genesis for the protocol and his keen interest in the application of technological solutions to fundamental cybersecurity challenges – check it out…
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CISO Stories Podcast: He Fought the FTC Over a Breach and Won

Hopefully, you won’t ever have to hire a lawyer to defend yourself against a government regulator. So what happens when the Federal Trade Commission or other powerful body baselessly accuses your company of wrongdoing where a data breach is concer… Continue reading CISO Stories Podcast: He Fought the FTC Over a Breach and Won

CISO Stories Podcast: Is There a Magic Security Control List?

Never in history has the cyber defender had access to so many technologies and tools to defend our companies. This has created a “Fog of More,” making the choices difficult to manage.
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CISO Stories Podcast: Doing Security Before Security Was a Career Path

Special guest Petri Kuivala, CISO at NXP Semiconductors, recounts his journey from municipal police officer to cybercrimes unit investigator to Chief Information Security Officer during the early days when security was largely an afterthought – ch… Continue reading CISO Stories Podcast: Doing Security Before Security Was a Career Path

CISO Stories Podcast: The Colonoscopy of CyberSecurity

The information and cybersecurity industry has no shortage of regulations, and many organizations simply rundown the list of requirements, load them into an excel spreadsheet and check the boxes to demonstrate they are in compliance. But is being … Continue reading CISO Stories Podcast: The Colonoscopy of CyberSecurity

CISO Stories Podcast: Going All-In on a Career in Security

Mauro Israel, CISO at BIOOOS, discusses his colorful background and how he – like so many others in the security field – came to discover his true calling late in life and was able to apply his wide range of knowledge and experience to the role of… Continue reading CISO Stories Podcast: Going All-In on a Career in Security

CISO Stories Podcast: Your Job is to Make Cybersecurity Simple

The CISO position in some organizations is relatively new, but the role has actually been evolving over the past 25 years – ever since Citibank named the first CISO, Steve Katz, in 1995. Join this podcast to learn how Steve navigated the early day… Continue reading CISO Stories Podcast: Your Job is to Make Cybersecurity Simple

CISO Stories Podcast: …and Other Useless Security Constructs

Bob Bigman, former CISO for the CIA, simplifies the conversation by slaughtering some of the industry’s most sacred cows like risk tolerance as a key driver for security programs – check it out…
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CISO Stories Podcast: Without Building a CISO EQ, You May Be On Your Own

The CISO must interact with many different groups within the company. These groups differ in the amount of business acumen and technical depth necessary. The CISO must have self-awareness of how to approach each of these different types of stakeho… Continue reading CISO Stories Podcast: Without Building a CISO EQ, You May Be On Your Own

CISO Stories Podcast: Doing Privacy Right vs. Doing Privacy Rights

Eric Schmidt (CEO Google 2001-2007) famously noted that his company’s policy was to get ‘right up to the creepy line and not cross it.’ The closer an organization can get to this imaginary line, the greater the profit maximization. When does this … Continue reading CISO Stories Podcast: Doing Privacy Right vs. Doing Privacy Rights