Exploring Executive and Leadership Roles in the Security Field

Michael Piacente has been helping companies find Security Executives (CISO) for a long time for some household name companies like Lyft, Instacart, Airbnb and more . In episode we speak about his current passion for Cloud Native CISOs what they are and what kind of skills should they work on to become CISO in the Cloud native world most organizations are moving ahead with in full force.

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Spotify TimeStamp for Interview Question

(00:00) Introduction

(03:57) A bit about Michael Piacente

(07:20) Why the focus on Cloud Native CISOs?

(09:52) What is a Cloud Native CISO?

(12:47) Different type of leadership roles in Security

(18:30) How are CISOs compensated?

(21:27) How CISOs can protect themselves?

(25:31) Have the roles & responsibilities changed?

(27:33) Importance of personal branding

(34:48) Trajectory after becoming a CISO

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