Why IT Leaders Must Be Technical: Death by 1000 Cuts | Tom Sweet, CIO Industrial Refrigeration Pros

Tom Sweet, CIO of Industrial Refrigeration Pros and cybersecurity veteran with over 20 years of experience, shares his journey from civil engineering to leading IT security at a private equity-backed company. Tom discusses the unique challenges of building security from scratch, why he believes IT leadership needs to be technologically competent and the cultural complexities of implementing security controls without causing “death by a thousand cuts”.

0:00 Career transitions: civil engineering to cybersecurity, PE companies vs large enterprises
13:41 Leading with influence while implementing security controls
27:56 On working with and taking over from MSPs
35:03 Browser security evolution and the new attack surface with AI agents
38:47 Advice for reducing stress in cybersecurity leadership

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