For many organizations, large and small, it would be impractical to “skill up” to manage all aspects of cybersecurity. Managed Security Service Providers provide many different services. Join this podcast to learn how to work with the MSSP to ensure that the organization is obtaining the most value. To view the article from the CISO COMPASS Book that sparked this interview, please visit: https://securityweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CISOCOMPASS_Jonathan_Nguyen-Duy_Article.pdf Nguyen-Duy, J. 2019. Managing the MSSP. In CISO COMPASS: Navigating Cybersecurity Leadership Challenges with Insights from Pioneers, 1st Ed, pg 135. Fitzgerald, T. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl. www.amazon.com/author/toddfitzgerald   This segment is sponsored by Cybereason. Visit https://www.cybereason.com/cisostories to learn more about them! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/csp31

We need the organization to support the cybersecurity initiatives and thus we try to influence the organization to support these goals for the protection of the organizational assets. If we are failing, is it that the organization did not ‘get it’ or was it our approach? Join this podcast to learn how to achieve that buy-in. To view the article from the CISO COMPASS Book that sparked this interview, please visit: https://securityweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CISOCOMPASS_David_Nolan_Article.pdf Nolan, D. 2019. Achieving Security Buy-In: Change the Approach, Not the Culture. In CISO COMPASS: Navigating Cybersecurity Leadership Challenges with Insights from Pioneers, 1st Ed, pg 470. Fitzgerald, T. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl. www.amazon.com/author/toddfitzgerald Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/csp30 This segment is sponsored by Cybereason. Visit https://www.cybereason.com/cisostories to learn more about them!

Kerissa Varma, Group Chief Information Security Officer of Old Mutual Limited, one of the largest financial services organizations on the African continent, discusses the cybersecurity skills shortage and her initiative to recruit brilliant minds from across an array of fields who have skill sets applicable to cybersecurity, but they might not even know it… This segment is sponsored by Cybereason. Visit https://www.cybereason.com/cisostories to learn more about them!

A recent global research report conducted by Cybereason, titled "Ransomware: The True Cost to Business", revealed that the vast majority of organizations that have suffered a ransomware attack have experienced significant impact to the business, including loss of revenue, damage to the organization’s brand, unplanned workforce reductions, and little in the way of relief from cyber insurance policies. An esteemed panel of subject matter experts will examine the research findings and discuss how organizations can better prepare to defend against and respond to a ransomware attack. The event was produced as a live webinar version of the CISO Stories Podcast, a weekly podcast that takes a deep dive on security leadership issues and is produced by Cybereason and the CyberRisk Alliance’s Cybersecurity Collaborative, a prominent CISO networking group.   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/csp28 View the Cybereason Ransomware Report here: https://www.cybereason.com/ebook-ransomware-the-true-cost-to-business This segment is sponsored by Cybereason. Visit https://www.cybereason.com/cisostories to learn more about them!

CISOs are approached frequently by salespersons to buy products to reduce risk. How do you manage these relationships? Join this podcast to learn how to respond to the salesperson, reduce time, and select the best products with reduced wasted interaction.   To view the article from the CISO COMPASS Book that sparked this interview, please visit: https://securityweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CISOCOMPASS_Kevin_Morrison_Article.pdf   Morrison, K. 2019. Managing the Security Product Salesperson. In CISO COMPASS: Navigating Cybersecurity Leadership Challenges with Insights from Pioneers, 1st Ed, pg 69. Fitzgerald, T. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl. www.amazon.com/author/toddfitzgerald   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/csp27 This segment is sponsored by Cybereason. Visit https://www.cybereason.com/cisostories to learn more about them!

Speed to market is the mantra of software development today. This does not mean that a process is not followed, it means that an iterative approach to software development produces code changes and usable code much faster. Join this podcast to learn how security can be imbedded into agile software development to produced fast and secure code.   To view the article from the CISO COMPASS Book that sparked this interview, please visit: https://securityweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CISOCOMPASS_Glenn_Kapetansky_Article.pdf Kapetansky, G. 2019. Integrating Security with SDLC/Agile Development In CISO COMPASS: Navigating Cybersecurity Leadership Challenges with Insights from Pioneers, 1st Ed, pg 27. Fitzgerald, T. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl. www.amazon.com/author/toddfitzgerald This segment is sponsored by Cybereason. Visit https://www.cybereason.com/cisostories to learn more about them! Visit https://securityweekly.com/csp for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cyberleaders Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cybersecuritycollaborative/

The crown jewels are those assets representing the highest value to the organization and deserve the greatest investment to protect. Join this podcast to learn the importance of protecting these crown jewels throughout the information life cycle. To view the article from the CISO COMPASS Book that sparked this interview, please visit: https://securityweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CISOCOMPASS_Steve_Durbin_Article.pdf Durbin,S. 2019. Protecting the “Crown Jewels”. In CISO COMPASS: Navigating Cybersecurity Leadership Challenges with Insights from Pioneers, 1st Ed, pg 77. Fitzgerald, T. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl. www.amazon.com/author/toddfitzgerald This segment is sponsored by Cybereason. Visit https://www.cybereason.com/cisostories to learn more about them! Visit https://securityweekly.com/csp for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cyberleadersFollow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cybersecuritycollaborative/

Phil Attfield, CEO and founder at Sequitur Labs, discusses his engineering roots and curius nature that led him to developing software tools and in-house products for modeling, synthesis and verification of telecom and network equipment hardware at Nortel. Phil the challenges involved in development of large-scale security policy and management frameworks and the key security elements of the IoT device lifecycle from design, to build, to sustaining securely.   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/csp24 Visit https://securityweekly.com/csp for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cyberleaders Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cybersecuritycollaborative/

The CISO is often in a position where vulnerabilities are known and implementing a product may result in an insecure product. Should the CISO say ‘no we can’t do that’, or ‘figure out how to make it happen?’ Join this podcast to learn how a CISO was faced with this dilemma where he was asked by the business to implement a technology, where he had stacks of whitepapers indicating the technology was insecure.   To view the article from the CISO COMPASS Book that sparked this interview, please visit: https://securityweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CISOCOMPASS_Dan_Lohrmann_Article.pdf Lohrmann, D. 2019. CISOs Need to be Enablers of Business Innovation-Here Is How. In CISO COMPASS: Navigating Cybersecurity Leadership Challenges with Insights from Pioneers, 1st Ed, pg 106. Fitzgerald, T. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl. www.amazon.com/author/toddfitzgerald   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/csp23 This segment is sponsored by Cybereason. Visit https://www.cybereason.com/cisostories to learn more about them!   Visit https://securityweekly.com/csp for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cyberleaders Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cybersecuritycollaborative/

Communication in any organization can be a challenge, especially when working with different levels of government and the various funding mechanisms. Join this podcast to lean how one State CISO navigated the rough waters by focusing on relationships and increased security spending and knowledge of security activities across government levels.   To view the article from the CISO COMPASS Book that sparked this interview, please visit: https://securityweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CISOCOMPASS_Mark_Weatherford_Article.pdf Weatherford, M. 2019. Relationships Matter. In CISO COMPASS: Navigating Cybersecurity Leadership Challenges with Insights from Pioneers, 1st Ed, pg 473. Fitzgerald, T. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl. www.amazon.com/author/toddfitzgerald   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/csp22 This segment is sponsored by Cybereason. Visit https://www.cybereason.com/cisostories to learn more about them! Visit https://securityweekly.com/csp for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cyberleaders Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cybersecuritycollaborative/