
ISF Podcast
The ISF Podcast brings you cutting-edge conversation, tailored to CISOs, CTOs, CROs, and other global security pros. In every episode of the ISF Podcast, Chief Executive, Steve Durbin speaks with rule-breakers, collaborators, culture builders, and business creatives who manage their enterprise with vision, transparency, authenticity, and integrity. From the Information Security Forum, the leading authority on cyber, information security, and risk management.
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Jul 18, 2023 • 30min
S20 Ep1: How EU Legislation is Supporting Secure Innovation in Security
Today, Steve sits down with Despina Spanou, Head of the Cabinet of the Vice President of the European Commission. Despina’s work on security consists in coordinating all areas under the heading of the EU Security Union, ranging from counter-terrorism, organised crime, and cyber-security, to hybrid threats. She and Steve discuss the initiatives within the EU to create a more secure online ecosystem, the future of cybersecurity regulations in the EU, and growing a talent pipeline on the continent.
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Jun 20, 2023 • 24min
S19 Ep4: Threat Horizon 2025 - The Future of International Relations: Ideologies clash in the hyperconnected world
This episode is the final installment in a four-part series looking at the ISF's report, Threat Horizon 2025: Scenarios for an Uncertain Future. Today, we’re exploring the third and final known unknown outlined in the report, The Future of International Relations: Ideologies Clash in the Hyperconnected World.
More resources from ISF related to this episode:
Threat Horizon 2025: Scenarios for an uncertain future
Threat Horizon 2024: The Disintegration of Trust
Threat Horizon 2023: Security at a Tipping Point
Threat Horizon 2022: Digital and Physical Worlds Collide
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Jun 13, 2023 • 27min
S19 Ep3: Threat Horizon 2025 - The Future of Data: Regulation plays catch-up with value
This episode is the third in a four-part series looking at the ISF's latest report, Threat Horizon 2025: Scenarios for an uncertain future. Today, we’re exploring the second known unknown outlined in the report, “The Future of Data: Regulation plays catch-up with value.”
More resources from ISF related to this episode:
Threat Horizon 2025: Scenarios for an uncertain future
Information Security in Mergers and Acquisitions
Threat Horizon 2024: The Disintegration of Trust
Threat Horizon 2023: Security at a Tipping Point
Threat Horizon 2022: Digital and Physical Worlds Collide
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Jun 6, 2023 • 29min
S19 Ep2: Threat Horizon 2025 - The Future of Work: Location and technology collide
This episode is the second in a special four-part series focusing on the ISF's latest report, Threat Horizon 2025: Scenarios for an Uncertain Future. Today, we’re diving into the first of three of the known unknowns outlined in the report, “The Future of Work: Location and technology collide.”
More resources from ISF related to this episode:
Threat Horizon 2025: Scenarios for an uncertain future
Threat Horizon 2024: The Disintegration of Trust
Threat Horizon 2023: Security at a Tipping Point
Threat Horizon 2022: Digital and Physical Worlds Collide
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May 30, 2023 • 13min
S19 Ep1: Threat Horizon 2025 - Scenarios for an Uncertain Future
This episode begins a special four episode series focusing on the ISF's latest report, Threat Horizon 2025: Scenarios for an Uncertain Future.
Today, ISF CEO Steve Durbin and ISF Podcast producer Tavia Gilbert offer an overview, setting the stage for this Threat Report. Then over the next several weeks, we'll have a deeper discussion about each of the three major threat areas featured in the report.
More resources from ISF related to this episode:
LINK THREAT HORIZON REPORT ON SECURITYFORUM.ORG
Threat Horizon 2024: The Disintegration of Trust
Threat Horizon 2023: Security at a Tipping Point
Threat Horizon 2022: Digital and Physical Worlds Collide
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May 16, 2023 • 37min
S18 Ep4: The Business Leader's Guide to Culture and Innovation
In this episode, ISF CEO Steve Durbin and Tavia Gilbert look back on the interviews he’s done in the last three weeks with Sean Campbell, Ganesh Krishnan, and Dr. Ellie Pavlick, and discuss what they've learned from those conversations.
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May 9, 2023 • 27min
S18 Ep3: Ellie Pavlick - Balancing the Risk and Reward of AI
Today, Steve speaks with Dr. Ellie Pavlick, a professor of computer science at Brown University. Dr. Pavlick’s research focuses on computational models of semantics and pragmatics which emulate human inferences in artificial intelligence. Steve and Ellie discuss generative AI, developing a pipeline of talent to work with it, and perspectives on its developing uses for organisations.
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May 2, 2023 • 26min
S18 Ep2: Ganesh Krishnan - Engaging the Workforce for Holistic Security
Today Steve speaks with Ganesh Krishnan, a cybersecurity expert with over 25 years of experience protecting the digital world from cyber threats. He's been in leadership at Yahoo, LinkedIn, and other companies, and these days, he's the co-founder and CEO for Anzenna, which aims to empower employees with simple and effective security tools. Steve and Ganesh cover a lot of ground today, from using AI, to cloud security, to moving your organisation’s workforce from security training to engagement.
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Apr 25, 2023 • 21min
S18 Ep1: Sean Campbell - Breaking Through the Virtual Wall With Effective Communication
This week, Steve is interviewing Sean Campbell, founder and CEO of Cascade Insights. Over the past fifteen years of growing this B2B research firm, Sean has always worked remotely. Today, he shares a lot of practical tips for managers of remote and hybrid workforces, including listening for the silences and preventing 30-minute meetings from taking over your employees’ time.
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Apr 4, 2023 • 32min
S17 Ep6: Jim Routh - Achieving Cyber Resilience Through Influence
Today, Steve is in conversation with Jim Routh, the former CISO of MassMutual and Aetna. Jim currently works as a consultant and serves as a member of multiple boards. This week, he and Steve talk about the varied skill-sets required of cutting edge CISO’s, managing expectations of the C-Suite, the nuance between consensus and agreement, and more.
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