Let's talk to cybersecurity expert, Lalisha Hurt, about her approach to selecting the right tools for your organization by using proven methods such as referencing the Gartner Magic Quadrant, thinking about the entire IT portfolio as part of your selection process, and what a successful 'Vendor Day' can do! Visit https://cisostoriespodcast.com for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://cisostoriespodcast.com/csp-197

What if there was more to making those impactful decisions that you haven’t considered? Let’s talk about how being open minded can directly impact the success of tool selection and optimization in your company. Is a SOC report enough or are there other criteria needed to make that risk based decision? Let’s discuss cognitive biases in tool selection with researcher Dr. Dustin about why it benefits your organization to be eyes open. Visit https://cisostoriespodcast.com for all the latest...

Let’s talk to our favorite Tokyo security leader about how she has experienced tool selection across the world. To be risk adverse or not to be risk adverse. What a question! Segment Resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdFzJxSemKo Visit https://cisostoriespodcast.com for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://cisostoriespodcast.com/csp-195

Hear from expert TimBall, CISO for NGO-ISAC, on his experiences in the industry and how he advises his members on finding the right tool. Especially when it comes to making sure the tool isn’t a ‘shiny object’ purchase but actually addressing your organizations underlying issues and bringing value! Bonus, let’s talk about election security! Segment Resources: https://www.ngoisac.org/ Visit https://cisostoriespodcast.com for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:...

Let’s talk about how regardless of your organizations data footprint being in the cloud or on prem, or if you’re a billion dollar organization or smaller, if the adversaries want in, they will find a way. Don’t fall victim because of bad cyber hygiene but instead work your experiences, your leadership, and train your people to limit exposure. Hear from Incident Response expert, Levone Campbell, on the lessons he learned in being proactive and reactive to some of the largest incidents in...

Let’s talk about the vCISO’s approach to Incident Response advisory with clients; particularly small and medium sized businesses (SMB). How can your cyber liability insurance support your organization outside of when an incident occurs? We will discuss strategies SMBs can take to strengthen their IR plans while keeping in mind their business needs and contingency plans. Segment Resources: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilklu/ This segment is sponsored by Semperis. To combat today's cyber...

Listen to the importance of legal relationships and interaction with the CISO and security program. Jess and Joe talk about the need for legal to understand the security team's day to day and also what incident response means to your organization. Bringing your legal reps into the folds when a breach happens is too late! Work as a team early to make sure all parties are knowledgeable and ready to act without time wasted. This segment is sponsored by Semperis. To combat today's cyber attacks,...

Todd Fitzgerald will be moving on from the CISO STORIES podcast after 185+ episodes, which was initiated almost 4 years ago following the publication of the #1 Best-Selling CISO COMPASS book, which has guided 1000’s of emerging, current, experienced, and new CISOs and their teams in their journey to protect our organizations’ and nation’s information assets through a structured, business-oriented roadmap. Over 75 CISO and industry leader contributors to the book had their ‘grey boxes’ come to...

Vulnerabilities are the ‘front doors’ for attackers to infiltrate our systems and a key process organizations must get right into order to protect our systems and information assets. Join us as we discuss vulnerability management, identification of assets, prioritization, threat intelligence, leveraging tools, desired vulnerability product features, business impact and vulnerability measurement timing. Visit https://cisostoriespodcast.com for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:...

Rapid advancement in the sophistication and availability of "deepfake" technology enabled by generative AI - the ability to generate convincing multimedia and interactive representations indistinguishable from the real thing - presents new and growing challenges for CISOs seeking to combat fraud, intrusion, disinformation, and other adverse consequences of social engineering. CISOs will need to maintain enhanced understanding of deepfake technology to craft and manage effective controls - yet...

Managing vulnerabilities is a large, complex problem that can't be completely fixed. And still, many cybersecurity organizations continue with a traditional approach that attempts to address all vulnerabilities, spreading staff too thin and increasing exploitation windows. With a small set of vulnerabilities being the cause of most of the breaching, taking a focused approach can have a significant impact on reducing the risk of successful cyber attacks. Visit https://cisostoriespodcast.com...

Join us as we discuss how critically important it is for a CISO to establish, maintain, and frequently leverage in informal network. With almost daily changes in the threat landscape across all industries, it's critical to have informal but trusted resources to rely on for advice, information, and just overall "sounding board" opportunities. Visit https://cisostoriespodcast.com for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://cisostoriespodcast.com/csp-186

Join us as we discuss the organization’s GRC program and how GRC helps drive the business of information security from internal and external perspectives to integrate security into the culture, while maintaining compliance with regulations imposed for insurance and public companies. Segment Resources: Webcast: https://www.scmagazine.com/cybercast/the-regulatory-landscape-in-2030-what-you-need-to-know Podcast (Enterprise Security Weekly): ...

CISOs need to enhance their strategic influence and operational impact within their organizations. This calls for a departure from traditional, insular security approaches towards a partnership model that aligns security initiatives with business growth and value. By adopting an attitude of listening, humility, and interdisciplinary collaboration, CISOs can transcend fear-based justifications for investment and instead, demonstrate how robust cyber security measures contribute to the overall...

With the vast number of cybersecurity solutions in the marketplace, how do you identify what fits with your company’s strategic goals, then deploy and scale in a reasonable timeframe? Hear a CISO who has built a methodology for assessing and implementing new security technologies and successfully used it at several large global enterprises. Segment Resources: Webcast: https://www.scmagazine.com/cybercast/the-regulatory-landscape-in-2030-what-you-need-to-know Podcast (Enterprise Security...

As organizations grow, there comes a time when managing by excel spreadsheets is not longer feasible and accurate data sources, regulations, and risk need to be accurately reflected within Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) tools. Reporting to the board must be based upon accurate information. Join us as we discuss the important aspects of forming a GRC program. Segment Resources: Webcast: https://www.scmagazine.com/cybercast/the-regulatory-landscape-in-2030-what-you-need-to-know ...

We discuss the topic of Human Centric Cybersecurity and the importance of empowering the 'people' aspect of the People, Process, Tech framework. In this conversation we raise the importance of well-being amongst Tech and Cyber leaders and how to keep calm through the chaos to lead our teams well. Also important is diversity in this field and the Holistic approach to cyber, starting with the people/human first aspect. This segment is sponsored by RegScale....

Advisory Boards - helping cybersecurity companies grow is foundational to helping enterprises select best in class tools to protect their environments. If done properly, scaling cybersecurity companies can have a positive global impact on how information is protected and minimizing business disruption. Visit https://cisostoriespodcast.com for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://cisostoriespodcast.com/csp-180

Many organizations are starting today down the Zero Trust path. Zero Trust is a strategy (vs an architecture) and to prove the value of this investment, we need to start thinking about metrics to demonstrate value. Join us as we discuss some of the metric directions to consider when moving our organizations towards Zero Trust. Visit https://cisostoriespodcast.com for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://cisostoriespodcast.com/csp-179

The importance of CISO skills/metrics for the board, demonstrating the business value and necessity of good cybersecurity posture, as capabilities the CISO must master to be effective in securing the appropriate investment level. Join us as we discuss interactions with the board and leveraging metrics to show business value. Visit https://cisostoriespodcast.com for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://cisostoriespodcast.com/csp-178

CISOs must prioritize the intelligent selection of cybersecurity products by considering the total cost of ownership (TCO) and whether point products or platforms are best suited. This includes the costs of deployment and operations for people, processes, and technology, as well as the ongoing maintenance and support of a product. By considering the TCO of various products, CISOs can make more informed decisions and choose the products that will provide the best value for the organization....

Data Governance is a key component in protecting the data from different points of view including information security confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There are several standards that have control requirements for Data Governance relating to PCI, HIPAA, and PII, data security and more. Two of the Internal Standards having Data Governance requirements are: GDPR, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 The internal policies pertaining to gathering data, processing data, storing date, and disposal of...

Data is the fuel of modern organizations. Data governance ensures the quality of that fuel, as well as ensure its optimal utilization. It ensures that people use and access data appropriately. This value is timely in the face of artificial intelligence offerings whose utility relies on quality data. This segment is sponsored by Spirion. Visit https://cisostoriespodcast.com/spirion to learn more about them! Visit https://cisostoriespodcast.com for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:...

As technology has enabled high speed access and massive amounts of inexpensive storage, data is being created at a logarithmic hockey-stick pace. Not all this data is important for the organization, however the organization must understand what data is important to run the business. Join us as we discuss this dilemma, with an eye to protecting essential information. Good data governance processes are essential for effective security. This segment is sponsored by Spirion. Visit...