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Check out this interview from the BSW Vault, hand picked by main host Matt Alderman! This segment was originally published on February 22, 2022. The Business Information Security Officer, or BISO, is relatively new and somewhat controversial role. Does this role act as the CISO's non-technical liaison to the business units or as the CISO's deputy to oversee strategy implementation at a granular le...

In the leadership and communications section, SEC's Enforcement Head: It's Time for 'Proactive Compliance', Improving cybersecurity culture: A priority in the year of the CISO, Breaking Down Barriers: 6 Simple Measures to Overcome Communication Barriers, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-338

It's time to review the money of security, including public companies, IPOs, funding rounds and acquisitions from the previous quarter. We also update you on the Security Weekly 25 index. The index came roaring back last quarter. Here are the stocks currently in the index: SCWX Secureworks Corp PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. SPLK Splunk Inc GEN Gen Digital...

How do you prepare for a cyber incident? You train as you fight, but in what environment? William "Hutch" Hutchinson, CEO and co-founder of SimSpace, joins BSW to share cyber best practices and why testing in your operational environment not a good idea. Learn what it takes to be Cyber Ready. In the leadership and communications section, A tougher balancing act in 2024, the year of the CISO, CISOs...

Inspired by my co-host, Jason Albuquerque, we get our hands dirty and discuss the challenges of hiring a CISO. How will the new SEC regulations impact the role for both organizations and individuals? In part 2, we get our hands dirty by addressing CISO hiring from the individual CISO. What should you look for in a CISO role? What questions should you be asking during the interview process? What ar...

Inspired by my co-host, Jason Albuquerque, we get our hands dirty and discuss the challenges of hiring a CISO. How will the new SEC regulations impact the role for both organizations and individuals? In part 1, we discuss the challenges of hiring a CISO from the organization's perspective. Do I need a CISO? What are the responsibilities of a CISO? Who should the CISO report to? Visit https://www.s...

Research shows that 26% of US workers currently work remotely, and there are expected to be 32.3 million American employees working remotely by 2025. To support these workers, organizations are adopting cloud solutions and migrating data to these cloud solutions. However, many businesses lack visibility into who has access to what data and when, especially in these cloud solutions. How should orga...

Robert Herjavec, CEO of Cyderes, was the keynote speaker at InfoSec World 2022, where he discussed the momentum we continue to see in the cybersecurity industry. Topics included mergers & acquisitions, Robert's outlook on the cyber market, staffing shortages, and nation state threats. Robert joins BSW to expand on his ISW keynote presentation. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the l...

Throughout her career, Sandy Dunn has continued to mature and refine her skills. In the early days, she describes her job as a "hostage negotiator", constantly negotiating between the business teams and the security team. But as you mature, so does your approach to security. Now, Sandy talks about simplifying "knowledge management" to make it easy to understand security and becoming a "business li...

Cyber has been an historically hermetic practice. A dark art. Full of mysteries and presided over by magicians both good and bad. This is a bit of an exaggeration, yet there is some truth to it. Many in our industry knew that the SEC was evaluating the role that cyber risk management and incident disclosure plays in the pricing mechanism for an equity. Many of the participants in GRC, IRM, and Cyb...

Materiality, Disclosure, and Evidence...  New terms for cybersecurity professionals to understand under the new SEC Regulations for Cybersecurity.  And the Solarwinds indictment is just the beginning. Join the BSW crew as they tackle each of these new terms in preparation for SEC enforcement which starts this week. In the leadership and communications section, Steve Katz, World's First CISO, Dies...

Theresa Lanowitz joins Business Security Weekly to review real edge computing use cases from the AT&T Cybersecurity Insights Report. Specifically, we'll cover the following industry sector reports, including: Healthcare Manufacturing Retail US SLED Transportation Research for the AT&T Cybersecurity Insights Report was conducted during July and August 2022. AT&T surveyed 1,418 security practitioner...

Most leadership books suffer from one of two critical failures (and sometimes both). The book might be a hagiography: telling you the biography of some amazing leaders, pretending there is one secret trick that will let you emulate that leader. Or the lesson of book should have been written as a tweet: in 280 characters you could have learned one lesson, but instead you have to fight through 300 p...

We often think "this would be so much better if done properly from the beginning", but the reality is, doing things from scratch comes with different challenges. Managing priorities, deciding what you tackle on from the absolute beginnings of a company in terms of security is a fun challenge. Segment Resources: Full session at the upcoming GoSec Conference: https://www.gosec.net/sessions/ Visit ht...

Inspired by my co-host, Jason Albuquerque, we get our hands dirty and discuss the challenges of cyber risk management. Why is cyber risk management so elusive and what can we do to solve it? In part 1, we discuss the challenges of cyber risk management and quantification. Do risk scores really work? What do CEOs and Boards really need to understand cyber risks? Inspired by my co-host, Jason Albuqu...

It's time to review the money of security, including public companies, IPOs, funding rounds and acquisitions from the previous quarter. We also update you on the Security Weekly 25 index. The index is rebounding, but there's a long way to go to get back to the top. In the leadership and communications segment, SolarWinds Is A Game Changer - You Cannot Sugarcoat Cybersecurity, Rethinking CISO Accou...

As the workforce increasingly relies on the cloud, the browser has become a critical aspect of enterprise security. Employees now use browsers to access data and applications from various devices and locations, making browsers the primary target for cyber attackers. Enterprise browsers are specifically designed to address the security challenges of the modern and complex workforce. According to Ga...

As the CISO role continues to transform from a technician to a risk manager, how do you secure emerging technologies, such as edge computing? By aligning to business objectives. In this segment, Theresa Lanowitz from AT&T Cybersecurity and Scott Stout From Cisco help us break down the challenges of the CISO and how to align security requirements to business outcomes to solve the emerging edge comp...

Do we sound like a broken record? Leadership, communication, and risk management skills are key traits of the Chief Information Security Officer. But don't just take our word for it, Jason Loomis, CISO at Freshworks, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss why companies should be hiring CISOs for their leadership talent, not their technical talent. Segment Resources: Switch Five Dysfunctions of...

CEOs and boards struggle with their digital transformation process. Does their operations hinder or align with business initiatives? Has their security operations scaled to meet the data and digital demands to protect against business risk? In today's episode, we're talking to Chris Morales, CISO at Netenrich, who'll provide compelling insights towards security transformation. Security organizatio...

As we move more infrastructure into the cloud, the traditional concepts of risk start to change. It's no longer just about networks and servers, but also needs to address identities and not just human identities. Cloud infrastructure introduces additional identity types that need to be addressed as part of your risk management program. Eric Kedrosky, CISO at Sonrai Security, joins us to discuss ho...

In this episode, we interview Jake Wilson, Western Governor University's Security Awareness Evangelist. We'll learn about how he built up and matured WGU's security awareness program, eliminating blind spots, and improving efficacy through data analysis and better reporting. This segment is sponsored by Living Security. Visit https://securityweekly.com/livingsecurity to learn more about them! This...

Organizations still struggle with DDoS, ransomware, and personal information exfiltration. In order the prevent these attacks, we first need to understand the 'types' of DDoS and emerging threat techniques used by the adversary. In this interview, we explore these attacks in the context of edge computing. As edge computing use cases evolve, organizations need to understand the intersection of edge...

Managing identities continues to add complexity for granting access to enterprise resources. Between the increasing number and expanding types of identities, including carbon-based, silicon-based, and artificial identities, and the evolution of cloud computing and remote work, managing the perimeter is now an identity problem. What risks do each of these identity types pose and how do you mitigate...

Check out this interview from the BSW Vault, hand picked by main host Matt Alderman! This segment was originally published on March 15, 2021. In 1989, Stephen Covey first published "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," empowering and inspiring leaders for over 25 years. Is there an equivalent or new set of habits for CISOs? George Finney, Chief Security Officer at Southern Methodist Universit...