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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 June 8, 2020. Marc French has more than 25 years of technology experience in engineering, operations, product management, and security. Prior to his current role at CISO at Product Security Group, Marc was the SVP & Chief Trust Officer at Mimecast, Inc. and has held a varie...

You can rebuild infrastructure. But you can't un-breach data – Data sits at the core of an organization and is often the most open and vulnerable. This is why data security is the most important and urgent security problem to solve right now. We're joined by Matt Radolec, Senior Director of Incident Response and Cloud Operations at Varonis, to walk through the blast radius concept – from what it i...

Medtronic's Security Ambassador program has seen tremendous growth and engagement in recent years. Learn how they gave their program a shot of adrenaline and haven't looked back since.   Cybersecurity teams today are inundated with tools that provide an abundance of alerts and data about threats, gaps, vulnerabilities and everything in between. While security tools are critical to operating a cybe...

Each year, Forrester tracks the top systemic risks — external events that impact your firm and customers but are out of your control — facing organizations. The impacts of climate change are both short-term, in the form of severe weather, drought, and heat waves, and long-term, in the form of biodiversity loss, sea-level rise, and rising temperatures. Want to see where climate risk ranked on the l...

This week, it's time for Security Money. We recap Q1 2023 with the latest financial results, funding announcements, and layoffs. Don't miss this quarterly update. At the market close on April 28th 2023: - SW25 Index is 1,404.31, which is an increase of 40.43% (up from last Q) since inception. - NASDAQ Index is 12,226.58, which is an increase of 84.27% (up from last Q) during the same period.   CIS...

We talk a lot about closing the skills gap, but it's harder said than done. So we thought we'd tackle the problem in our 2nd episode os Say Easy, Do Hard. Part 1 will discuss the skills needed, the requirements of the position, and the real qualifications for cybersecurity jobs. We will discuss the practical, realistic expectations of working in cybersecurity, not the hyped stereotypical positions...

Securing the business can often come at a cost of employee productivity, but it doesn't have to be this way. Especially in today's economic climate, the security team cannot be seen as a blocker to business. Aviv discusses how to find that balance in today's episode. This segment is sponsored by Votiro. Visit https://securityweekly.com/votiro  to learn more about them!   In the leadership and comm...

Barracuda just released a report on Ransomware findings, here: https://assets.barracuda.com/assets/docs/dms/2023 -Ransomware-insights-report.pdf. Here are a few of the highlighted stats: Barracuda international survey finds 73% of organizations experienced a successful ransomware attack in 2022 — 38% were hit more than once. 42% of those hit three times or more paid the ransom to restore encrypted...

Why 300? 300 is a perfect game in bowling, a milestone few have achieved (unless you're Brendan Alderman who has done it twice before the age of 20). 300 podcast episodes is almost 7 years of recording, a milestone most podcasts haven't achieved. So we thought is was worth celebrating! Join current and former BSW hosts to get a brief history of Business Security Weekly, including:   Paul's resigna...

We often see security as a thing that has definitive check boxes, end states and deliverables. Audits "end" and then start again, but if you are looking at security as a noun -- as in, a thing that gets done, you are falling short. Security must be a verb. You DO security, you do not HAVE security. Security weaves through every layer and goes beyond the IT assets or codebase. This includes: Guerri...

When CISOs report into CEOs it gives them more autonomy, empowers them with more decision making authority, and eliminates the inherent conflict of interest present when CISOs report into IT leaders like the CIO. Segment Resources: https://www.forrester.com/blogs/five-reasons-why-cisos-should-report-to-ceos   In the leadership and communications section, CISO: A Job in Search of a Description, The...

Natural language processing AI will be at the forefront in 2023, as it will enable organizations to better understand their customers and employees by analyzing their emails and providing insights about their needs, preferences or even emotions. As AI voice cloning technology becomes more powerful and readily available, we will see an increase in impersonation attacks that utilize audio deepfakes....

From protecting application and data from cyberattacks to meeting compliance regulations, healthcare providers face the complex challenge of providing secure and reliable access to medical data. In this segment, Terry Ray joins Business Security Weekly to discuss common attack trends and security challenges that healthcare providers face along with guidance for securing healthcare data and applica...

Lots of press lately regarding ChatGPT and its impact on cybesecurity. Some say it will help us fight adversaries, while others say it will only make adversaries more sophisticated. Lot's of FUD on both sides of the discussion. BSW hosts debate the pros and cons of ChatGPT (and other AI) to truly understand its impact and what we, as security leaders, need to know. In the leadership and communicat...

It's another holiday week, so enjoy this episode from the BSW archives!   This week, we welcome Graeme Payne, President at Cybersecurity4Executives, to discuss Impacts of a Data Breach! During the Equifax 2017 Data Breach, Graeme Payne was Senior Vice President and CIO of Global Corporate Platforms. He was fired the day before the former Chairman and CEO of Equifax testified to Congress that the r...

How do you manage the human side of cybersecurity? Traditionally, security awareness programs have checked this box from a compliance angle but had minimal impact on cyber risk. Human Risk Management (HRM) is transforming this space by connecting an integrated, data-driven approach with personalized security training to deliver quantifiable results. In this session, we'll define HRM, explore how i...

This week, it's Security Money. While the major indexes have improved, the SW25 index has not. Pressures from the macro economic conditions appear to have a greater impact on cybersecurity. We'll dig in and review.   In the leadership and communications section, Who Does Your CISO Report To?, 5 CISO Traps to Avoid and Truths to Embrace, How to effectively communicate cybersecurity best practices t...

What keeps the cyber C-Suite up at night? What are their main priorities, and how do they articulate them to board? In this session, we'll go behind the screens and find out what CISOs from all over the world really think in terms of making turning cyber risk into business risk.   This segment is sponsored by Mimecast. Visit https://securityweekly.com/mimecast to learn more about them!   In the le...

Richard Seiersen and our guest, Doug Hubbard, are finishing the second edition of How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk. Doug is here to share the success of the first edition and preview the second edition. With more insights, the second edition will share more more research data, free tools, and new concepts like FrankenSME. If you're a risk management professional or want to learn more...

We're aren't recording this holiday week, so enjoy this BSW throwback episode! Main host Matt Alderman selected this episode to share as it's still relevant to the InfoSec business community today.    This week, we welcome Jim Routh, Former CSO, Board member, Advisor at Virsec, to discuss The 3 Mistakes All First Time CISOs Make That No One Tells You!    Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw2...

In the leadership and communications section, The CISO Role is Broken, Five Cybersecurity Resolutions CISOs Can Actually Keep In 2023, Are Cyber Attacks at Risk of Becoming 'Uninsurable'?, and more! SolarWinds has been on the journey of Secure by Design since the Sunburst incident in late 2020. Secure by Design is a practical approach to minimizing risk. It involves advanced build systems, an assu...

With the current macro economic head winds, 2023 budgets are either frozen or are flat. Where should CISOs focus these limited budgets to maximize the most out of their security program? In this segment, we invite Jon Fredrickson, Chief Risk Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island, to debate what should be in your minimum viable security program. This segment is part 1 of 2 parts and foc...

In the Leadership and Communications section, CISOs of the World, Unite!, 8 things to consider amid cybersecurity vendor layoffs, The Best Public Speakers Put the Audience First, and more! Barracuda just finished an email security survey. We start to dig into the results and the impact for 2023, including: - 86% of respondents in all the countries surveyed said third party email security solutions...

In the leadership and communications section, 5 top qualities you need to become a next-gen CISO, Ego Is the Enemy of Good Leadership, How To Explain Things Better, and more!   The U.S. is at an inflection point in terms of cyber threats; Critical infrastructure attacks are growing more frequent and consequential, and the White House recently called the cyber talent gap of nearly 770,000 open posi...

Todd Fitzgerald, author of CISO Compass and host of CISO Stories, joins BSW to share his top leadership lessons from the first 100 episodes of CISO Stories. Todd interviews CISOs and gains insights into their challenges and how they are solving them. Don't miss this recap!   In the leadership and communications section, The Sacrificial CISO heralds a new age for cybersecurity, To Coach Leaders, As...