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How CISOs Can Impact Security for All

Cisco Security

Insights from our new Advisory CISO, Helen Patton. If there’s anyone who’s been put through their paces in the security industry, it’s Helen Patton , our new Advisory Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Helen has come to Cisco from The Ohio State University, where she served as CISO for approximately eight years.

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New CISOs should focus more on people and less on tech, report finds

SC Magazine

Other major companies to recently install a new CISO include Uber and Square. Two major themes emerged from the research and interviews conducted with CISOs. The first is that developing human connections is more critical to a CISO’s early success than mastery of the technical details. Twitter headquarters.

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Three tips for modernizing the CISO in 2021

SC Magazine

Today’s columnist, Jadee Hanson of Code42, says KPMG found that 44% of organizations will change their products, services and business models in the next few years – and that CIOs and CISOs must work together to meet this challenge. During the height of the pandemic last year, the CISO took on new prominence within organizations.

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Episode 179: CISO Eye on the Virus Guy – Assessing COVID’s Cyber Risks

The Security Ledger

In this episode of the podcast (#179), CISO Kayne McGlandry of IEEE joins us to talk about the cyber risks posed by COVID and why COVID-themed phishing emails shouldn’t be your only concern. Also: SMBs Struggle with Identity Spotlight Podcast: How DU Telecom Manages Digital Transformation Risk. Read the whole entry. »

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Cisco Secure Workload: Policy-as-Code Is a Win-Win for Everyone

Cisco Security

The last few years have proved to be a catalyst for digital transformation for many of our enterprise customers. Application modernization and adopting multicloud are the foundational building blocks for digitizing business. For more information on policy as code, contact your Cisco Account Team or Partner Account Manager.

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Spotlight Podcast: QOMPLX CISO Andy Jaquith on COVID, Ransomware and Resilience

The Security Ledger

In this Spotlight podcast* we’re joined by Andrew Jaquith, the CISO at QOMPLX to talk about how the COVID pandemic is highlighting longstanding problems with cyber risk management and cyber resilience. We also talk about how better instrumenting of information security can help companies get a grip on fast-evolving cyber risks like.

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Grandson of FISMA: Why We Desperately Need New Cybsersecurity Legislation from the 117th Congress

Cisco Security

Further to the topic of governance, FISMA decided to subordinate the CISO to the CIO, which is an organizational design no longer in favor among enterprises throughout the Fortune 500 and Global 2000. The modern CISO is more than “IT security.” He has also serviced as the CISO of Leonardo DRS and Cubic Global Defense.

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