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Johnson & Johnson CISO Marene Allison: ‘You can’t sit on today’s technology’

CSO Magazine

The oath Marene Allison took years ago to defend and protect the United States is the same tenet that now guides her work maintaining cybersecurity at one of the largest pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturers in the world. It’s important to understand I’m here to protect this company that is focused on human healthcare.

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CISOs, beware of spyware tools for illicit competitive intelligence

CSO Magazine

Department of Justice (DOJ) released information surrounding the guilty plea of Mexican businessman Carlos Guerrero and his conspiracy to sell and use hacking tools that were manufactured by companies in Italy, Israel, and elsewhere.

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What CISOs need to know about Wi-Fi 6E

CSO Magazine

And I predict the rules we adopt today will play a major role in the growth of the internet of things, connecting appliances, machines, meters, wearables, smart televisions, and other consumer electronics, as well as industrial sensors for manufacturing.” To read this article in full, please click here

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Importance of Cybersecurity Profession Highlights SecureWorld Chicago

SecureWorld News

And so we think about different types of cybersecurity risk and how those risks or vulnerabilities or threat actors can actually impede that ability or an organization to meet those objectives," said Mary Faulkner, CISO at Thrivent, one of four panelists that took the stage to kick off the conference.

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2022 Cybersecurity predictions

CyberSecurity Insiders

While in past years, InfoSec was previously the focus and CISOs were the norm – we’re moving to a new cybersecurity world order that expands the role of the CISO to a CSO (Chief Security Officer). Manufacturing is a prime area for disruption with the increase in the number of IoT devices during the pandemic.

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Locked in: How long is too long for security vendor contracts?

CSO Magazine

Stephanie Benoit Kurtz thought she had a good deal when, in one of her former CISO roles, she signed a three-year contract with a vendor for vulnerability management as a service. It’s hard to go back to the manufacturer and say, ‘I didn’t need that module so can I get my money back?”

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Meet the 2021 SC Awards judges

SC Magazine

Below is our esteemed panel of SC Awards judges, contributing from health care, engineering, finance, education, manufacturing, nonprofit and consulting, among others. Prior to joining Delta Dental, Almeida was the CISO at Covanta Holding Corporation, a leader in energy-from-waste management services.