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MY TAKE: COVID-19 cements the leadership role CISOs must take to secure company networks

The Last Watchdog

Chief Information Security Officers were already on the hot seat well before the COVID-19 global pandemic hit, and they are even more so today. One new challenge CISOs’ suddenly face is how to lock down web conferencing tools, like Zoom, Skype and Webex, without gutting their usefulness. Salvi “The CISO role has fundamentally changed.

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NEW TECH: Exabeam positions SIEM technology to help protect IoT, OT systems

The Last Watchdog

Security information and event management systems — SIEMs — have been around since 2005, but their time may have come at last. Related: Digital Transformation gives SIEMs a second wind After an initial failure to live up to their overhyped potential, SIEMs are perfectly placed to play a much bigger role today.

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How the CISO has adapted to protect the hybrid workforce

IT Security Guru

As CISOs embark on their transformational journeys, identifying these areas of weakness should be the top priority. This has led to CISOs shifting how they approach protecting the corporate perimeter with additional controls and monitoring tools being used to scan any access to the network. Cloud dominance .

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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

Last September, Twitter hired Rinki Sethi as its new chief information security officer. 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. Justin Sullivan / Staff).

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2021 Security Outcomes Study: Stress Relief for CISOs

Cisco Security

We have heard countless times that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, digital transformation has advanced three years in three months. This affected all levels of the cybersecurity landscape, and it has had a particularly broad impact for those in the C-Suite, specifically, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

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CISOs UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT: NEW REPORT FINDS THAT THE EXPECTATIONS OF CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICERS HAVE NEVER BEEN GREATER

CyberSecurity Insiders

BT Security’s largest ever research project identifies the major trends that are changing the role of the CISO, and the worrying behaviors that show the need for a strategic response. With the research also identifying security as the top priority for businesses after coronavirus, CISOs have never been more integral to business operations.

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