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New York Financial Services Firms to Face More Cybersecurity Oversight

SecureWorld News

The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is proposing an amendment to its regulations that will require financial services companies to up their cybersecurity game. Require the CISO to provide a written report at least annually to the board or equivalent governing body.

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CISO Stories Podcast: Hacking Your Way Into Cybersecurity

Security Boulevard

Kerissa Varma is Group Chief Information Security Officer of Old Mutual Limited, one of the largest financial services organizations on the African continent. The post CISO Stories Podcast: Hacking Your Way Into Cybersecurity appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Importance of Cybersecurity Profession Highlights SecureWorld Chicago

SecureWorld News

It was fitting that the opening keynote panel for SecureWorld Chicago on June 8th was titled " Making the Cybersecurity Music: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities in Today's InfoSec Landscape. Buerger recently joined Kraft Heinz as its Business Information Security Officer after serving as CISO at a smaller company.

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First American Financial Pays Farcical $500K Fine

Krebs on Security

. “If it is not technically possible to remediate the vulnerability, or if remediation is cost prohibitive, the [employee] and their management must contact Information Security to obtain a waiver or risk acceptance approval from the CISO,” the SEC explained.

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RSA Conference 2021: Resilience

Duo's Security Blog

Ask three infosec pros and you’ll get three different answers. Presented by Duo Head of Advisory CISOs Wendy Nather, and Partner and Co-Founder at the Cyentia Institute, Wade Baker, this keynote explores the survey answers of 4,800 infosec professionals evaluating security program performance.

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Cyber Heroes Recognized in SecureWorld 2024 Conference Theme

SecureWorld News

At SecureWorld, we consider all of our Advisory Council members—the CISOs, BISOs, and senior leaders who help us plan each of our 15 in-person conferences—to be true cyber heroes. We celebrate their contributions to InfoSec, elevating everyone in the cybersecurity profession—today's heroes.

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Meet the 2021 SC Awards judges

SC Magazine

Prior to joining Delta Dental, Almeida was the CISO at Covanta Holding Corporation, a leader in energy-from-waste management services. He is a cybersecurity and M&A professional, focusing predominantly within financial services, life sciences, health care and retail industries.