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Dawn Cappelli: ‘A CISO needs to bring business value to the company’

SC Magazine

Dawn Cappelli is VP and CISO at Rockwell Automation. Cappelli was previously founder and director of Carnegie Mellon’s CERT Insider Threat Center and co-authored the book “The CERT Guide to Insider Threats: How to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Information Technology Crimes (Theft, Sabotage, Fraud).”. Find out more here.

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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?” To read this article in full, please click here

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New SEI CERT chief and first ever federal CISO: old cybersecurity models have ‘been overcome’

SC Magazine

We’ve been trying to do that for years and as new technologies come into play, that modernization and optimization is critically important. I’m curious how you evaluate the cybersecurity industry and IT security teams when it comes to matching their technology and process to that increased pace? I lived it.

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NTT Research Names Matthew Ireland Chief Information Security Officer

CyberSecurity Insiders

–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #CISO–NTT Research, Inc., a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that it has named Matthew Ireland Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS Most recently a consulting Practice Manager and Executive Security Strategist at NTT Ltd.,

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GUEST ESSAY: In pursuit of smarter cybersecurity — to overcome complex risks and grow revenue

The Last Watchdog

Departments such as support, manufacturing, design, services, and delivery are enhanced by smart security measures, which allay distracting setbacks and increase the overall inertia. Business initiatives demand faster, more efficient outcomes and technology responds. Smarter security is the rising tide that lifts all ships.

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BlackBerry Discloses Vulnerability After Months of Hiding

SecureWorld News

This is a decision that CISOs and executives must make with their bottom line in mind, and it's never an easy choice. BlackBerry QNX is an "all-purpose technology built for the world's most critical embedded systems." Note: in some cases, manufacturers may need to develop and test their own software patches.".

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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.