CISO Talk

Although CISOs talk about security to board members, sometimes they fail to translate the security language into a business language that C-level executives understand. Once they speak the same language, they will be able to build a collaborative workplace, increase productivity, accelerate decision making, avoid miscommunication and improve governance.In this episode, hosts Mitch Ashley and Mat Newfield talk to Larry Whiteside (CyberClan) and Anthony Johnson (Delve Risk) about the communication gap between C-level executives and IT teams, and how they can overcome those language barriers.

As more educational opportunities in IT and cybersecurity become available to today’s students are we really preparing the workforce to take on tomorrow’s cyber challenges? How do we enhance cyber with skills from other disciplines to develop well-rounded cybersecurity leaders. Nicole Dove from WarnerMedia, JJ Minella from Viszen Security, and Rob Lee from the SANS Institute join hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley to share their advice for the next generation of cyber professionals and discuss what kind of skills they look for when recruiting individuals to join their teams.

Hosts Alan Shimel and Mat Newfield are joined by Mitch Ashley of Accelerated Strategies Group, Karen Moore of Unisys and Larry Whiteside of CyberClan to discuss how they are embracing and strengthening their company culture, what to consider before moving to a new work model, what are the new practices companies should adopt to bring teams closer together and enhance collaboration and how to keep employees both happy and productive post-COVID-19.

Hosts Alan Shimel and Mat Newfield are joined by Miranda Ritchie of IBM, Jesse Carrillo of Hines and Mitch Ashley of Accelerated Strategies Group, to discuss why building a culture of defensibility is paramount, especially as we move into the cloud and continue to work remotely.

Larry Whiteside Jr. of ICMPC, Nicole Dove of Warner Media and Mitchell Ashley of Accelerated Strategies Group join our hosts, Mat Newfield and Alan Shimel, for a new CISO Talk episode to discuss why best practices are just the starting point, and why continuous improvement of people, processes and tools is so essential for success.

In this weeks CISO Talk Episode: “Why You Need to Prepare for the next Supply Chain Breach” hosts Alan Shimel and Mat Newfield are joined by Anthony Johnson of Delve Risk, Joel Fulton of Lucidum, Nicole Dove of Warner Media, Mike Rothman of DisruptOPS and Mitch Ashley of ASG/MediaOps for an insightful discussion on supply chain breaches and data protection. They will talk about data visibility and the strategies you need to implement in order to manage and mitigate supply chain risks.

Our hosts Alan Shimel and Mat Newfield are joined by Karen Moore of Unisys, Michelle Beistle of the Nature Conservancy and Mitch Ashley of MediaOps/ASG for a discussion on Women In Tech. The best cybersecurity leaders know the value of gender diversity, how to attract and develop top talent, how to create opportunities for growth and advancement, and how to recognize, uncover and remove hidden biases. But our objective is not only to improve diversity, we must also focus on removing gender issues. Our goal should be to achieve “people” in tech where gender issues are eliminated from the equation, where our differences are appreciated rather than labeled.

Our hosts Alan Shimel and Mat Newfield are joined by Cristine Gollayan, Karen Moore, Joel Fulton, and Mitch Ashley to discuss how the new normal for cybersecurity professionals is anything but normal and the many challenges the come with it. Is our cybersecurity risk insurance adequate? How secure is the home network of an employee? How can we be sure we aren’t negatively impacting other devices on the home network? How do we, or should we, enforce policies such as keeping routers, Wi-Fi access points, computers, gaming devices, tablets, IoT devices, and more? Join our panel of cybersecurity leaders and experts as we examine these questions and more.

Our hosts Alan Shimel and Mat Newfield are joined by Julie Cullivan, Board member at Heartflow and Prasad Ramakrishnan, CIO & CISO at Freshworks and Mitch Ashley, ASG/MediaOps to discuss the transformative roles that CISOs are increasly being propelled into, often taking on responsibilities well outside the traditional boundaries of cybersecurity. This panel of security leaders and experts are living the journey of cybersecurity in enterprise organizations and they discuss the evolution of the CISO and how the role will evolve in this period of disruption and rapid transformation.

Chenxi Wang…Had a lot of fun moderating a CISO talk today for MediaOps with Rinki Sethi (CISO, Twitter), Marcia Main, CISA, HCISSP (CISO, Rally Health), and Algirde P. (Cybersecurity lead, The World Economic Forum) discussing “Security beyond COVID”. “Never let a crisis goes to waste” — these leaders are turning COVID into opportunities for innovation and growth.