Brian Brackenborough, CISO at Channel 4, shares insights on transforming cybersecurity from a technical afterthought to a critical business priority. He discusses aligning security with business goals, fostering a security-minded culture and navigating the challenges of AI-powered threats.
Donald Trump's return to the White House with a renewed focus on deregulation may shift the priorities of federal agencies in enforcing data privacy and cybersecurity policy, said Lisa Sotto, partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth and chairperson of the DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee.
Patty Ryan, CISO at QuidelOrtho, didn’t begin her career in cybersecurity, but her commitment to transparency and trust has helped her bridge that gap. Faced with unexpected challenges, she relied on her strengths in communication to lead her team through complex shifts in the organization.
In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed how the recent election results may reshape U.S. cybersecurity policy and healthcare privacy under HIPAA and the groundbreaking role of artificial intelligence in Google’s recent discovery of a critical zero-day vulnerability.
New ConnectWise CEO Manny Rivelo is prioritizing security and new acquisitions, aiming to provide MSPs with a streamlined, multi-tenant platform. His vision offers an integrated approach to securing SMBs amid a dynamic threat landscape with capabilities like backup, MDR and managed SIEM.
Chris Schueler, new CEO of Cyderes, highlights the importance of identity in cybersecurity, noting how identity management can reduce risk and strengthen response to advanced threats. Cyderes is developing real-time, AI-driven identity security capabilities to proactively thwart cyberattacks.
KYC protocols traditionally focus on account-level verification, but examining KYC at the product level can help banks assess risk more accurately. Asking targeted questions based on product risk enables institutions to detect potential financial crimes, said Gabriella Bussien, CEO of Trapets.
Martyn Booth has found that leadership means resilience, adaptability and fostering a collaborative, diverse team. Leading transformation efforts at global customer data science firm Dunnhumby, Booth stressed the value of having a strong foundation and strategic partnerships.
As OT systems become more interconnected, traditional air gaps disappear, creating new risks, said Joseph Carson, chief security scientist and advisory CISO at Delinea. The convergence of IT and OT environments requires a stronger focus on protecting digital identities and access controls.
Organizations mistakenly believe their operational technology systems are air-gapped and immune to cyberthreats. Dawn Cappelli, director of OT-CERT at Dragos, discusses why these assumptions are dangerous security gaps and why organizations need to rethink their approach to OT security.
Helmut Spöcker, vice president and chief security officer of ECS partner management at SAP, shares his journey from the consulting business to security and his role at SAP. He advises new security leaders to focus on priority setting and effective decision-making.
Alex Galho, CyberEdBoard member and CIO, shared how he drives secure digital transformation by balancing AI integration with cybersecurity, fostering a security-first culture, and emphasizing continuous learning across his teams and the organization’s leadership.
A "road map to resilience" approach helps organizations balance immediate, low-cost security improvements with complex, long-term risk reduction initiatives in industrial control systems, said Mex Martinot, vice president and global head of industrial cybersecurity at Siemens Energy.
In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed the impact of recent law enforcement operations against ransomware gangs, the state of U.S. election security on the eve of the presidential election, and the key trends emerging from recent ISMG industry roundtables and summits.
Large language models developed by Meta and Mistral AI are among a dozen artificial intelligence models that fail to meet the cybersecurity and fairness requirements of the European Union AI Act, which went into effect on Aug. 1, said developers of a new open-source AI evaluation tool.
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