David Cass

GSR CISO | President CISOs Connect and Security Current | Senior Partner at Law & Forensics


As Responsibilities Broaden, So Does Our Exposure

Posted on: 26 Jan 2023

The CISO’s role has transformed over the years from a mid-level technical job focusing on network security and firewalls to a much more strategic and senior player in a company’s…

Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins

Posted on: 12 Jan 2023

There are many lessons to draw from the collapse of FTX, but above all, the first rule of crypto holds:  “Not your keys, not your coins.” In other words, if…

Top 10 Threat Vectors for 2023

Posted on: 04 Jan 2023

  Although the variety of tools to fight malicious actors has proliferated, attacks themselves haven’t receded. In fact, they’ve been soaring: According to a recent report from the FBI, the…

Don’t Blame Bug Bounties, Blame Joe Sullivan As Accountability Arrived at the CISO’s Doorstep By Daniel B. Garrie and David Cass

Posted on: 07 Oct 2022

On October 5, 2022, a federal jury convicted Joseph Sullivan, former Chief Security Officer of Uber Technologies Inc. (“Uber”) of obstruction of proceedings of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and…

A CISO Primer in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

Posted on: 06 Oct 2022

Blockchain technology is being implemented and explored for a variety of applications, and that means CISOs need to take a good, hard look to understand the technology and how to…

See You at CISOs Connect™ Chicago

Posted on: 19 Aug 2022

  Next month we’re going to be having our CISOs Connect™ meeting in Chicago, where we’ll be offering our peer community a trove of practical wisdom on issues that concern…

What’s a Board’s Readiness for Security – and What’s the CISO’s Readiness to Join a Board?

Posted on: 18 Jun 2022

Naming a cybersecurity expert to a company boardroom makes sense to many of us. Companies possess commercially valuable data and understand that cyber threats pose a significant risk to their…

Research Shows Increased Use of Cloud Weighs on CISOs

Posted on: 10 Jun 2022

The increased use of cloud-based applications is weighing on the CISO community, according to a new study, The CISOs Report: Perspectives Challenges and Plans for 2022 co-conducted by CISOs Connect shows. But…

Privacy By Design Is Still Imperative

Posted on: 27 Jan 2017

Each year brings more large-scale security and privacy breaches, leaving the general public questioning to what extent companies could be trusted with their sensitive information. Retail, health care, banking, entertainment, governments…

Never Say Never: US & EU Come to Agreement on New Framework

Posted on: 02 Feb 2016

My mom always told me to never say never, so it’s a good thing I didn’t say it in my previous article. Although technically the deadline was January 31, there…