CISO Spotlight: Laura Deaner, Northwestern Mutual CISO
“Confrontation is not for everyone, but I feel that it’s necessary for you to grow,” she added. “If you’re doing everything and it’s not happening, well, maybe that’s not the…
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CISO Spotlight: Mark Eggleston, CSC CISO
Mark Eggleston came to cyber security from a career in psychotherapy, and he’s brought that people-centric experience firmly into the C-suite. “What I like to do is value the interpersonal…
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Lean Times Demand Creative Approach to Training
Security is everybody’s job. But how do we get better at training awareness? The conventional rule of thumb is that if you have a phishing click rate under 10%, that’s…
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Building a Budget When So Much is Unknown
When we talk about budgeting, there’s no exact science to quantifying risk or determining the likelihood of the threat materializing. Although there are some elements that we can quantify and…
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For a Resilient Organization, Building Employee Loyalty is Key
When survey after survey indicates that employee satisfaction is at an all-time low, then it is clear we as business leaders have a problem. When people feel stifled, uninspired, without …
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National Cybersecurity Strategy Presents Opportunity
The Biden administration’s recently released National Cybersecurity Strategy calls for securing the digital ecosystem with clear-cut objectives that sends a strong message to the private sector: we need to…
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CISO Spotlight: Erik Hart, Cushman & Wakefield CISO
Erik Hart spent half of his career in financial institutions and the rest in organizations where clients played a larger role in driving security parameters. One takeaway from his diverse…
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CISO Spotlight: Matt Lemon, Huawei Mobile Services CISO
Matt Lemon, the Chief Information Security Officer at China-based Huawei Mobile Services, comes from an extremely technical background. He has a master’s degree in computer science from MIT, and a…
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New Tech Isn’t Always Great, But It Tends to be Risky
There are lots of examples of how the quick adoption of a technology can be quite dangerous when you haven’t dotted every “i” and crossed every “t.” Think about the…
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New Threat Actor Alliances Require Urgent Step-Up of Information Sharing
Threat actors with different motivations are allying in ways they haven’t before, making it all the more urgent for organizations and governments to step up their information sharing. In some…
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