Fred Kwong, CISO, Delta Dental Plans Association
For Fred Kwong, hands-on experience and formal education went hand in hand in shaping the kind of CISO he has become. He first discovered he genuinely liked interacting with people…
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Security status unknown
Do CEOs and Boards have any idea what the company’s cybersecurity status is? Cybersecurity and privacy compliance should be a top priority of the Board of Directors and senior management…
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Marcos Marrero, Global Dir., Information Security, H.I.G. Capital
Cyber security leader Marcos Marrero is a great believer in mentoring a new generation of cyber professionals. That’s how he started in the business, and that’s how he develops his team at H.I.G.…
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Baffle and Twist & Shout Win the Security Shark Tank® Held During RSA
Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) Laud Baffle for Innovation and Twist & Shout for Ease of Use San Francisco, CA – Security Current™ announced that CISOs selected advanced data protection…
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Chad Boeckmann, CEO and Founder, TrustMAPP
The proverbial bike shop Chad Boeckmann, CEO and founder of TrustMAPP, believes that security leaders are the driving force to innovative solutions becoming successful. “Ultimately CISOs vote with their dollars…
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Selim Aissi, SVP and CSO, Ellie Mae
For Selim Aissi, it is important to have a mix of industry, real-world security experience, along with the innate ability to deal with most critical security incidents both at the…
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The link between self-control and security
It’s no secret that all it takes is the weakest human link to compromise a company’s cybersecurity. To mitigate this risk, companies need to understand their employees’ habits and behaviors;…
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A seat at the table
I’m sometimes asked if I ever experienced difficulties being a woman in the male-dominated cybersecurity field. My answer: “I could write a book on it!” I remember very clearly an…
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Pravin Madhani, CEO, K2 Cyber Security
Scaling mountains It’s no coincidence that Pravin Madhani’s company K2 was named after the second-highest mountain in the world. “Imagine looking at a mountain from the base,” he says. “You…
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Joel Rosenblatt, Director – Network/ Computer Security, Columbia Univ.
At Columbia University, the 40,000 or so students who use the university network are responsible for fixing their own computers once they are suspected of being compromised. Their computers are…
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