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vCISOs Explained: The Benefits and Drawbacks

An increasing number of modern security conscious companies have Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) on the payroll to help them manage their environment from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. Unfortunately, many other organizations are not currently able to employ a full time CISO. This can be related to a series of contributing factors including a lack of necessary budget, competing priorities, or unfilled vacancies due to a shortage of qualified candidates.

Hello CISO - Episode 4: Employee Surveillance vs. Enterprise Security

How do you balance data collection at work with workers’ inalienable right to privacy? It's a fine line to walk, but if you always err on the side of employee privacy, it's hard to go wrong. In this episode of Hello CISO, Troy breaks down how to systematize that balance – and how to uncover the hidden costs of data collection. Hello CISO is a new series aimed at Chief Information Security Officers, IT security teams, and all other members of an organization responsible for maintaining the safety and integrity of the business and its operations.

3 Strategies for CISOs to Frame Meaningful Security Conversations with Corporate Boards

One chief information security officer (CISO) recently asked me how he should describe SASE (secure access service edge) and zero-trust networking to his company’s directors. My answer was easy: You shouldn’t. As companies revamp their technology infrastructure to leverage cloud efficiencies and enable a remote workforce, cybersecurity is now mission-critical for senior executives and boards of directors.

CISO Insider - S3E3 - The DLP journey with Brent Lassi

Bluecore CISO Brent Lassi joins Chris Martinez on CISO Insider to chat about the many things he’s seen and learned and worked on over two decades in the cybersecurity industry. From founding one of the first application security companies in the world, to following the evolution of DLP over the years, to now working in a cloud-native world without a traditional perimeter and how these challenges led him to Nightfall, Brent has many stories to tell.

Common Mistakes Chief Security Officers Make

Here are 3 common mistakes chief security officers (CSO) make: Not prioritizing risks: Certain things might feel risky, but they’re not, while certain other things might feel safe, but they’re risky. Example: A turbulent flight feels dangerous but is often not, whereas passive smoking might feel safe but is highly risky. A good CSO can differentiate between what “feels” risky and actual risk. This allows them to prioritize and mitigate risks effectively. Not alternating between business and technical hats.

Talking About the CISO Mental Health Crisis

For the past 20 years, I’ve served as CISO for companies across different sectors. In this role, I have shouldered responsibility for protecting each organization from a wide swath of rapidly developing cybersecurity threats. I have also learned firsthand how much stress security leaders face day-to-day. Recent conversations with my peers have shown stress in cybersecurity is an industry-wide problem. The CISO role is one of the most stressful in any organization.

Navigating Change Results - The CISO and CTO View

The Results are In Diverse approaches, but consistent cost savings. Our latest research shows European CIO and CISO intentions and practices at a time of huge security and networking change. See the key findings, dig into the results and hear analysis of what it all means directly from our EMEA CISO Neil Thacker and VP Vice President, Sales Engineering, EMEA/LATAM, Andy Aplin. What does network and security transformation mean in practice for teams, budgets, skills and suppliers? View our video & infographic for the key headlines – then request our Ebook for the full picture.

CISO Insider - S3E2 - Driving diversity in infosec with Lisa Hall

PagerDuty Head of Information Security Lisa Hall joins us on CISO Insider for an in-depth discussion on what diversity in the infosec industry really looks like — not just hiring to meet DEI quotas, but fostering differences to build strengths across the board. Diversity in thought and background among her staff is a success factor for Lisa’s team, and it leads to greater diversity in the work they do at PagerDuty.