CISO Stories podcast Leadership

As budgets to send people to training and conferences began shrinking, Kevin Novak said he began looking for ways to address the mission of challenging security teams: teaching them new concepts, and contributing to their professional development.

At one point during his career as a chief information security officer, James Christiansen said he found himself in a unique position: working for a CEO that would approve his wish list during a budget period while other departments were experiencing cuts.

Cybersecurity professionals can get further in changing the mindset at their organizations by embracing the company’s culture, says the vice president of information security at retailer Aaron's during the CISO Stories podcast.

The security and business sides of an organization need to work in unison to both identify and protect the "crown jewels" – the assets representing the highest value of the organization and, thus, deserving the greatest investment.

In this episode of the CISO Stories Podcast, a panel of experts examine the findings of a ransomware report and how organizations can better prepare to defend against and respond to the attacks.

Alaska Air Group's chief information security officer offered advice to vendors on what not to do after receiving dozens of voicemails in a matter of only a few days.

Founder and Sequitur CEO Phil Attfeild is an electrical engineer by training and a tinkerer by nature. He attributed his innate curiosity in how things work, which began in his youth, by asking the question “why.”

Internationally recognized cybersecurity leader Dan Lohrmann learned how to get to “yes” the hard way when he was the chief information security officer at the state of Michigan.