The Purple Squirrel – BSW #176
This week, we welcome Marc French, CISO & Managing Director at Product Security Group, Inc., to talk about Career Ladders in Information Security! In the Leadership and Communications section, Challenges of a New CISO: The First Year, Why a robust security culture begins with people, How Cybersecurity Leaders Can Chart the Seas of Business Communication, and more!
All of the open source career ladders can be found here: https://github.com/product-security-group/Security_Ladders
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1. Career Ladders in Information Security – Marc French – BSW #176
Marc French has more than 25 years of technology experience in engineering, operations, product management, and security. Prior to his current role at CISO at Product Security Group, Marc was the SVP & Chief Trust Officer at Mimecast, Inc. and has held a variety of senior security roles at Endurance/Constant Contact, EMC/RSA, Iron Mountain, Digital Guardian, and Dun & Bradstreet.
With all this security experience, Marc has created a series of career ladders to help guide infosec professionals with their job journey, including the illustrious CISO position. We will also cover whether you really want to be a CISO...
All of the open source career ladders can be found here: https://github.com/product-security-group/Security_Ladders
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Marc French is CISO and Managing Director at PSG. He has more than 25 years of technology experience in engineering, operations, product management, and security. Prior to his current role at CISO at Product Security Group, Marc was the SVP & Chief Trust Officer at Mimecast, Inc. and has held a variety of senior security roles at Endurance/Constant Contact, EMC/RSA, Iron Mountain, Digital Guardian, and Dun & Bradstreet. Marc is a frequent speaker at industry events and currently chairs the MassTLC CISO group as well as serving as the Vice President for Infragard-Boston.
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2. Challenges of a New CISO, Security Culture, & Business Communication – BSW #176
In the Leadership and Communications section, Challenges of a New CISO: The First Year, Why a robust security culture begins with people, How Cybersecurity Leaders Can Chart the Seas of Business Communication, and more!
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