Securing Edge Computing Use Cases by Aligning to Business Outcomes – Theresa Lanowitz, Scott Stout – BSW #325
As the CISO role continues to transform from a technician to a risk manager, how do you secure emerging technologies, such as edge computing? By aligning to business objectives. In this segment, Theresa Lanowitz from AT&T Cybersecurity and Scott Stout From Cisco help us break down the challenges of the CISO and how to align security requirements to business outcomes to solve the emerging edge computing use cases. During the interview, we will tackle the Hospital at Home and Manufacturing edge computing uses cases. Tune in for this collaborative session from two of the leading cybersecurity giants.
This segment is sponsored by AT&T Cybersecurity. Visit https://securityweekly.com/attcybersecurity to learn more about them!
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1. Securing Edge Computing Use Cases by Aligning to Business Outcomes – Theresa Lanowitz, Scott Stout – BSW #325
As the CISO role continues to transform from a technician to a risk manager, how do you secure emerging technologies, such as edge computing? By aligning to business objectives. In this segment, Theresa Lanowitz from AT&T Cybersecurity and Scott Stout From Cisco help us break down the challenges of the CISO and how to align security requirements to business outcomes to solve the emerging edge computing use cases. During the interview, we will tackle the Hospital at Home and Manufacturing edge computing uses cases. Tune in for this collaborative session from two of the leading cybersecurity giants.
This segment is sponsored by AT&T Cybersecurity. Visit https://securityweekly.com/attcybersecurity to learn more about them!
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Theresa Lanowitz is a proven global influencer on the trends and emerging technology poised to help today’s enterprises succeed. Formerly an industry analyst at Gartner, Theresa was at the forefront of establishing the firm’s application quality ecosystem and was a champion of application security technology. She also created and launched the Gartner Application & Innovation Solutions Summit, a premier conference for application and software engineers. Her professional career began as a software developer at McDonnell Douglas, where she worked on the C-17 military transport plane and held a US Department of Defense Top Secret security clearance. She also held positions as a product manager for Borland International Software—where she launched the iconic Java integrated development environment, JBuilder—and, Sun Microsystems—where she led strategic marketing for the Jini project – a precursor to IoT (Internet of Things). Throughout her career, Theresa has been a trusted advisor to some of the most innovative and influential companies and executives in the world.
Scott joined Cisco in December 2022 as Americas VP, Global Security Specialists Organization. In this role, he is responsible for leading the growth of the Americas Security go-to-market, strategy, and execution across the portfolio. His team’s mission is to help customers reduce their risk profile and drive top customer and partner business outcomes with security.
Before joining Cisco, Scott held sales and leadership positions for 20+ years at Imperva, Forcepoint, Palo Alto Networks, most recently serving as VP of Americas Sales at Deep Instinct. Prior to that, he spent nine years at Palo Alto Networks in several sales leadership positions, including overseeing sales execution and operations as VP in the Global Account organization.
Scott currently resides in sunny Delray Beach, Florida. Scott and his wife of 22 years, Alice, met in college and are very proud parents of Abby, a junior at Texas Christian University and CJ, a freshman at Elon University.
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2. Cybersecurity: Business Priority, More Than Mere Compliance, and SEC Filings – BSW #325
In the leadership and communications section, Cybersecurity should be a business priority for CEOs, What CISOs Should Exclude From SEC Cybersecurity Filings, Effective Communication: The Key to Workplace Success, and more!
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- 1. Cybersecurity should be a business priority for CEOs – Help Net Security
74% of CEOs are concerned about their organizations’ ability to avert or minimize damage to the business from a cyberattack – even though 96% of CEOs said that cybersecurity is critical to organizational growth and stability, according to Accenture.
- 2. Why mere compliance can no longer ensure cybersecurity for businesses
While compliance-driven initiatives have undoubtedly improved cybersecurity practices in many sectors, they have also given rise to the mistaken belief that meeting these requirements is the ultimate goal of cybersecurity.
- 3. What CISOs Should Exclude From SEC Cybersecurity Filings
Should CISOs include only known information in the SEC filings for a material security incident, or is there room to include details that may change during the investigation?
- 4. More cybersecurity firm closures expected after IronNet shutters
Cybersecurity insiders don’t believe the looming bankruptcy of former high-flier IronNet will be an isolated collapse, as the industry battles a tough economy following years of speculative investment.
- 5. 10 Emotions That Are Undervalued in the Workplace
In their new book, Move Fast and Fix Things, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss outline five strategies to help leaders tackle their hardest problems and quickly make change. Their fourth strategy is about telling a compelling story about the change you need to make. While change can make a lot of logical sense, it can also be unsettling and disruptive to the people impacted by it. Emotions are an underdiscussed part of change leadership. But just as anxiety can be highly infectious — so can optimism. This list explores 10 powerful emotions that you can channel in your storytelling narrative.
- 6. Effective Communication: The Key to Workplace Success
Here are a few tips to enhance your communication skills and make a positive impact in the workplace:
- Practice active listening
- Be concise and clear
- Embrace non-verbal cues
- Seek feedback
- Use empathy
