Business Security Weekly (Audio)

Nov 19 2024 388 ep. 62 mins 81
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About bridging the gap between security initiatives and business objectives. Hosted by Matt Alderman, co-hosted by Jason Albuquerque, Ben Carr.

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Similarities Between SOX And SEC's Cyber Rule - Padraic O'Reilly - BSW #373

Nov 19 2024 47 mins  
The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act was a watershed moment in corporate governance, fundamentally altering how companies approached financial reporting and internal operational controls. By holding executives personally accountable for the accuracy of financial reports, SOX restored investor confidence in the wake of corporate malfeasance. The SEC's new cybersecurity rule represents a sim

How to Combat the CISO Mental Health Crisis - Ram Movva - BSW #372

Nov 12 2024 58 mins  
Stress in cybersecurity is an industrywide problem. The CISO role is one of the most stressful in any organization. And the stress levels are at an all time high, leading to a mental health crisis. How should CISOs cope with this stress and improve their mental health? Ram Movva, CEO & Founder at Securin, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss the CISO challenges leading to this

Planning A Merger Or Acquisition? Ask These Five Cyber Questions First - Craig Davies - BSW #371

Nov 05 2024 65 mins  
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in finally starting to pick up. Although the allure of financial gains and market expansion drives these deals, the digital age demands a rigorous assessment of cybersecurity risks accompanying such mergers. Unanticipated cyber issues, like dormant malware or inconsistent access controls, can transform an ideal transaction into a costly headach

The CISO Mindset, Top Strategies, and Mandating Office Presence Without Purpose - David Bradbury, Erin Baudo Felter - BSW #370

Oct 29 2024 63 mins  
In the leadership and communications segment, The CISO Mindset: A Strategic Guide for Aspiring CEOs and The Board Members, The Top Strategy to Earn More Respect at Work: A Leadership Expert’s Proven Method, The Problem with Mandating Office Presence Without Purpose, and more! Identity continues to be one of the most used attack vectors by cybercriminals. From phishing to credenti

Aligning Tech Execs on Cyber Resilience - Theresa Lanowitz - BSW #369

Oct 22 2024 61 mins  
Getting C-Suite execs aligned on cyber resilience and cybersecurity can be a challenge. LevelBlue's recent Futures™️ report sought to uncover the barriers that prevent companies from achieving cyber resilience in the enterprise today. The report not only surveyed C-Suite execs (CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs), but non-C-Suite leaders from engineering and architecture roles as well. Segm

Budget Planning Guide 2025: Security And Risk - Jeff Pollard - BSW #368

Oct 15 2024 59 mins  
In today’s uncertain macroeconomic environment, security and risk leaders need practical guidance on managing existing spending and new budgetary requests. Jeff Pollard, Vice-President, Principal Analyst on the Security and Risk Team at Forrester Research, joins Business Security Weekly to review Forrester's Budget Planning Guide 2025: Security And Risk. This data-driven report p

Run Your Security Program Like an Election Campaign - Kush Sharma - BSW #367

Oct 08 2024 65 mins  
Does the CISO need to act like a politician? Negotiating budgets, communicating risks, and selling your strategy across the organization does sound a little like a politician. And if that's the case, are you hiring the right campaign staff? Kush Sharma, former CISO for CPR, City of Toronto, and Saputo, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss why you should run your security progr

How to Attain Zero Trust - Rob Allen - BSW #366

Oct 01 2024 57 mins  
The zero-trust security model has been billed as an ultra-safe defense against emerging, unrecognized and well-known threats. Unlike perimeter security, it doesn't assume people inside an organization are automatically safe. Instead, it requires every user and device -- inside and out -- to be authorized before any access is granted. Sounds enticing, but deployments require major a

Authentication and Authorization in the AI Era - Shiven Ramji - BSW #365

Sep 23 2024 66 mins  
In the leadership and communications segment, CISA Releases Cyber Defense Alignment Plan for Federal Agencies, UnitedHealth Group CISO: We had to ‘start over’ after Change Healthcare attack, 20 Essential Strategies for Leadership Development Success, and more! AI is bringing productivity gains like we’ve never seen before -- with users, security teams and developers already r

Solving the Cybersecurity Data Problem - Padraic O'Reilly - BSW #364

Sep 17 2024 60 mins  
Cybersecurity is complex. We have threats, vulnerabilities, incidents, controls, risks, etc. But how do they all connect together to drive a cyber risk program? As an industry, we've struggled for 20+ years trying to boil this ocean. Maybe we've been going about it the wrong way. Padraic O'Reilly, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at CyberSaint, joins Business Security Weekly to