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Your favorite security leadership podcasts

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Your favorite security leadership podcasts

For a pretty tight-lipped bunch, security professionals have found a place where they can open up: podcasts. Interesting and relevant podcasts are everywhere. They are devoted to cybersecurity, risk and tactics. They cover executive protection, threat intelligence and loss prevention. They talk about hacking, secure coding and insider risk. They explore the intricacies of guarding, access control and surveillance. How do you choose out of the thousands of possibilities? To narrow it down, I went…

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Supply chain security: A key career skill

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Supply chain security: A key career skill

In previous articles we have discussed the fact that supply chain security was sometimes part of the corporate security function but at times was a separate activity setting under operations or production. Whatever the organization structure, having a deep understanding of supply chain security risks is highly beneficial for your career today more than ever. Organizational supply chain risks are influenced by a mix of geopolitical tensions, evolving technology and broader economic shifts. It is…

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Multi-Site Mastery: Strategies for Effective Risk Assessments

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Multi-Site Mastery: Strategies for Effective Risk Assessments

In this episode of The Security Podcasts we sit down with Mark Landry, National Accounts Director at AMAROK, to discuss navigating multi-site risk assessment effectively. “In order to approach your risk assessment, especially when you’ve got vast or disparate geographies – meaning you’ve got a location in Portland, Maine and location in Portland, Oregon – you have to be able to accurately convey the risk across both of those locations that have very different risk…

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Proving physical security value across an organization

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Proving physical security value across an organization

In this episode of The Security Podcasts we sit down with Thomasina Martin, a Key Account Manager specializing in Energy and Utilities at Genetec, Inc., to talk about proving the value of physical security across an organization. “One of the primary challenges I think a lot of us see, I think it’s universal in the security industry when trying to secure a budget, is that physical security often competes with other critical business units or…

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Has “Thought Leadership” Lost Its Luster?

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Has “Thought Leadership” Lost Its Luster?

The term “thought leader” originated 30 years ago this month in PWC’s magazine Strategy+Business. Today, among LinkedIn’s billion users, is there anyone who doesn’t self-identify as a thought leader — bots and scammers included? That’s an exaggeration, but in an age of ubiquitous claims of thought leadership in security and the broader business world, has that term lost its luster? Or even its credibility? The question of the term’s use and applicability arose recently on…

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Emerging security career challenges

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Emerging security career challenges

We often talk to security professionals who are seeking to improve their value and overcome challenges within their organizations at the same time as they are working to advance their careers. It is not unusual during these conversations to spend considerable time on security issues companies will face in the future.  Security leaders have the desire to plan for issues and obtain leadership support for their initiatives. This often means putting revised or innovative programs…

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Balancing Risk and Innovation – A CISO Perspective

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Balancing Risk and Innovation – A CISO Perspective

In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Jill Knesek, CISO of Blackline, and former FBI Special Agent in the Cyber Crime Squad, we talk about balancing risk & innovation from a CISO’s perspective. “The message I like to give is we can be both innovative and secure.,” Knesek says. “They’re not mutually exclusive, and they shouldn’t be. By shifting left and embedding strong security practices and controls earlier into our development lifecycle, we can…

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Security career paths

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Security career paths

A career in corporate security offers various potential paths to success for security practitioners. People who want to pursue a career in the security industry have more options than ever. Not everyone will wind up with the top job, but there are other ways to achieve career satisfaction in the security profession. Corporate security is the field chartered with protecting an organization’s assets. The definition of assets varies from company to company, and choosing to…

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Challenges and victories women see in cybersecurity

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Challenges and victories women see in cybersecurity

Professionals in the cybersecurity field recognize September 1, 2024, as International Women in Cyber Day.  “Celebrating women in cyber is an important way to recognize the invaluable contributions women make to the cybersecurity industry,” says Lynn Dohm, Executive Director of Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS). “We’ve made tremendous progress in training and mentoring women in cybersecurity. Now, the industry must work to create inclusive environments that enable women to succeed and advance in cybersecurity roles.” Progress…

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Why security professionals experience burnout

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Why security professionals experience burnout

In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Thomas Kinsella, Co-Founder & Chief Customer Officer at Tines, we discuss why security professionals experience burnout and how security leaders can prevent it.  “If you’re trying to build out a mature security team, you can’t have a huge amount of turnover,” Kinsella says. “You need a mature team that’s able to stick around for a little while. If you’ve got teams that are burnt out, there’s going…

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