security leaders

Prioritizing security while adopting AI agents

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Prioritizing security while adopting AI agents

In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Michael Bargury, Co-Founder & CTO at Zenity, we discuss best practices for securely implementing AI agents. “People from outside of the organization, they can send you an email — they can send you a teams message — that ends up being internal data. And so, when you have these agents that are operating within the enterprise, and they are operating on behalf of users, if an attacker…

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Adjusting your leadership style at a new employer

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Adjusting your leadership style at a new employer

After five years of running my own business, I joined a new company in January. Even as I go full throttle into this opportunity, I’m considering how to transition my leadership skills and traits to the new position and environment. I’m in no way an actor, so my natural personality and style will inevitably emerge. Given the new position — which entails new colleagues, expectations, culture, mission, team dynamics, and duties — I’ve wondered whether…

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CISO strategies: Modern challenges and how to overcome them

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CISO strategies: Modern challenges and how to overcome them

In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Jordan Avnaim, Chief Information Security Officer at Entrust, we discuss strategies CISOs can implement to overcome modern challenges.  “Long gone are the days when the CISO was on the blaming end of security incidents. Cybersecurity, more than ever, is a necessity for any modern business. This means there’s no such thing as as too much communication or or too much support when it comes to leveraging fellow executives, and…

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Women in Security documentary finds kindred spirit to direct

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Women in Security documentary finds kindred spirit to direct

“It’s a man’s world out there. You better know your stuff before you step your foot out.” Yvette Freeman could have been talking about life as a woman in the security industry. Instead, she was reflecting on her years as an actor and director — most notably in her role as Nurse Haleh Adams on the series ER between 1994 and 2009. More specifically, Freeman was commenting on the limited opportunities for women to direct…

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Reducing the lifespan of digital certificates

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Reducing the lifespan of digital certificates

In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Tim Callan, Co-Chair at CA/Browser Forum and Chief Compliance Officer at Sectigo, we discuss the current state of digital certificate lifespans as well as the support for reducing them. “If you look at SSL certificates, for example, once upon a time, there was no limit at all. You could get a 10 year certificate. That was first capped, and it was capped at three, and then it…

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Lessons from the Security 500 Conference: The good, the bad, and the ugly

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Lessons from the Security 500 Conference: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Cue the Ennio Morricone theme. The 2024 SECURITY 500 Conference was full of examples and tales of leadership — the good, the bad, and the ugly. Herewith, a compilation. The Good: Critical to providing effective leadership is knowing how to inspire and impart shared mission and vision. In her keynote, Linda Reid, Vice President of Security Operations, The Walt Disney World Resort, spoke about how she inculcates her team with a mission that aligns with Disney’s…

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How control rooms help organizations and security management

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How control rooms help organizations and security management

In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Dan Gundry, Strategic Director at Barco Control Rooms, we discuss how control rooms benefit organizations and security management.  “Control rooms tend to be a very underserved part of an organization, or underappreciated part of an organization. But realistically, a control room’s a heartbeat or nerve center of a particular operations — in this case, security — but it could be process control, electrical transmission, traffic management, lots of…

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5 Cybersecurity trends in 2024

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5 Cybersecurity trends in 2024

2024 has seen a number of cybersecurity incidents, including high-profile cyberattacks and rapidly-developing artificial intelligence (AI). Security leaders share some of the trends they have witnessed this year.  Louis Lang, CTO & Co-Founder at Phylum  “It’s been about a year since the first nation state attack, executed by North Korea, in the open-source ecosystem. This method of software supply chain attacks are particularly effective at meeting their goals of bypassing sanctions. We expect to not…

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CSOs speak out on today's leadership challenges

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CSOs speak out on today's leadership challenges

What leadership issues are challenging and motivating today’s senior security executives? I put that question out to a “brain trust” of chief security officers, VPs of security, and security directors across several verticals, sizes, geographies, and reporting structures. The following represent some of the most pertinent leadership issues identified by your peers today. Downsizing and Restructuring “Many organizations are experiencing mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructuring, reductions in workforce and layoffs — the latter two items affecting…

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Understanding and applying the zero trust mentality

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Understanding and applying the zero trust mentality

In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Will Knehr, Senior Manager of Information Assurance and Data Privacy i-PRO Americas, we discuss the basics of a zero trust mentality as well as how it can be effectively implemented in the workplace. “Zero trust is a ‘never trust, always verify’ platform where we’re constantly looking at user and device activity on the network for indicators of compromise. The benefits it would have to an organization would…

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