CSO and CISO

CSO and CISO | News, how-tos, features, reviews, and videos

Headshot of James Karimi, CIO & CISO at GTT Communications
Headshot of Paul Lewis, CISO at Nominet Cyber

Headshot of Rob Hughes, CISO at RSA

Secret CSO: Rob Hughes, RSA

What metrics or KPIs do you use to measure security effectiveness? “There’s no one metric that’s going to tell the full security story.”

Headshot of Chris Reffkin, CISO at Fortra

Secret CSO: Chris Reffkin, Fortra

What advice would you give to aspiring security leaders? “Trust yourself, but do not hesitate to seek advice or acknowledge you don’t have an answer.”

Headshot of Jason Loomis, CISO at Freshworks

Secret CSO: Jason Loomis, Freshworks

What do you feel is the most important aspect of your job? “How my teams make decisions are more important than the decisions themselves... I don’t make decisions in a bubble.”

Headshot of Greg Notch, CISO at Expel

Secret CSO: Greg Notch, Expel

What is the best current trend in cybersecurity? “In my opinion the movement to hire people with talent from non-traditional sources, and bring them into the cybersecurity community. We can really benefit from hearing different...

Headshot of Christine Bejerasco, CISO at WithSecure

Secret CSO: Christine Bejerasco, WithSecure

What do you feel is the most important aspect of your job? “Embedding cyber security thinking into everything we do. We can no longer separate our real world into physical and digital, they are blended.”

Headshot of Ash Hunt, Global CISO at Apex Group

Secret CSO: Ash Hunt, Apex Group

Is the security skills shortage affecting your organisation? “There is no skills shortage for 90% of security roles, just poor hiring strategies focusing on the wrong target audiences.”

Headshot of Mike Scott, CISO at Immuta

Secret CSO: Mike Scott, Immuta

What's the best career advice you ever received? “Soft skills are almost as essential as technical skills, and the higher you rise in your career, the more vital they become.”

Headshot of Mike Johnson, CISO at Fastly

Secret CSO: Mike Johnson, Fastly

What conferences are on your must-attend list? “I love the spirit and content of Security BSides events. Find the one closest to you, join that community, and attend!”

Headshot of Todd Dekkinga, CISO at Zluri

Secret CSO: Todd Dekkinga, Zluri

What advice would you give to aspiring security leaders? “Learn as much as you can, get a mentor, network with other security folks.”

Headshot of Alex Tosheff, CSO & Senior VP at VMware

Secret CSO: Alex Tosheff, VMware

What advice would you give to aspiring security leaders? “If you don’t make the time to invest in yourself as a leader, a situation will force you to find that time in the most stressful way possible…”

Headshot of Yogesh Badwe, CSO at Druva

Secret CSO: Yogesh Badwe, Druva

What do you feel is the most important aspect of your job? “The ability to dissect people, process or technology systems to their lowest micro level and to understand how systems work together…”

Headshot of Deryck Mitchelson, Field CISO, EMEA at Check Point

Secret CSO: Deryck Mitchelson, Check Point

What advice would you give to aspiring security leaders? “The best advice I would give is that clear concise communication is critical, both at a technical and business level.”

Headshot of Matthew Sharp, CISO at Logicworks

Secret CSO: Matthew Sharp, Logicworks

What is the worst current trend in cybersecurity? “Heavy requirements for entry-level jobs.”

Headshot of Steve Sims, VP of Security & CISO at 11:11 Systems

Secret CSO: Steve Sims, 11:11 Systems

What is the best current trend in cybersecurity? “Focus on prioritising vulnerabilities. Focusing on what matters – especially when a business has a small team – is super important.”

Headshot of Chad McDonald, Chief of Staff and CISO at Radiant Logic

Secret CSO: Chad McDonald, Radiant Logic

What advice would you give to aspiring security leaders? “Take the PMP test. It is one of the hardest courses I have done, but the one that has given me the greatest value.”

Headshot of Scott Richardson, CSO at Crayon

Secret CSO: Scott Richardson, Crayon

What advice would you give to aspiring security leaders? “Be ready to be the first person on and off the scene…”

Headshot of Jan Andrascik, CISO at Trezor

Secret CSO: Jan Andrascik, Trezor

What do you feel is the most important aspect of your job? “Finding balance between security and usability.”

Headshot of Zach Powers, CISO at Benchling

Secret CSO: Zach Powers, Benchling

What advice would you give aspiring security leaders? “Your goal is to reduce security risk across the board… Create a model for security that spans across the entire organisation, not just within the technical side of your...

Load More