CISO Spotlight: Montae Brockett, District of Columbia’s Health Care Finance CISO
Posted on: 27 Mar 2024
Many CISOs eagerly turn to hobbies to ease the pressures that come with the job. Not Montae Brockett. “For me, unwinding is cybersecurity,” said Brockett, the Deputy Chief Information Officer…
CISO Spotlight – Life After Being A CISO: Jay Leek, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, SYN Ventures
Posted on: 27 Mar 2024
The startup world fascinated Jay Leek when he worked as Chief Information Security Officer at some of the world’s biggest companies. The former Blackstone CISO and senior security executive at…
CISO Spotlight: Bil Harmer, Craft Ventures CISO
Posted on: 20 Mar 2024
Bil Harmer, Operating Partner, Security and Chief Information Security Officer for Craft Ventures, would love to see the CISO role go away. “That means you’ve reached a point where you’re…
CISO Spotlight: Deneen DeFiore, United Airlines CISO
Posted on: 20 Mar 2024
Deneen DeFiore was completing a master’s program in healthcare administration when she stumbled into technology and cybersecurity. “We were switching to electronic medical records and I kind of just gravitated…
CISO Spotlight: Donna Ross, Radian Group Inc. CISO
Posted on: 13 Mar 2024
Donna Ross, having completed a degree in economics, was working in one of the business lines at Prudential, but colleagues kept coming to her for help with technical issues. This…
Benny Lakunishok, CEO and Co-Founder, Zero Networks
Posted on: 12 Mar 2024
Benny Lakunishok was working on Microsoft’s EDL team, which produces one of the best such systems on the market, yet all of his customers were getting breached. “When I analyzed…
Ajay Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, SDG Corporation
Posted on: 07 Mar 2024
Deploying technology goes beyond a simple installation process; it involves intricate configuration and integration into an organization’s technical and organizational framework. However, in cases where products are abundant, overly complex,…
CISO Spotlight – Life After Being A CISO: David Levine, Forrester Vice President, Executive Partner, Security & Risk
Posted on: 06 Mar 2024
As the inaugural security and risk executive partner at the Forrester Research and Consulting company, David Levine marshals his vast experience in cybersecurity to counsel industry practitioners. “With security and…
CISO Spotlight: Shawn Bowen, World Kinect Corporation CISO
Posted on: 06 Mar 2024
Somersaulting out of planes at 14,000 feet with his wife is how Shawn Bowen escapes the pressures that come with being a CISO. “Life is all about managing risk, and…
Michael Mumcuoglu, CEO and Co-Founder, CardinalOps
Posted on: 05 Mar 2024
For years, cybersecurity veteran Michael Mumcuoglu watched organizations buy more and more great technology, only to see it not being installed or configured properly, leaving them open to undue risk…