Karl Mattson was at his third financial services firm when he realized it was time for something new. “I found the pattern was familiar, and wasn’t bringing the best version…
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Don’t be afraid of failure! That’s a key trait that a successful CISO must possess, says John Whiting, the Global Director of Cyber Risk at global advertising giant Omnicom. “Not…
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Benjamin Corll’s transition to vendor CISO from enterprise CISO wasn’t anything he’d been aiming for. But when a great opportunity came his way, he took the leap. “Opportunities are abundant…
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Rafi Khan sees his career as a series of crossroads for taking his professional path to new levels. Three factors help him to balance these decision points, said Khan, the…
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David Hahn describes himself as a security evangelist. “I think security should be very democratized,” said Hahn, the inaugural CISO in residence at Ballistic Ventures. “Part of a CISO’s job…
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For Cassio Goldschmidt, cybersecurity is an arms race, trying to stay one step ahead of the enemy. That’s why building alliances is so important. “I think the only way to…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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