The Business of InfoSec Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode of the Business of Infosec podcast, host Michelle Ribeiro is joined by mentor, speaker, podcaster and award-winning Cybersecurity Professional, Jalpa Bhavsar. Together they walk through Jalpa’s bittersweet transition to a cyber role, and how she’s continuously investing in herself to serve her clients and the organisations she works for.

In the discussion this week:

• Some of successful ways to identify and leverage transferable soft skills
• Strategies to invest in developing the technical skills required for cybersecurity professionals
• Jalpa’s inspiring experience shifting careers while going through the maternity journey
• Successful examples of people she has mentored, including a chef, a retail store manager, and a civil architect
• How Jalpa is continuously supporting those interested in pursing a career in cyber in her video and podcast

In this week’s episode of the Business of Infosec podcast, our host Michelle Ribeiro is joined by Deepa Bradley, Transformation Executive and Daniel Shore Co-Founder, Let’sWeCan. Together they walk through Deepa and Daniel’s journeys into cybersecurity and how to get the best out of your teams.

In the discussion this week:

• Psychological safety is not optional – how to create a safe environment for the teams and praise each one of them by letting them know every one of them matters
• Cybersecurity decisions are often made on the spot – sometimes they’re good decisions, sometimes not. How can you make sure everyone in the team owns those decisions together?
• Building a respectful team is critical in creating high performing teams – strategies to respect their capabilities, understand that people work differently, give them autonomy, and avoid micromanagement
• Why you should build a highly capable team before the organisation is in a crisis mode
• Lessons learned from remaining capable and resilient to be a role model in an unhealthy environment
• Practical tips and hints for CISOs to roll up their sleeves and turn their teams into highly capable teams

During the Equifax 2017 Data Breach (which exposed the sensitive information on 146 million US consumers), Graeme Payne was Senior Vice President and CIO of Global Corporate Platforms. He was fired the day before the former Chairman and CEO of Equifax testified to Congress that the root cause of the data breach was human error and technological failure. Graeme would later be identified as “the human error”.

In this episode of the Business of InfoSec Podcast, host Michelle Ribeiro talks with Graeme Payne on lessons learned from the Equifax data breach and ideas on how cybersecurity leaders can effectively report risks to the board.

In the discussion this week:

• How the CISO role is changing and blending into the CIO role
• What the cybersecurity role might look like in the future
• Biggest challenges cybersecurity leaders face when reporting risks to the board, and tips and hints on how to overcome them
• “Dos” and “don’ts” when engaging the board and building stronger security programs and maturing their capabilities

Neil Thacker, Chief Information Security Officer at cloud security firm Netskope thinks it’s time for Security to shake off its reputation as a roadblock to innovation.

If you’d like to connect with Neil to continue the conversation you can connect with him on LinkedIn here.

Naveed Islam, Chief Information Security Officer at UK-based payments company Dojo, argues that people are the first line of cybersecurity defense

Maricopa County CISO Lester Godsey shares his experiences overseeing information security in a hotly contested presidential election

iRhythm Technologies Privacy and Compliance Lead Jonathan Craven discusses how psychology can be a useful tool to promote cyber-secure behavior in the workplace

In this episode of the Business of InfoSec Podcast The Francis Crick Institute CISO Guy Morrell shares the successes, challenges, and surprises that he experienced during his first year as a CISO

In this episode of the Business of InfoSec Podcast, we talk to Center for Internet Security editorial panel member Rick Doten about the version eight updates to the organization’s CIS Controls

In the last of our conversations from CISO London, L&Q Group CISO Goher Mohammad explains how best to prepare your organization in a rapidly changing threat landscape and what he expects from attackers in the coming year.