Business-savvy CISOs focusing on their crown jewels as COVID-19 squeezes budgets
The COVID-19 pandemic has shattered several businesses, and those companies left afloat were plunged into uncharted waters. Several cybersecurity teams (already under tremendous pressure before the pandemic) are feeling the heat. Cybersecurity budgets are dwindling as executives are left with no option but radically cut down costs. While it's easy to play the victim and lean back, leading Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) are taking this opportunity to rethink their priorities…
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Four tips for aspiring CISOs
Most cybersecurity professionals have ambitions to rise to the chief information security officer (CISO) role. Very few, however, ever realize them. I have learned four critical insights from my experiences and collaboration with dozens of CISOs who pass through our Cyber Leadership Program.Develop strong self-awarenessA few years ago, I was deeply frustrated by my career…
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To address cyber security talent matters, change must start from within
A Google search for “how to break into cyber security” returns more than 88 million results. There are numerous blogs, widespread meet-ups and detailed self-help articles to help aspiring candidates break into this budding domain. These efforts are deeply commendable and ought to be sustained. But let’s face it, we can’t keep enticing graduates into cyber…
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The endurance of weak passwords
The significance of passwords is hard to overstate. They protect online banking accounts from internet thieves, intellectual property from unscrupulous competitors, social media accounts from internet trolls and several other critical systems. But despite their worth, users have been recycling easy-to-guess passwords since the dawn of the internet (1990s). Back then, according to the NYTimes, the most…
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Cyber security awareness training shouldn't suck!
A recent Harvard Business Review article stressed, “Spending millions on security technology can certainly make an executive feel safe. But the major sources of cyber threats aren’t technological. They are found in the human brain, in the form of curiosity, ignorance, apathy, and hubris”. I totally agree with this assertion - cyber savvy employees, customers and business partners…
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