Three essentials to thrive in a high pressure CISO role
First published in the ISACA Now blog on 27 February 2020 A recent Ponemon Institute report predicted that the role of the chief information security officer (CISO) will continue to rise in significance. This is underpinned by the growing realization by executives that just one serious security incident or data breach could derail the growth and profitability of…
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Managing Cyber Security Risks in Mergers and Acquisitions: Ten Essentials
A study conducted by Forescout Technologies, The Role of Cybersecurity in M&A Diligence, which polled the views of more than 2,700 IT and business decision makers across the United States, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Singapore and India revealed that 53% of respondents had encountered a critical cybersecurity issue or incident during a M&A deal…
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A tribute to three up and coming Australian cyber security authors
Shamane Tan prompted me to write this post with her question “Keen to hear your greatest takeaway from each book” in response to a question from Dan Goldberg where we discovered a mutual interest in three books: Shamane’s Cyber Risk Leaders, A Hacker I Am by Craig Ford, and The Five Anchors of Cyber Resilience…
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Solving the digital trust vs. customer experience paradox
Consumers have become savvier about cyber-risk and are demanding companies they deal with to diligently protect their online identities. But the same consumers are also increasingly edgy. They prefer digital channels that offer simple, fast and seamless authentication processes. They are frustrated by the sheer difficulty of managing dozens of insanely complex passwords, some of which…
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Cyber Response Drills: A Vital Ingredient of a Cyber Resilient Enterprise
The key reason behind the 2007 financial crisis was that many banks failed to build up sufficient capital against complex securitisation exposures. As the US Government’s ‘Financial Crisis Enquiry Report’ revealed, ‘In the years leading up to the crisis too many financial institutions, as well as too many households, borrowed to the hilt, leaving them…
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