CISO Stories Podcast: Which Approach Wins - Compliance or Risk?
Regulations provide the necessary motivation for many organizations to implement security controls that may not otherwise be present, but is this enough? Is it really security?
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As the Vice President, Information Security at Aaron’s; David is accountable for information security and risk leadership, strategy, budget, and operational excellence. He is a servant-leader and mentor to a high-performing team of information security professionals and leaders covering Application Security, Incident Response, Governance Risk and Compliance, Emerging Technology Security, Endpoint protection and Information Protection.
David has over 20 years in the information technology industry in various roles. He has previously served as a Manager of the Threat, Attack and Penetration testing services team, Application Security Architect, deployment manager, and various lead developer roles for Caterpillar Inc. He has additionally held positions at companies including State Farm Insurance and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Sam Curry (@samjcurry) is CSO at Cybereason and is a Visiting Fellow at the National Security Institute. Previously, Sam was CTO and CISO for Arbor Networks (NetScout) and was CSO and SVP R&D at MicroStrategy in addition to holding senior security roles at McAfee and CA. He spent 7 years at RSA, the Security Division of EMC as Chief Technologist and SVP of Product.
Sam also has over 20 patents in security from his time as a security architect, has been a leader in two successful startups and is a board member of the Cybersecurity Coalition, of SSH Communications and of Sequitur Labs.
Todd Fitzgerald (@securityfitz) has built information Fortune 500/large company security programs for 20 years.
Todd serves as VP, Cybersecurity Strategy and Chairman of the Cybersecurity Collaborative Executive Committee, was named 2016–17 Chicago CISO of the Year, ranked Top 50 Information Security Executive, authored 4 books including #1 Best Selling and 2020 CANON Hall of Fame Winner CISO COMPASS: Navigating Cybersecurity Leadership Challenges with Insights from Pioneers (2019), ground-breaking CISO Leadership: Essential Principles for Success, as well as contributions to a dozen others.
Todd held senior leadership positions at Northern Trust, Grant Thornton International, Ltd, ManpowerGroup, WellPoint (Anthem) Blue Cross Blue Shield/ National Government Services, Zeneca/Syngenta, IMS Health and American Airlines.
The Cybersecurity Collaborative, in conjunction with Cybereason, is proud to present the CISO Stories Podcast. Each week CISO Stories takes a deep dive on security leadership with top security professionals from across the public and private sectors who share their insights and expertise with the community.
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Regulations provide the necessary motivation for many organizations to implement security controls that may not otherwise be present, but is this enough? Is it really security?
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