CISO Stories Podcast: Lessons Learned from Building an ISAC

Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs) were formed to promote the centralized sharing of threat intelligence within a particular sector. These have grown since the first ISAC in the late 1990’s and now represent over 20 industry sectors. Grant Sewell, Director of Security at AHEAD, shares his experience in working with an ISAC and how this benefited his organization and the broader CISO community - check it out...

 

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About the Guest

Grant Sewell

Director of Security at AHEAD

Grant Sewell is an award-winning technology executive with core competencies in cyber security, architecture, risk assurance, privacy, and governance. He has over fifteen years of diverse industry expertise leading technology programs in financial services, consumer products, retail, and federal government service, with proven success driving change in complex, regulated enterprises. In 2021, Grant was named a top cyber security leader by Security Magazine. He holds numerous industry certifications and is a frequent speaker at regional and national conferences.

About the Hosts

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Sam Curry

Chief Security Officer at Cybereason

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.

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Todd Fitzgerald

Vice President, Cybersecurity Strategy at Cybersecurity Collaborative

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.

CISO Stories Podcast

About The CISO Stories Podcast

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.

The Cybersecurity Collaborative is a unique membership community enabling cybersecurity leaders to work together in a trusted environment. To learn more, visit: https://www.securityweekly.com/csc.

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