Are You Attending the "What to Worry About Next" Security Conference?

Are You Attending the "What to Worry About Next" Security Conference?

March 22, 2022

CISO Series

Welcome to this weeks newsletter!

  • On this week's episode of CISO Series Podcast we talk about the helpful side of security conferences.

  • Cyber Security Headlines you need to know include Meta being deemed an "extremist organization" in Russia, 5000 Starlink terminals in Ukraine, and Conti Leaks leaks Conti.

  • Six explanations of security prioritization in one minute. A preview of this week's Super Cyber Friday.

CISO Series Podcast

“Are You Attending the ‘What to Worry About Next’ Security Conference?”

Are You Attending the “What to Worry About Next” Security Conference?

Andy Ellis, operating partner, YL Ventures and I welcome guest/sponsored guest Jason Witty, CSO, USAA to discuss:

  • What is the board’s risk appetite?

  • Is attending conferences helpful?

  • What can security vendors do to help with board-level communications?

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Thanks to our podcast sponsor, CyCognito

Thanks to our podcast sponsor, CyCognito

Best advice for a CISO

"Don’t try to prevent everything. I would spend probably about roughly 40 to 45% of your budget on prevention. Probably more like 40 to 50% on detection. And then everything else on response recovery and everything else you need to." -Jason Witty, CSO, USAA

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Cyber Security Headlines 

Top headlines for Tuesday, March 22, 2022:

  • Meta deemed extremist organization in Russia, WhatsApp still available

  • 5000 Starlink terminals in Ukraine

  • Conti Leaks leaks Conti

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Super Cyber Fridays!

6 Explanations of Security Prioritization in One Minute

Join us this Friday [03-25-22] for "Hacking Prioritization"

Check out Ben Sapiro, head of technology risk and CISO for Canada Life very impressively and deftly deliver a multitude of answers for the need to prioritize your cybersecurity in just a minute.

It’s all a tease for this Friday’s event.

Our discussion will be 

"Hacking Prioritization: An hour of critical thinking about which security holes need to be filled, and which ones don’t."

Also joining us for the conversation will be Ed Bellis (@ebellis), CTO and co-founder, Kenna Security (now part of Cisco).

It all begins at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT on Friday, March 25, 2022 with guests

We'll have fun conversation and games, plus at the end of the hour (2 PM ET/11 AM PT) we'll do our meetup.

Thanks to our Super Cyber Friday sponsor,  Kenna Security

Thanks to our Super Cyber Friday sponsor,  Kenna Security