by Jean-Christophe Gaillard | Mar 13, 2020 | CISO WaterCooler, Collaboration, Feature, Information Security
A decade of firefighting has taken its toll on the CISO profession The role of the CISO is changing. If that was ever the case, it can no longer be seen JUST as a technical role. In some industries, it is being challenged by the world-wide tightening of regulations...
by Jean-Christophe Gaillard | Dec 6, 2019 | CISO WaterCooler, Collaboration, Feature, Information Security
The Tactical Trap Many CISOs struggle to look beyond day-to-day firefighting and get trapped in tactical games. We highlighted this last year in the context of our “100 Days” series and it is one of the major factors preventing organisations from developing better...
by Fran Howarth | Oct 22, 2019 | CISO WaterCooler, Information Security>Cloud Security, Information Security>Cyber Security, Information Security>Data Security, Information Security>End-point Security, Information Security>Network Security, Information Security>Threat Intelligence
The Open Cybersecurity Alliance (OCA) is a new initiative being established by technology vendors and software publishers under the auspices of the OASIS information technology standards consortium. Its aim is to develop open code, standards and tools that can connect...
by | Aug 2, 2019 | CIO WaterCooler Consultants, CISO WaterCooler, Feature, Information Security
INTRODUCTION The rise of cyber risks is placing the average stressed-out CISO in further peril. With mega-hacks hitting organisations, how can we deliver security improvements when the resource base is already under such strain? Is it possible to reduce the overheads...
by | Mar 27, 2019 | CIO WaterCooler, CISO WaterCooler, Feature, Information Security>Cloud Security, Knowledge Bank
Introduction We live in an expanding digital universe. Each year zettabytes of data are added to global information asset holdings according to recent analysis by IDC, expanding the potential attack surface for highly organised cyber criminals. The digital universe...
by Jean-Christophe Gaillard | Mar 4, 2019 | CISO WaterCooler, Digital Transformation, Feature, Information Security, Role of the CIO
Key factors for boards and executive management to consider in 2019 around cyber security and privacy Cyber security has risen as a key issue on the radar of virtually all organisations. As a recent AT Kearney report suggests, cyber-attacks have been topping...
