Special Guest Michael Chaoui | Drafting Compliance Ep. 24

During this Hyperproof live stream series, leaders in information security shed light on crucial topics that shape the modern cybersecurity landscape. This month’s episode features Jeff Warren, Owner & Principal Consultant at South Lake Cyber Risk, LLC, and our host, Kayne McGladrey, Field CISO at Hyperproof. Guided by Kayne and audience questions, Jeff will share insights into his current work and past experiences in the field. Register now for your chance to learn from one of today’s top infosec pros.

Ever apply for a cybersecurity job and then either in the listing or partway through the interview you realize, “Yikes, this job is not for me.”

“The only meaningful consideration of zero trust adoption is when the board and CEO are willing to trust and partner with the CISO to effectively mitigate business risks. A recent Gartner study found that a CISO who can effectively tie business outcomes to a material reduction in business risk through practical implementation of zero trust controls will make security an asset for their organization that enables them to compete more effectively.” — Kayne McGladrey, field CISO, Hyperproof

McGladrey, whose work focuses on identity and access management, leads a team that assists clients in multiple industries. The focus: insider and outsider threats on non-privileged or privileged credentials. McGladrey said that technology has matured so much, that overall cyber security is not about software installation.

Besides working nights, I learned in my fifteen-minute conversation that Rosa volunteers at an elementary school. She’d met no one who worked in cyber security, and the kids she worked with hadn’t considered it as a career option. They wanted to be rappers, they wanted to be marine biologists; they didn’t know there was a high-paying position called “security operations center analyst.”

Did you miss Black Hat this year? Well you won’t miss the great conversations that were had, as Allan captured so many good ones for this special Black Hat retrospective episode.