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As 2025 approaches, emerging regulations and laws will affect how CISOs strategize and protect their organizations. With the increasing complexity of global compliance frameworks, understanding these changes is crucial for maintaining security and operational efficiency. Let’s discuss what I expect regarding regulatory shifts and their implications in 2025 and explore what CISOs and CCOs should prepare for in the coming year.

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 Carmen Marsh, President and CEO at United Cybersecurity Alliance, Confidence Staveley, Founder & Executive Director at CyberSafe Foundation, and our host, Kayne McGladrey, Field CISO at Hyperproof. Guided by Kayne and audience questions, Carmen and Confidence will share insights into their current work and past experiences in the field.

Do you feel like you are overwhelmed trying to run your business while defending against the latest cyber threats? Join Kayne McGladrey, speaker, author and Director of Information Security Services for Integral Partners (http://www.ipllc.co) for our upcoming presentation on taking a proactive, risk-oriented approach to cyber security for individual consultants and small businesses.

Kayne will discuss:

– Why you should manage risks based on user identity instead of chasing the latest threats

– How individual consultants can protect themselves

– A vendor-neutral reference architecture for cyber security at small businesses

We will have time for Q&A at the end of the presentation.

CIOs should collaborate closely with CISOs to evaluate which zero trust controls will offer the most significant mitigation of agreed-upon business risks. Once specific controls are implemented, they can be centralized and reused across the various compliance standards like SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, and PCI, delivering greater flexibility. “The key lies in the deliberate selection of zero trust controls aimed at reducing specific business risks while potentially streamlining existing compliance efforts,” explains Kayne McGladrey (@kaynemcgladrey), field CISO at Hyperproof and senior IEEE member.

In this episode, Aaron and Kayne McGladrey discuss:

Strategic alignment of cybersecurity with business risk

Navigating the changing landscape of cybersecurity

Empowering CISOs in the evolving landscape of cybersecurity

The challenges and opportunities of generative AI

Key Takeaways:

The key to a successful cybersecurity strategy lies in reframing it as a business imperative, focusing on aligning security efforts with business risks, engaging with cross-functional teams, proactively obtaining certifications, and leveraging control design expertise, ensuring a competitive advantage and effective risk management beyond mere compliance and technology concerns.In today’s dynamic cybersecurity landscape, CISOs must continually reassess their controls and their alignment with business risks, while also considering the personal liability they bear, making succession planning and strategic adaptability vital for maintaining effective security programs.The role of a CISO is crucial, yet often misunderstood; empowering and respecting CISOs’ authority is essential to effectively manage cyber risks and avoid potential disasters, as generic approaches and AI-driven risk registers fall short of addressing the unique challenges faced by businesses.In a world where cybersecurity threats are inevitable, the key lies in fostering resiliency rather than aiming for an unattainable zero-risk goal; while a lot are excited about the potential of education and automation, the lack of regulatory control over generative AI poses a daunting challenge, risking societal upheaval and economic unrest.

“If we don’t decide to manage the economic impacts of artificial intelligence, potentially a lot of industries could be at least partially automated. And that has the potential for a lot of social arm where people just don’t have jobs. And when you get people who are automated out of a job, what are they going to go do? They’re going to do something that everybody can do fine, but it doesn’t pay well. Like you end up going and driving for a living or doing deliveries for a living. And you end up with a highly educated workforce that is unhappy. That’s like a recipe right there for civil unrest.” — Kayne McGladrey

In this session, you’ll learn:

– how cyber criminals hack into smart devices, bank accounts, and cloud services

– two easy ways you can protect your family’s accounts