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Without Building CISO EQ, You May be on Your Own! – Marci McCarthy – CSP #4

February 16, 2021

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1. Without Building CISO EQ, You May be on Your Own! – Marci McCarthy – CSP #4

The CISO must interact with many different groups within the company. These groups differ in the amount of business acumen and technical depth necessary. The CISO must have self-awareness of how to approach each of these different types of stakeholders, as well as ensuring appropriate self-care is taken to limit burnout, stress and anxiety. Join this podcast to learn how to maintain appropriate self-awareness, exercise empathy and emotional intelligence to gain trust of others, and exercise appropriate self-care.

To view the article from the CISO COMPASS Book that sparked this interview, please visit: https://securityweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CISOCOMPASSMarciMcCarthyCCArticle.pdf

McCarthy, M. 2019. Emotional Intelligence. In CISO COMPASS: Navigating Cybersecurity Leadership Challenges with Insights from Pioneers, 1st Ed, pg 466. Fitzgerald, T. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl.

To purchase the book: www.amazon.com/author/toddfitzgerald.

This segment is sponsored by Cybereason. Visit https://www.cybereason.com/cisostories to learn more about them!

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Todd Fitzgerald

Vice President, Cybersecurity Strategy at Cybersecurity Collaborative

https://www.cyberleadersunite.com

Todd Fitzgerald 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.

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