CISO Soul Searching: Navigating the Evolving Role of the CISO – Harold Rivas – BSW #344
Harold Rivas has held multiple CISO roles. In his current CISO role, he's championing Trellix's overall mission to address the issues CISOs face every day, encouraging information sharing and collaborative discussions among the CISO community to help address challenges and solve real problems together - part of this is through Trellix's Mind of the CISO Initiative and the Trellix CISO Council. In this interview, we do a little CISO soul-searching. Harold will bring insights from the initiative to cover some of the top challenges CISOs face in this ever-evolving role, including:
- Earning a seat at the table
- Talking the language of business
- Addressing the risks and opportunities of business evolution
- Reading the tea leaves of the future
and more! If you're a CISO or want to be a CISO, don't miss this episode.
Segment Resources: https://www.trellix.com/blogs/perspectives/introducing-trellixs-mind-of-the-ciso-initiative/ https://www.trellix.com/solutions/mind-of-the-ciso-report/ https://www.trellix.com/solutions/mind-of-the-ciso-behind-the-breach/
As CISO, Harold leads Trellix’s global security and compliance initiatives, enabling the company to best protect against threats, manage compliance needs and third-party risks, and implement industry-wide best practices. Harold brings more than two decades of cybersecurity experience to Trellix. Prior to joining Trellix, he was CISO at loanDepot and held previous CISO roles at multiple companies, including Santander Consumer and Fujitsu America. He also led global cybersecurity programs at Citigroup.
Harold holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Master of Business Administration, and maintains multiple industry certifications, including a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Additionally, he is an active public speaker and Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) InfraGard member.
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C-Level Perspective, Communication Failure, and Leadership Misconceptions – BSW #344
In the leadership and communications section, The Strategic Implications of Cybersecurity: A C-Level Perspective, Leadership Misconceptions That Hinder Your Success , "Mastering Communication: Lessons from Two Years of Learning", and more!
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- The Strategic Implications of Cybersecurity: A C-Level Perspective
In our tenure at the helm of aNumak and Company, one revelation reshaped our strategic landscape: cybersecurity transcends its technical confines, emerging as a linchpin of contemporary business leadership. This insight pivoted my approach, embedding cybersecurity at the core of our strategic initiatives.
- What CISOs and the C-suite have is failure to communicate
There’s always been a communication gap between CISOs and their fellow C-suite members.
The fact that they’re even part of the C-suite is up for interpretation because cybersecurity has often been considered a separate side of the house, dealing with a whole different set of problems and speaking a whole other language.
With security breaches growing in both number and severity and pressure amping up from the feds, it would seem this gap would be improving — but, in fact, it’s as bad as ever, according to a new report from FTI Consulting.
- Why Isn’t Your Strategy Sticking?
It’s insufficient to just share the goals and objectives of your strategy and hope implementation will succeed. In this article, the author explains how to shift from an operational to a contextual mindset so that you can better identify the hidden obstacles that may be thwarting your strategy’s implementation so you can address them before they take root
- Leadership Misconceptions That Hinder Your Success
This article highlights common misconceptions that may be holding leaders back, such as the need for leaders to be infallible, the belief that leadership is about giving orders and the idea that there is only one best leadership methodology.
- Don’t Wait for a Crisis to Reduce Costs
Leaders who take a hard, holistic look across their cost base will find opportunities to reposition their companies for future growth. But they must act boldly and decisively to achieve a competitive cost position. In this article, the authors discuss five critical actions that CEOs and other executives can take to tackle cost challenges. Collectively, these measures help organizations sustain efficiency and redirect resources to invest in innovation, promote growth, and capture value.
- “Mastering Communication: Lessons from Two Years of Learning”
Discover practical tips for better communication and confidence in everyday conversations.
