Health and Wellness of the CISO as They Crack Under Pressure and Need a BISO to Scale – Dr. Yonesy Núñez – BSW #422
It's a topic we discuss often on Business Security Weekly: CISO Burnout. It's real, but how should you manage it?
Dr. Yonesy Núñez, Global Cybersecurity Executive at Chain Bridge Bank and former Managing Director, Chief Cybersecurity Risk Officer, and Chief Information Security Officer at The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), joins Business Security Weekly to share his personal insights. An advocate of CISO Health and Wellness, Yonesy will discuss how we can "Optimize the Operator" by creating harmony with mind and spirit.
Segment Resources: https://councils.forbes.com/profile/Yonesy-Nunez-Global-Cybersecurity-Executive-Chain-Bridge-Bank/e79e72a5-4b18-48b1-b5ab-8a0afd47d782
In the leadership and communications segment, CISOs are cracking under pressure, How BISOs enable CISOs to scale security across the business, Great Leaders Empower Strategic Decision-Making Across the Organization, and more!
Dr. Yonesy Núñez is a global cybersecurity executive, board director, and five-time CISO with over two decades of experience leading enterprise cybersecurity, technology risk, and resilience programs across global financial institutions.
He serves on the Boards of Directors for Pentegra Retirement Services, Inc. and Chain Bridge Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: CBNA), providing strategic oversight on technology, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), and operational risk.
Most recently, Dr. Núñez served as Managing Director, Chief Cybersecurity Risk Officer, and Chief Information Security Officer at The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), where he led global cybersecurity and technology risk management functions, established 24/7 Cyber Threat Fusion Centers, and advanced modernization and resilience initiatives across critical market infrastructure.
A seasoned cybersecurity leader, he has held senior roles at Jack Henry & Associates, Wells Fargo, Citi, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), consistently driving innovation and fostering collaboration across industry sectors.
Dr. Núñez is widely recognized for his leadership in modern cybersecurity program management, innovation, emerging technologies, governance, third-party risk, and operational resilience, as well as his advocacy for diverse talent in STEM and the cybersecurity profession.
He holds a Doctorate in Computing from Pace University, a Master of Science in Information Systems Engineering from NYU Tandon School of Engineering, and a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Computer Information Systems from Manhattan University.
Matt Alderman
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- CISO Pay Increases 7% As Budget Growth Slows
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- CISOs must prove the business value of cyber — the right metrics can help
For most organizations, cybersecurity has always been seen as a cost center rather than a business enabler or revenue driver. Executives perceive cybersecurity as a necessary evil that pulls funds away from more important, income-generating functions like marketing and product development. Which is why, in multiple studies, including one from Ponemon Institute and Open Text, security leaders must consider “using metrics to demonstrate the business value of the IT security program to the business” as their top priority. But getting the right metrics using language and benchmarks that business leaders can assimilate doesn’t come easy to most cyber security leaders, especially for CISOs who hail from technical backgrounds.
- How BISOs enable CISOs to scale security across the business
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- Great Leaders Empower Strategic Decision-Making Across the Organization
From school to the C-suite, we’re taught that value comes from having the right answer and producing individual results. We reward those who solve problems, not those who build systems that prevent them. Over time, leaders internalize a dangerous belief that their worth lies in what they do alone, not in what they enable. That identity becomes especially brittle in messy, unpredictable environments where past success patterns don’t apply. The very strengths of pattern recognition, decisive action, and personal ownership that helped leaders rise can become liabilities as complexity increases. The real shift is from hero to architect: clarifying intent, codifying principles, and building decision systems others can use without you.
