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Leadership, Security Staff Acquisition & Development

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 e...

April 1, 2024

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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/

Guest

Chief Information Security Officer at Trellix

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.

Hosts

Jason Albuquerque

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