Displaying items by tag: Chief information security officers

Global cybersecurity company Fortinet is updating and expanding its flagship Network Security Expert (NSE) certification program in a move designed to further help advance cybersecurity skill sets and address the talent shortage.

Fifty percent of chief information security officers (CISOs) will adopt human centric design to reduce cybersecurity operational friction, large enterprises will focus on implementing zero-trust programs and half of cybersecurity leaders will have unsuccessfully tried to use cyber risk quantification to drive enterprise decision making, according to a new report on cybersecurity predictions.

GUEST OPINION: Executives almost always approach budget allocations with one question in mind: will this generate revenue or add an expense? Unfortunately, cybersecurity is often put into the second bucket.

COMPANY NEWS: LogRhythm, the company helping busy and lean security operation teams defend against cyberthreats, has appointed three new members to the executive leadership team. LogRhythm welcomes David Rizzo as the chief technology officer and David Kluzak as chief revenue officer, and promoted Andrew Hollister to chief information security officer.

COMPANY NEWS:  Ping Identity, the intelligent identity solution for the enterprise, today announced that it has appointed Jason Kees as the company’s new chief information security officer (CISO). He will spearhead Ping Identity’s security initiatives that support new services and offerings, while ensuring the security, safety and reliability of the company’s vast IT infrastructure.

GUEST OPINION by Simon Howe, Vice President Sales Asia Pacific, LogRhythm: Cyber-security has ceased to be a backroom function and engaging effectively with the board and C suite will help CISOs provide better protection to the enterprise in 2021

As cloud technology, data analytics and cyber-security increasingly dominate the ICT agenda, old school CIOs need to find new ways to add value to the organisations they serve.

GUEST OPINION by Wayson Vannatta, Chief Information Officer at WatchGuard Technologies:Infrastructure, intellectual property and IT security…just a decade ago, the CIO’s role as curator and custodian of the backroom cost centre that was ICT was well defined. So was their place at the top table, where their expertise in what was then an esoteric area of operations went largely unchallenged.

Identity governance provider SailPoint has appointed former HomeAway security executive Charles Poff as chief information security officer.