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John Scimone

John Scimone

John Scimone serves as Sr. Vice President, Chief Security Officer for Dell Technologies, where he leads the company’s global corporate security program. His responsibilities span the full spectrum of strategy, planning, and operations, aiding Dell Technologies’ businesses in the management of security risk across the physical and cyber domains. He is also charged with the advocacy of privacy and business resilience, including crisis management, business continuity and disaster recovery. Before joining Dell Technologies, Scimone served as the Global Chief Information Security Officer for the Sony Group family of companies, where he was responsible for building Sony’s first global information security and privacy organization and leading strategy, policy, and operations. Prior to joining Sony, he also held a number of leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), including as Director of Security Operations for the Secretary of Defense's communications office, where he led the facility, personnel, and cyber security programs. Scimone formerly served as a member of a predecessor organization of U.S. Cyber Command, where he led the development of enterprise information security programs that protected information belonging to the DoD’s more than two million employees.

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When privacy and security converge: A CSO’s perspective on how security organizations can thrive

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John Scimone
John Scimone
July 1, 2021

Privacy and security become further inextricably linked as consumers’ expectations rise. With this understanding, how should businesses organize to fulfill the privacy and security promises that today’s customers expect? Dell's Chief Security Officer, John Scimone, believes that a converged operational model is the most effective and efficient approach for the majority of organizations to achieve these outcomes. 


 


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When product security and cybersecurity converge: A CSO’s perspective on how security organizations can thrive

John Scimone
John Scimone
June 3, 2021
To more effectively reduce risk and capitalize on the capabilities, intelligence and experience of both the corporate application security team and the product security team, John Scimone, Dell Technologies Chief Security Officer, recommends converging these programs. Once converged, the security organization will see immediate benefits. Here, Scimone explores why organizations should converge these teams and the benefits.
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When security and resiliency converge: A CSO’s perspective on how security organizations can thrive

John Scimone
John Scimone
April 1, 2021

Implementing a converged security organization is perhaps one of the most resourceful and beneficial business decisions an organization can make when seeking to enhance security risk management. In this era of heightened consequences and sophisticated security threats, the need for integration between siloed security and risk management teams is imperative. The need for collaboration between those two teams and the business is equally imperative. Let’s look at five more specific benefits:


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