An ex-Uber chief security officer has been sentenced to probation after being found guilty of trying to cover up a 2016 data breach.

Addressing business risk requires identifying cyber risk. Involving C-suite in cybersecurity discussions is good digital stewardship & good leadership.

Greg Day has been hired by Cybereason as the Vice President and Global Field Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the EMEA region.

Christopher Walcutt has been promoted to Chief Security Officer at DirectDefense. Walcutt will partner with internal teams across all levels.

Chaim Mazal has been named Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Gigamon and will take on a variety of responsibilities including IT and global security. 

Dave Komendat, a seasoned and recognized security leader and influencer and former CSO at Boeing, has joined the Cooke and Associates advisory board.

This month’s leadership columnist Mike Gips proposes a satirical alternative to the need for leadership prevailing in security today, taking inspiration from essayist Jonathan Swift and his “Modest” proposal for addressing food scarcity, malnourishment, blight and overpopulation within Ireland in the 1700s.

As a security leader, do you better support the industry and serve your employer by attending in person events or do you play it safe and attend virtually, forgoing the in-person conversations, random encounters, and charged environment that bring so much value to these conferences? Risk professionals needs to weigh look at the data, look at the advice, and weigh the pros and cons of these situations, to maintain their status as a leader within the organization.

Leadership abilities for isolated workers can be as important as they are for someone who runs a large corporate security department or guard force.

Here’s an embarrassing admission: I’m a lifelong Jets fan. If you need proof that the organization is considered a laughingstock, a 2019 article in Inc. magazine is titled, “Want to Be a Great Leader? Look to the New York Jets—and Then Do the Opposite.”