Jetton brings years of public and private CIO and Cybersecurity VP experience to the new role.

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced two senior cybersecurity appointments.

Columbus State University in Georgia named Nicol Lewis, its new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Theodore Laskaris was named Chief Information Officer (CIO). The two positions will work under different offices but work in tandem together on security and risk mitigation.

Matthew Ireland has been named Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at NTT Research to focus on both information security and physical security at the organization.

Brandon Hoffman has been named Intel 471's first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) reporting to the company's CEO.

Access to clinical applications and medical information in a digital healthcare environment is vital. Yet, careful consideration must be made to ensure data and systems are protected against unintended or malicious activities. Securing infrastructure and applications is essential and security professionals must not forget about the devices that facilitate, segregate and protect the network.

With 94% of organizations reporting an identity-related breach at some point, getting a solid Identity Governance and Administration initiative off the ground and scaling it is no longer a nice-to-have, but a need-to-have. 

Listen to Ian Thornton-Trump, CISO of Cyjax, and his talking partner Tristan de Souza as they ruminate on some of the biggest issues in cybersecurity and geopolitics each and every month in this highly informative and entertaining video podcast. This month's episode looks at whether U.S. President Joe Biden has committed sufficient resources to cybersecurity; discusses ‘the Putin problem’; ponders about phishing in a pandemic; and talks about the GameStop blow-up.

Deaner is the first woman to hold the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) leadership position at Northwestern Mutual.