Arti Lalwani, Risk Management and Privacy Knowledge Leader at A-LIGN, talks her untraditional path into the technology security field. Lalwani looks for ambition and attention to detail when hiring security professionals, and she reflects on her journey as a woman of color in cybersecurity and climbing the leadership ladder of risk management, auditing and data privacy.

Ian Thornton-Trump, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Cyjax, and Philip Ingram, CEO of Grey Hare Media, take a close look at the Russian invasion of Ukraine through the lens of conflict in the Middle East in the tenth episode of The Cybersecurity and Geopolitical Podcast presented by Security magazine. From determining Russia’s current trajectory in Ukraine via the nation’s playbook in Syria to comparing the root of Russia’s border aggression, the security leaders draw parallels between the invasion and previous events in the Middle Eastern region.

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Josh Yavor, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Tessian, talks about the “leap-of-faith” decision he made four years ago that helped address his own feelings of burnout, and how CISOs can lead by example. 

After decades of building security operations centers (SOCs) and developing enterprise cybersecurity programs, Sumo Logic Chief Security Officer (CSO) George Gerchow reflects on how best to instill a security-minded culture in an organization. Transparency, security technology and working within a business's risk appetite are all building blocks of a seamless enterprise cybersecurity strategy.

Karen Worstell, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist at VMware, talks how best to mitigate and respond to burnout in security careers. Drawing from her own experience as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Microsoft and AT&T, Worstell discusses her career accomplishments as a security executive and how cyber leaders can manage burnout in their organizations.

Security magazine presents the latest episode of The Cybersecurity and Geopolitical Podcast — Russia: The Global Protagonist. Ian Thornton-Trump, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Cyjax and Gareth Corfield, Security and Legal Correspondent at The Register, review the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine and discuss the ongoing “cyber war” in the region. 

This entertaining and illuminating episode spotlights the latest challenges and intriguing flashpoints within the cybersecurity and geopolitical landscape for enterprise security and risk professionals. 

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