A Conversation with Zahira Gonzalvo

Interviews, Women in Cyber, Zahira Gonzalvo

Zahira Gonzalvo, Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer for Flagstar Bank, is not your typical CISO. For starters, she’s a woman, she’s Latin American, and she works in Troy, Michigan, a city that doesn’t even crack the top 10 most populated cities in the...

Want to Beat COVID-19? Consult a CISO

CISO Interviews, Featured, Sergej Epp

To paraphrase the military mastermind Sun Tzu, you must know your enemy before you can defeat him. Infectious disease experts around the world look to do the same with the coronavirus. To contain a viral outbreak, scientists must identify the virus’ origin and track...

You May Never Become a CISO Unless You Learn This Vital Skill

CISO Interviews, Bryan Kissinger

There’s much more to the CISO role than technology expertise. For some CISO roles, technology expertise is just the price of admission. For others, technology expertise is viewed as a limitation and therefore relegated to direct reports. There is vast ecosystem of...

Serve And Protect (In That Order)

CISO Panels

Can you blame the CISO who wants to quash any tool, system, or process that invites risk into the organization? CISOs face embarrassing data breaches and unceremonious terminations when employees connect unauthorized devices and applications to the network, leave...

There’s No Tech Like Old Tech

CISO Panels

Compliance checklists and attestations only go so far in mitigating cyber risk. They demonstrate a partner’s commitment to cybersecurity awareness however they only capture a snapshot in time. A vendor, contractor or supplier is just one connected device or phishing...