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Build, Buy, or Partner: Making Better Security Capability Decisions
Kenneth Foster breaks down how security leaders should decide whether to build a capability internally, buy a product, or work with a partner, looking beyond initial cost to ownership, maintenance, change velocity, internal dependencies, and the outcomes the business actually needs.
How a CISO Protects Billion-Dollar Brands
Jeff Moore shares lessons from leading security across global organizations, including how CISOs can understand business and brand culture, identify the risks that matter, make security decisions within real-world budget constraints, and build a more mature security program.
Security Starts with Infrastructure
Konrad Fellman, CISO and VP of Global IT Infrastructure at Modine Manufacturing, explains why reducing cybersecurity risk depends less on new tools and more on aligning security priorities with the infrastructure and teams that keep the business running.
Cybersecurity Transformation: Understanding the System Before Trying to Change It
David Brockmyer draws on more than three decades in technology leadership to explain why security transformation starts with understanding existing constraints, closing ownership gaps, and balancing long-term change with early, visible wins.
The Future of Cybersecurity Regulations
Esmond Kane, CISO at Advarra, discusses how cybersecurity regulation is shifting from point-in-time compliance to continuous, provable assurance, and what that means for CISOs, executive leadership, and boards preparing for the next era of oversight.
Protecting the Business vs. Running the Business
Ken Lawrence, COO at Lighthouse Credit Union and former CIO, discusses how leadership priorities shift when moving from protecting the business as a security leader to running the business as an executive, covering risk management and business strategy.
Why Technology Transformations Fail
David Williamson shares the lessons he has learned leading enterprise technology transformations, covering executive alignment, change management, AI adoption, and how to measure the real business value of a transformation.
What Security Leaders Should Do Within Their First 90 Days
Brett Price, Global CISO at Quint, shares his proven framework for how security leaders can hit the ground running in a new role, from building trust with stakeholders to quickly assessing risk posture and establishing quick wins in the first 90 days.
SaaS Cybersecurity Challenges
Dean Sapp, CISO at Filevine, discusses the evolving security challenges unique to SaaS companies, securing multi-tenant environments, managing third-party integrations, balancing velocity with security, and building a security-first culture in a fast-moving product organization.
SOC 2, AI Governance & Selling Cybersecurity to the Business
Alexander Tushinsky breaks down the practical realities of SOC 2 compliance, building AI governance frameworks, and how security leaders can communicate risk in business terms to gain executive buy-in and budget for critical security programs.
AI Risks and Opportunities: From Operator to Builder
Aby Rao, Deputy CISO, explores the dual reality of AI in cybersecurity, the opportunities it creates for defenders and the new attack surfaces it opens for adversaries. She shares how security teams can embrace AI responsibly while managing emerging risks.
Navigating Cybersecurity Challenges in Modern Healthcare
Charles Spence dives into the unique cybersecurity pressures facing modern healthcare organizations, from protecting patient data under HIPAA to managing legacy systems and the rising threat of ransomware targeting hospitals and health networks.
Healthcare Cybersecurity Challenges
Dr. Sergio E. Sanchez, CIO at Coleman Health Services, shares first-hand experience managing cybersecurity in a behavioral health organization, protecting sensitive patient records, navigating compliance requirements, and building cyber resilience with limited resources in the healthcare sector.
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