Episode 146: What Security Looks Like for a Security Company

In episode 146 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, Tony Sager is joined by Angelo Marcotullio, Chief Information Officer at the Center for Internet Security®(CIS®); and Stephanie Gass, Sr. Director of Information Security at CIS. Together, they look back on periods of transition at CIS to discuss what security looks like for a security company. Here are some highlights from our episode:

• 00:58. Introductions with Angelo and Stephanie
• 02:07. A pro and a con of IT consulting work
• 04:12. The importance of soft skills in bringing the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center® into CIS
• 06:12. Looking at security from a corporate perspective with the CIS Critical Security Controls
• 07:08. How IT and IT security are essential to corporate strategy
• 07:45. The use of governance to support merging three business units into an integrated security company
• 12:04. The value of security champions in adapting to regulatory and business changes
• 15:15. What IT and Security teams can accomplish when they work as partners
• 17:18. The use of data to inform Board decisions and conversations around risk
• 20:38. How getting a seat at the table helps with understanding a Board's risk appetite and communicating that out to teams
• 25:01. How infrastructure built for growth, not the smallest business case, produced a smooth transition to work from home in March 2020
• 29:30. Advice for folks starting out in security
• 31.28. The importance of collaboration and culture in implementing security as an organization

Resources

• Episode 144: Carrying on the MS-ISAC's Character and Culture
• The CIS Security Operations Center (SOC): The Key to Growing Your SLTT's Cyber Maturity
• Guide to Implementation Groups (IG): CIS Critical Security Controls v8.1
• CIS Controls v8.1 Mapping to ISO/IEC 27001:2022
• CIS Controls v8.1 Mapping to SOC2
• CIS Controls v8.1 Mapping to NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3
• Reasonable Cybersecurity
• Episode 110: How Security Culture and Corporate Culture Mesh

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