FROM AUG 2020: Officially granted the title within a company in 1995, the CISO role is relatively new in Infosec's grand scheme. Since this first attribution, many have taken the job - and the reigns - to shape and define the responsibilities, but it looks like it is still a work in progress. With each step comes new challenges, new paths, new opportunities.
Episode Originally Aired Aug 2020: Officially granted the title within a company in 1995, the CISO role is relatively new in Infosec's grand scheme. Since this first attribution, many have taken the job - and the reigns - to shape and define the responsibilities, but it looks like it is still a work in progress. With each step comes new challenges, new paths, new opportunities.
Steve Katz is the one and only that can actually claim to hold the very first title - and have had, arguably, the most impact on shaping the role ever since. We were lucky to have the honor and pleasure to chat with him in this Episode of A CISO Story — and what a story it is. Well, so many stories, in fact, that we might have lost count on the way.
Together we spent time remembering the past, evaluating the present, and envisioning the future of this role and its deep-rooted connections to the business for which it is its mission is to protect — as much as possible. Because one point that rings clear from this conversation is that "a CISO cannot aim to prevent risk but reduce it."
With 25 years of history, are businesses making the most of the role, or are their expectations missing the mark? And, perhaps more importantly, what does the future hold for the CISO?
What if we needed not just one CISO in a company?
Yes, how about that?
Does the First CISO think that there will be a Last CISO?
Guest(s)
Steve Katz, The First CISO
*Disclosure: He didn't self-proclaim the title himself 😬
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