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Matt Coose is the founder and CEO of cybersecurity compliance firm Qmulos, previously the director of Federal Network Security for the National Cyber Security Division of the (DHS).
CISOs carry the ultimate burden and weight of compliance and reporting and are often the last buck. Says Coose, best-of-breed is better described as best-to-bleed-the-budget: it’s a bottom-up, tech-first, reactive approach for acquiring technology as opposed to managing risk. Choose shares his top considerations below for how CISOs can navigate the crowded market of cybersecurity tools when cost is highly scrutinized, but regulations keep growing.
Platforms are what every vendor dreams of being called, but no platform does it all, says Coose.
Coose shares what smart CISOs and mature organizations understand, that others don’t:
• There’s no “buying their way out of security issues or into a better risk posture.” They understand the need to evolve to a top-down, risk-driven, inherently business-aligned, dynamically adaptable, and evidence-based security management strategy.
• That looking at technology choices through the lens of risk controls (and the related data provided by technology that implements those controls) enables credible and transparent strategic tech portfolio management decisions that are immune to vendor preferences or the latest market(ing) fads.
• The need for meaningful security and risk measurement and the difference between leading and lagging indicators.
• The original intent of security and regulatory compliance as a model for proactive and consistent risk management (leading indicator), not just a historical reporting and audit function (lagging indicator).
• That managing risk, compliance, and security as distinct and separate functions is not only wasteful and inefficient, but denies the enterprise the ability to cross-leverage significant people, process, and technology investments
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-814
CISO in Crisis, but Will the SEC Regulations Make a Difference and New NIST CSF Draft - BSW #316
Pointers and Perils for Presentations - Josh Goldberg - ASW #251
Black Hat Startup Spotlight Finalists - Alex Matrosov, Ian Amit - ESW #327
Creepy AI, Codesys, Kyber768, .Net, Gootloader, DARPA, EvilProxy, Aaran Leyland - SWN #317
Incident Response Readiness - Gerard Johansen - PSW #794
You've Got Appsec, But Do You Have ArchSec? - Merritt Baer - ASW #250
BilDad, points.com, Papercut, Prospect , SMS, Microsoft, DAAS, Jason Wood, and More - SWN #316
Deciphering The National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy - Dr. José-Marie Griffiths - BSW #315
Surging Email Impersonation Threats, Creating Online Kids' Safety Community - Fareedah Shaheed, John Wilson - ESW #326
Midnight Blizzard, Cult of the Dead Cow, Five Eyes, Aaran Leyland, and More News - SWN #315
Incident Response Stories - Bill Swearingen - PSW #793
Identity and Verifiable Credentials in Cars - Eve Maler - ASW #249
Throbbing Elon, China, Dragos, Ransomware, Tomcat, Ivanti, Jason Wood and More - SWN #314
How to Effectively Embrace and Protect Generative AI Tools, Models, & Data - Randy Lariar - BSW #314
Post-Breach: The Hardening Continues - Sean Metcalf - PSW #792
Rethinking the CISO Model, Edge Ecosystem Insights - Nathan Case, Theresa Lanowitz - ESW #325
GameOver(lay), ZenBleed, Maximus, Redline, the SEC, More News & Aaran Leyland - SWN #313
Navigating the Complexities of Development to Create Secure APIs - Kristen Bell - ASW #248
Improving Diversity and Accessibility in Cybersecurity - Laurie Salvail - BSW #313
Citrix, Ivanti, DOJ changes, Elon X, TETRA Radio, Google WEI, Jason Wood, and More - SWN #312
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