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Are you Protected? What Insurance Cover Should a CISO Have?
April 3, 2024 , , Tim Howard

Are you Protected? What Insurance Cover Should a CISO Have?

While I’m not an employment attorney nor an Insurance Advisor, I have assisted many security leaders in navigating and negotiating their employment agreements. For a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), specific insurance coverage and liability protections are essential to safeguard against the unique risks associated with the role. These protections are not only beneficial for […]

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Questions You Should Ask to Determine If This a Real CISO Position? (Interview Check List)
December 16, 2023 , , Tim Howard

Questions You Should Ask to Determine If This a Real CISO Position? (Interview Check List)

If you are interviewing for the top security position in a company, you need to know if the role is a true executive-level Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) role or just a technical “Head of Security” or Director of Security position. More often than not, it’s not a true CISO Position. Most security leadership positions […]

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Creating Diversity in Cybersecurity
March 30, 2022 , Tim Howard

Creating Diversity in Cybersecurity

Fortify Experts analyzed over 90,000 cybersecurity profiles on LinkedIn to get an accurate understanding of the diversity within cybersecurity. We segmented profiles into the following categories: Women Veteran Hispanic Asian African American Our analysis aimed to determine if there was a significant under representation of each group relative to its percentage of the U.S. population. […]

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March 30, 2022 , Tim Howard

Cybersecurity Career Paths

Cyber professionals must have fundamental technical skills to develop a successful cybersecurity career. Protecting systems against the world’s most sophisticated hackers requires expertise  beyond what university programs can provide. Traditionally, cybersecurity has been a secondary career. Most people have come into cybersecurity after they become very good at a previous role and were given the […]

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