Accuvant and FishNet Security, which recently joined together to create
the nation’s premier cyber security solutions provider, today announced
that several members of their Office of the CISO will participate in six
different sessions at RSA Conference 2015. Topics include the role of
the CISO, threat intelligence, third-party risk, how to communicate with
the board of directors, and others. The event is scheduled to take place
from April 20-24, 2015 at the Mascone Center in San Francisco.
“One of our passions is to help the community of security leaders to
unite and grow as C-level business executives and influence change for
good,” said Jason Clark, head of the Office of the CISO. “The RSA
Conference is an excellent venue for us to connect with a large portion
of this community and share our expertise on how to build and lead a
robust information security program.”
Sessions include:
How
to Become a World-Class CISO
Who/Topic: In this panel
session, vice president James Christiansen along with top CISOs and an
executive recruiter will offer insights on how to build a CISO resume,
experience and relationships, as well as advice on the practices that
make CISOs highly successful.
When/Where: Tuesday, April 21
at 3:30 p.m./South Room: Viewing Point at Gateway
Track:
Sponsor Special Topics
Be
Heard: Developing Effective Board-Level Communications for the CISO
Who/Topic:
Following the latest highly publicized breach, boards of directors
want to hear from their information security team. Director Kai Axford
will lead a discussion on how to effectively communicate in board-level
meetings.
When/Where: Tuesday, April 21 at 3:30 p.m./North
Room: 133
Track: Crowdsourced
Inside
the Boardroom: How Boards Manage Cybersecurity and Risk
Who/Topic:
Vice president Renee Guttmann will join this panel session focused
on how to oversee cyber risks. Panelists will reveal critical topics
discussed behind closed doors, what questions boards are asking, what
information they need to understand risk, and what the ideal
relationship between the board and the CIO and the CISO looks like.
When/Where:
Wednesday, April 22 at 9:10 a.m./West Room: 2008
Track:
Governance, Risk & Compliance
A
Dialogue on Threat Intelligence KPIs
Who/Topic: As
enterprises continue to infuse threat intelligence data into their
security operations, they look for key performance indicators to report
back to their organization, the CIO and their business on the value they
are receiving from their expenditure. Finding ways to quantify benefit,
from what is essentially a data stream, is the focus of this
peer-to-peer session led by director Rafal Los.
When/Where:
Wednesday, April 22 at 10:20 a.m./West Room: 3000
Track:
Peer2Peer
Don’t
Get Left in the Dust: How to Evolve from CISO to CIRO
Who/Topic:
The responsibilities of the CISO have expanded beyond the security of
the enterprise to concentrate on managing the risk of the information,
regardless of where it resides. In this session James Christiansen will
co-present on how the CISO role has evolved into the chief information
risk officer (CIRO) and the emerging, yet controversial CIRO reporting
structure within the organization.
When/Where: Wednesday,
April 22 at 11:30 a.m./West Room: 3005
Track: C-Suite View
Best
Practice or Bust? Test Your Approach to Third-Party Risk
Who/Topic:
More than half of all security breaches originate from a third-party
breach. Join James Christiansen for a highly interactive whiteboard
session that will focus on participants sharing lessons learned for
extending internal security practices to vendors to reduce third-party
risk. After suggestions are documented and debated, audience polls will
determine each idea’s validity if implemented across various industries.
When/Where:
Thursday, April 23 at 11:20 a.m./North Room: 133
Track:
Crowdsourced
The Office of CISO is a street team of seasoned CISOs who have each
built some of the largest security programs for Fortune 500 companies
and, collectively, have worked with hundreds of organizations this year
alone. The team’s mission is to bring value to the CISO community by
helping executives think differently about their information risk
strategy so they can change, innovate and be more successful.
Accuvant and FishNet Security are proud to exhibit at RSA Conference
2015 at booth #S1234 in the South Expo. Media wishing to interview any
Accuvant or FishNet Security experts are encouraged to contact Lauren
Howe at lhowe@accuvant.com or
(443) 519-5455.
About Accuvant and FishNet Security
Accuvant and FishNet
Security recently merged to become one of North America’s leading
information security services and solutions providers. We offer a full
suite of services and solutions that enable businesses, governments and
educational institutions to define their security strategies, identify
and remediate threats and risks, select and deploy the right technology,
and achieve operational readiness to protect their organizations from
malicious attack. A Blackstone (NYSE: BX) portfolio company, we have
served more than 10,000 clients of various sizes across multiple
industries, offer an extensive geographic footprint with 60 office
locations across the U.S. and Canada, and have premium partnerships with
more than 250 of the leading security product manufacturers. For more
information, please visit www.accuvant.com
or www.fishnetsecurity.com.
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