ISACA Podcast

ISACA Live: Emerging Tech - Cloud

Why is the cloud still considered an emerging technology in 2021? Why is the cloud both an enabler and catalyst for all other technologies? How has the cloud changed our organizational eco-systems? What is the future of cloud services?  Join ISACA’s Chief Futurist, Dustin Brewer as he and  Julia Hermann— Head of Security Architecture and Cyber Defense at Giesecke + Devrient answer these questions and more regarding our oldest emerging technology, the cloud!

ISACA Live: State of Cybersecurity Pt. 2

In honor of Cybersecurity month, ISACA’s Director of Communications, Kristen Kessinger, and Information Security Practices Lead, Jon Brandt, discuss the findings of this year’s ISACA State of Cybersecurity research study and what they may mean for you as both members and leaders of your IT organization.

ISACA Live: Global Strategy

Join ISACA’s CEO David Samuelson as he discusses ISACA’s Global Strategy with ISACA’s Chief Global Strategy officer Chris Dimitriadis. Chris shares his career path to ISACA, industry trends, advice to the next generation and how ISACA will continue to innovate in the future!

Digital Body Language

What is digital body language and why does it matter? Join ISACA's Director of Global Volunteer Engagement Megan Moritz as she speaks with Erica Dhawan, author of Digital Body Language: How to Build Trust and Connection, No Matter the Distance. Megan and Erica discuss our modern digital environments and how we can prioritize thoughtfulness over hastiness, building trust from behind a computer screen and how collective conversations are now possible in the digital world. 

On November 30th, ISACA’s membership experience team will be hosting a first-ever ISACA Speaker Series. A complementary, member-exclusive, CPE-eligible event. This is the premier event in a series of experiences centered around ideas on leadership, including leading an organization, others, and yourself. In our first interactive member-only session, Speaker Erica Dhawan, will combine cutting-edge research with engaging storytelling to decode the new signals and cues of leading and communicating that have replaced traditional body language.

Register Now: 30 November Speaker Series Webinar: https://store.isaca.org/s/lt-event?id=a334w000004VJBQAA4
Book:  Digital Body Language: How to Build Trust and Connection No Matter the Distance:  https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250246523

The Cybersecurity Workforce

Join ISACA’s Director of Communications, Kristen Kessinger as she interviews ISACA’s Information Security Professional Practices Lead, Jon Brandt about what is currently happening in the cybersecurity workforce. Listen in as Jon explains how the demand for cybersecurity resources is large, but the workforce pipeline is not keeping pace and how that makes hiring difficult for organizations. Jon and Kristen also discuss the “Great Resignation”, how the pandemic has helped make job hunters more selective, and if the NIST/NICE frameworks are still valued. Take a listen and enjoy!

ISACA Conference Europe – Keynote Speaker: Vinh Giang

Listen in as ISACA Conference Europe Keynote speaker, Vinh Giang's discusses how he became the successful entrepreneur, magician and keynote speaker that he is today. Vinh’s life story is unique. The child of Vietnamese refugees, Vinh experienced bullying, shyness, and other situational hardships, he realized he wanted to leave school to pursue his passion of magic. He has since become a successful entrepreneur and keynote speaker. Vinh discusses what we as professionals can do to expand our communications skills by taking risks and overcoming our fears. Vinh will also explain what you can look forward to in his upcoming ISACA Conference Europe keynote speech. ISACA Conference Europe is 20-22 October 2021. Click Here to Register Now!

 

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Getting Started with Risk Quantification

One of the cornerstones of managing the unknown is defining it and measuring it. Anything that could cause harm to an organization needs to be tracked and managed. As more and more transactions occur entirely on digital platforms or are at least facilitated digitally, the ability of cybersecurity issues to trigger a breakdown in the delivery of products and services is a top concern of executives and boards. Cyber risk quantification (CRQ; sometimes called cyber risk economics) has been a solution to which many have turned in order to better understand their specific cyber risk exposure and to rationalize their options to manage it. This roundtable discussion lead by ISACA's Paul Phillips provides an overview of what exactly cyber risk quantification is and some of the important foundational elements of cyber risk measurement methodologies. Paul talks to Jack Jones (Chief Risk Scientist, RiskLens and Chairman, FAIR Institute), Tony Martin-Vegue  (Senior Security Risk Engineer, Netflix), and Evan Wheeler (Vice President of Risk Management, NDVR)

Cyber Risk and Communicating to a Board of Directors

Digital transformation has heightened due to the pandemic. We went from, “we can’t work from home” to “we can only work from home moving forward”. Because of this change, our cyber risk increases and organizations need to take new action when it comes to risk. Join ISACA’s Risk IT Risk Professional Practices Lead, Paul Philips as he talks with Dr. Jack Freund—Head of Cyber Risk Methodology at VisibleRisk—about how to effectively communicate Cyber Risk to a Board of Directors. Organizations need to understand the financial ramifications of all aspects of cyber risk. Along with risk quantification, organizations need to work with and inform the BOD about the risk appetite for certain projects, how much risk tolerance the organization can afford to deal with and more.

US DoD’s CMMC Guidelines — What You Need to Know

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification or CMMC is a new security program being released by the US DoD. If you are a DoD contractor, your livelihood could be at stake as contract requirements and contractors will need to be certified or a contract won’t be awarded. Listen in as TelaTek's Director of Operations, Johann Dettweiler breaks down these new requirements published in his latest journal article with ISACA's CMMI Professional Practice Lead, Kileen Harrison. Johann discusses the importance of all organizations —big or small—going through the different levels of security in the CMMC guidelines, starting at Level 1 and working their way up. What is the most important thing an organization needs to get started? The ability to read, familiarize and understand the different levels of CMMC otherwise, they won’t know how to implement it in their organization and will have to hire a third party. These CMMC requirements are here to stay and will only continue to get more stringent the more hacks and attacks keep increasing.

Security As A Service

What is security as a service and when is it needed?  Tune in as ISACA’s Cyber Pros explain how the increase in hacks and attacks are forcing companies to take cyber security more seriously. The bad news is, there is a lack of cyber security professionals in the field and those who do have the necessary skillset to manage a company’s security are becoming more and more costly. Academia is trying to help get the security workforce up to speed quickly, but they are failing. Until we see an influx of new and skilled cyber security professionals, security as a service is an option that can save your company both time and money and help assure that your company’s data and information is safe and secure.

 

For more information, check out ISACA’s State of Cybersecurity 2021.