ISACA Podcast

Reflecting on 25 Years of Information Security Matters

ISACA recently marked the 25^th anniversary of Steve Ross’ ISACA Journal Information Security Matters column. Over the last quarter century, technology, security, and the workforce have evolved, while certain challenges remain the same.

In this ISACA Podcast episode, Safia Kazi speaks to Steve about how he started writing for the Journal, societal shifts in security perceptions, and how writing skills are invaluable for anyone in the security industry.

A View into CTEM Exposure Management: Reducing your Attack Surface 3x

Organizations can no longer rely on legacy vulnerability management solutions to protect against even basic attacks. Instead, vulnerability management is just one small component in a unified continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) approach to securing an enterprise from malicious intruders and ransomware. In addition to vulnerability management, security around misconfigurations, patching, identity, software, external attack surfaces, and more must be included.

In this ISACA Podcast, Nanitor Chief Strategist Derek Melber explains that an organization can prevent breaches and ransomware by taking an asset-centric prioritized-security approach that includes all of these security areas.

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To learn more about Nanitor, please visit https://nanitor.com/

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Leveraging Agile Concepts for Neurodiverse Auditors

In this ISACA Podcast episode, we’ll delve into how leveraging Agile concepts can mitigate common challenges neurodiverse auditors face in the workplace. Neurodivergent auditors can bring a fresh and dynamic energy to projects if given appropriate accommodation.

Join us as ISACA's Robin Lyons chats with Program External Audit IT Program Manager Amanda Tucker as they explore small changes that can significantly impact not only neurodiverse individuals on your team but the entire team itself. 

Minimizing Risk and Audit Requests

With the increasing demand for audits and risk assessments, artifact requests will not be going away anytime soon. However, the burden these activities bring to the organization can be drastically reduced when audit and risk work together.

In this ISACA Podcast episode, Paul Phillips, Director of Event Content Development at ISACA, hosts Staff Governance, Risk, and Compliance Analyst Benjamin Bartz. Ben takes a deeper dive and elaborates on some of the must-haves for this partnership to live to its full potential.

Issue Management Confidential: Tools and Best Practices for Improving IT Issue Management

Effective IT issue management is crucial for organizations to mitigate financial loss, reputational damage, and operational disruptions. Issue management tools streamline the process by tracking and resolving issues, while risk rating helps prioritize responses based on their impact and likelihood.

In this ISACA Podcast episode, ISACA's GRC Professional Practices Principal, Lisa Cook chats with IT Risk Manager, Eric Peck about why acknowledging and addressing high-risk issues with a structured approach empowers organizations to protect themselves and ensure compliance in today's complex regulatory landscape.

Improving Security while Enabling Market Access with CCF

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers continue to face increasing customer demand to attain security compliance certifications that demonstrate commitment to security, privacy, confidentiality, and more. Pursuing every national and international certification individually results in a repetitive cycle of ongoing walkthroughs, interviews, testing, and evidence requests (i.e., audits).

A central CCF can be considered a one-stop shop response to the complex alphabet soup of compliance standards on the market today.

In this ISACA Podcast episode, ISACA's Lisa Cook listens in as James Huang, Global Cloud Compliance Senior Manager, explains why having a central CCF can help various product engineering teams meet their security compliance needs and understand the level of effort required for each compliance certification.

Scaling Your Threat Modeling Program

Understanding product security risk starts before a single code line is written. Teams can discover threats to the architecture of a system early in the development life cycle with Threat Modeling. While it’s not a new concept, how do we transform traditional ways of Threat Modeling to meet the complexities of modern software development at scale?

In this ISACA Podcast episode, Chris McGowan chats with Lauren Strope, Manager of Application Security at Adobe. Lauren offers her expertise on strategies for scaling your program and provides unique perspectives on the future of Threat Modeling.

Learn more about Adobe at www.adobe.com

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Secure your Supply Chain with an Effective Vendor Security Program

Security risks introduced by vendors have become a top-of-mind concern for executives today, driven by recent supply chain incidents that have exposed organizations to operational and reputational risks.

A robust vendor security program is now a must, as it helps ensure compliance and proactively identifies and mitigates these risks throughout the vendor lifecycle. However, many vendor security teams today face an ever-growing backlog of security reviews, creating increased urgency and pressure for teams to maintain quality assessments. These reviews are often perceived as time-consuming in the procurement process, calling for a balance between meeting business demands and conducting thorough assessments to identify and isolate potential risks.

In this ISACA Podcast, Adobe's Manager of Vendor Security Nidhi Bandi shares about recent enhancements Adobe has made to calculate risk in the vendor space better and provides guidance on how you can stand up a strong vendor security program that balances procurement needs at your organization.

Learn more about Adobe at https://www.adobe.com/

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Cultivating Inspired Leaders with Kristi Hedges

If we want people to bring their most creative, innovative selves to work, we need to cultivate a culture where inspiration is given, encouraged, and fostered.

 

In this ISACA Podcast, Kristi Hedges, executive coach, and leadership development consultant, speaker, and author, gives a sneak peek of her upcoming member-exclusive 'Cultivating Inspired Leaders, a CPE-eligible event. At the event, Kristi Hedges will provide a roadmap for building an inspired mindset for leaders, teams, and individuals.

 

Register for this ISACA event at https://www.isaca.org/membership/member-exclusive-speaker-series

Exploring the Benefits of Neurodiversity within Cybersecurity

Neurodiversity within cybersecurity offers many benefits but requires organizations and hiring managers to re-evaluate hiring practices and job descriptions typically structured for neurotypical applicants.

Join ISACA's Director of Professional Practices and Innovation as he hosts a conversation with a company helping to remove barriers and maximize the value neurodiverse talent brings to cybersecurity.

 

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