In this week's episode Dr. Crane talks to Alan Levine about his experience building a cybersecurity program, what he got right, what he would do differently, and why being a CISO is hard.
Alan is the former CISO for two Fortune 500 companies, Alcoa and Arconic, with over 35 years of experience leading global cybersecurity programs. He is also a founding board instructor at the Carnegie Mellon CISO program where he lectures to current and rising CISOs on stories from the trenches.
In this episode:
00:00 — Welcome
01:26 — Introductions
01:29 — Surprises When Building A Cybersecurity Program
03:22 — Dealing With An Audit As A New CISO
04:47 — No Credit For Successes, Credit For Failure
06:05 — Making Friends And Allies
07:56 — Effective Actions And Controls
10:04 — User Awareness and BYOD
13:10 — Building Trust With Your Users
15:53 — The Most Misunderstood Part Of Being A CISO
19:50 — Sign Off
Alan Levine:
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