In this week's episode Dr. Crane speaks with Nick Shevelyov, former chief security officer of Silicon Valley Bank and author of Cyber War and Peace, about staying true to your values and applying the principles of Stoicism, wisdom, justice, courage and moderation, in the context of information security leadership.

Nick is wrapping up over a 14-year rise at Silicon Valley Bank. As the security leader, banking the world's most innovative companies, SVB provides diverse financial services, global network and world-class service with over $150 billion in total assets, and more than 3,500 employees.

Nick also recently released a new book that artfully combines the philosophy of stoicism and information security in Cyber War... and Peace. Today, I'm talking with Nick about how he meets the challenges of the demanding customer base and how he uses the concepts of stoicism to help him serve and protect his customers.

In this episode:

00:00 — Welcome

02:24 — Introductions

02:28 — Cyber War And Peace

03:34 — How To Apply The Values Of Stoicism To Cybersecurity

06:42 — How To Apply Courage While In The Role Of CISO

08:53 — Applying Wisdom In Cybersecurity

10:51 — Applying Justice In Cybersecurity

12:00 — Knowing Yourself And Asset Inventory

15:40 — What Values Are Important For A New CISO

17:36 — Sign Off

Nick Shevelyov:

Website — https://www.nickshevelyov.com/

Cyber War... And Peace — https://www.nickshevelyov.com/the-book

Links in this episode:

The Happiness Advantage — https://www.shawnachor.com/books/happiness-advantage/

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Show Notes & Transcript — https://www.cisowise.com/podcast/010-the-stoic-ciso-with-nick-shevelyov

In this week's episode Dr. Crane talks to Mike Wilkes, formerly the CISO at Marvel Comics, about keeping Iron Man safe and digital media security.

Mike is the chief information security officer at Security Scorecard, the global leader in cybersecurity ratings, and the only service with over a million companies continuously rated. Previously he was the CISO at the American society of composers authors and publishers or ASCAP and Marvel entertainment. 

He has built transformed and protected companies such as AQR capital, CME Group, Sony, Macy's as well as other European banks and airlines, a graduate of Stanford University and author of a book for Cisco Press in 2002. He's a featured speaker at technology conferences and is a professor at NYU teaching cybersecurity courses. He's also on the board of trustees for the national jazz museum in Harlem.

This episode was recorded when Mike was the CISO at Security Scorecard, he has since moved on from  this position.

In this episode:

00:00 — Welcome

02:00 — Introductions

02:21 — Data Classification

03:50 — Document Management

05:21 — Marvel Security

06:38 — What Does Marvel Excel At In Information Security

07:55 — Tribal Knowledge For A New CISO

09:29 — Heraclitus

10:23 — Hackers

11:18 — Hacking Story

13:17 — Lessons For CISOs On Hacking And Experimenting

14:40 — Advice For New CISOs Starting a Team

18:52 — Tips For Companies Looking To Improve Security

22:24 — Sign Off

Mike Wilkes:

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/eclectiqus

Links in this episode:

The Security Chaos Engineering Book — https://www.kellyshortridge.com/book.html

Thanks To Our Sponsors:

Heinz College CISO Certificate — https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/programs/executive-education/chief-information-security-officer-certificate

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Show Notes & Transcript — https://www.cisowise.com/podcast/009-keeping-iron-man-safe-with-mike-wilkes

In this week's episode Dr. Crane talks to Yiannis Pavlosoglou about Resilient Systems.

From supply chain shortages to natural disruptions from changing weather patterns, it seems everything today needs to operate while under some type of duress or attack. But what do CISOs need to know to create resilient systems? And what can we learn from other CISOs who've already gone down this path? 

NIST defines cyber resiliency as the ability to anticipate, withstand, recover from, and adapt to adverse conditions, stresses, attacks, or compromises on systems that use or are enabled by cyber resources. That's a mouthful, but what does it actually mean to have to build a resilient cyber program to drive the change management necessary to build that type of program, to put in place the governance processes and procedures necessary.

To discuss this and more, who better to talk with cyber resiliency and governance than Yiannis Pavlosoglou. Currently, the Founder and CEO at Kiberna, and most recently, the CISO for UBS in the UK. 

In this episode:

00:00 — Welcome

02:42 — Introductions

03:35 — What Is Resilience?

04:08 — What Works?

05:37 — CISO as a Change Agent for Resiliency

07:07 — Challenges Driving A Resilient Organization Forward

08:47 — Where To Look To Build Resiliency

11:01 — Challenges To Building Resiliency

12:20 — The Role Of The CISO In Leading Cyber Resiliency

16:11 — Tools For Building Resiliency

18:29 — What To Do Once You Have A Set Of Risks To Tackle

19:45 — References

21:14 — Sign Off

Yiannis Pavlosoglou:

LinkedIn — https://uk.linkedin.com/in/yiannisp

Kiberna — https://www.kiberna.com

Links in this episode:

Operation Resilience for UK Financial Bodies — https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/prudential-regulation/publication/2018/building-the-uk-financial-sectors-operational-resilience-discussion-paper

FCA on Building Operation Resilience — https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/policy-statements/ps21-3-building-operational-resilience

CERT Resilience Management Model — https://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?assetid=30375

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Show Notes & Transcript — https://www.cisowise.com/podcast/008-resilient-systems-with-yiannis-pavlosoglou