If You Love Your Cybersecurity Talent, Set It Free

04/02/24 • 35 min

CISO Edge, The Gartner Cybersecurity Podcast

Attrition is a natural part of any function, yet cybersecurity organizations are often caught off-guard and see productivity and morale drop when staff depart. Having a strategy for planned and unplanned turnover is a crucial component of your cybersecurity programs’ greater success. In this episode of the CISO Edge Podcast, Gartner experts Chris Mixter and Victoria Cason discuss the three essential components of an effective talent release program: transition planning, offboarding and alumni relations.

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CISOs, Your Chief Deliverable Is Trust, Not Security!

CISOs today are taking on more responsibilities and doing so faster. However, this rapid expansion comes at the cost of stability and amorphous priorities. CISO Edge podcast host Chris Mixter talks to Gartner VP analyst Nader Henein about trust — who needs to trust CISOs, what trust means to each constituency, and how CISOs can build trust with each one.

This episode explores :

The connection between trust and the CISO’s effectiveness in role. (02:00)
What trust means to the C-suite and board in the context of cybersecurity (07:30)
What trust means to the CISO’s peers around the organization. (16:15)
How CISOs should build and maintain trust with their direct reports. (23:00)
How CISOs can support the development of trust from the organization’s customers. (29:24)

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CISOs and General Counsel Partner Up to Navigate New SEC Cybersecurity Rules

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) new cybersecurity disclosure rules standardized the timing and location of reporting material cybersecurity incidents, and disclosing risk, governance and strategy processes. In this episode of the CISO Edge Podcast, Gartner experts Chris Mixter, Alissa Lugo and Lisa Neubauer have an in-depth discussion on how general counsel and chief information security officers can team up to accelerate compliance with these high profile new expectations.

Guest Speaker: Lisa Neubauer

Lisa Neubauer is a Senior Director Analyst with Gartner, advising chief information security officers, chief information officers, security leaders and non-IT executives on maturing their security and risk management programs and practices. In particular, Lisa focuses on executive/board reporting, strategy, metrics, governance, policy and security organizational structure.

Guest Speaker: Alissa Lugo

Alissa Lugo is a Senior Director Analyst with Gartner, providing C-suite, boards, and general counsel advice relating to corporate governance challenges facing their companies. Alissa assists clients on a wide range of corporate governance issues, including emerging corporate governance trends, board and management matters, director lifecycle events, corporate secretarial duties, developing and improving ESG programs, and assessing and improving corporate governance practices and board processes.