Dave's latest conversation with Meghan Juday, the Chairman of the Board at IDEAL Industries, charts a course through her extraordinary ascent from pre-med uncertainty to corporate governance advocate. As technology entwines itself ever more intricately with the fabric of business, the specter of cyber threats looms large. Meghan and Dave dissect the importance of fortifying cyber defenses within the boardroom, not just the server room. This episode delves into the stark reality of lega...

In a time when the regulatory landscape is evolving faster than ever, Joe provides invaluable insights for organizations to stay up-to-date with navigating the perilous landscape for security leaders. Drawing from his extensive experience training law enforcement across the globe, as well as his personal experience around the legal fallout of the Uber data breaches, he highlights the importance of regulators keeping up with the latest technologies. Joe lays emphasis on the need for sec...

By focusing on the Crown Jewels of the organization and adding robust security intelligence about real threats the appropriate metrics and measurements can be defined that enable a superior cyber security governance and decision-making framework.In many industry verticals now, good cyber security is considered “table stakes” but truly focused cyber security excellence is used as a business differentiator for many, and can provide business competitive advantage, which drives customer and emplo...

Boards should engage and take an active role in cyber security governance: The expectations of private and public board members in governing cyber security risks in under more scrutiny and legal and personal liability benchmarks are evolving.Disengaging cyber security from compliance requirements reporting is critical in understanding cause and effect in cyber security.Cyber security is a business issue, not IT, embed cyber security deep into the business and the protection of the business cr...

The number one reason why cyber security programs fail is the business is misaligned or completely missing cyber security strategy.How much you spend on cyber security does not reflect the level of your protection, it is how and what you focus on and the expertise it is executed with.The amount others spend does not inform your comparative protection with others’ level of protection. – Gartner 2021 (Benchmarking is not a good comparison)Get a real cyber security pro who is ruthlessly focused ...

The cybersecurity industry, as a whole, is invested in selling solutions that reduce the most general security issues, not solving your company’s specific problems or the problems that will hurt you the most! So there’s a lot of snake oil--or maybe not snake oil, but solutions that don’t fit the problem. Maybe they are over-engineered, or maybe they don’t do what they’re supposed to. So executives and board members need to look out for that. How do they navigate this, then? What should they d...