EP208 The Modern CISO: Balancing Risk, Innovation, and Business Strategy (And Where is Cloud?)

Cloud Security Podcast by Google

Guest host:

• Marina Kaganovich, Executive Trust Lead, Office of the CISO @ Google Cloud

Guest:

• John Rogers, CISO @ MSCI

Topics:

• Can you briefly walk us through your CISO career path?
• What are some of the key (cloud or otherwise) trends that CISOs should be keeping an eye on? What is the time frame for them?
• What are the biggest cloud security challenges CISOs are facing today, and how are those evolving?
• Given the rapid change of pace in emerging tech, such as what we’ve seen in the last year or so with gen AI, how do you balance the need to address short-term or imminent issues vs those that are long-term or emergent risks?
• What advice do you have for how CISOs can communicate the importance of anticipating threats to their boards and executives?
• So, how to be a forward looking and strategic yet not veer into dreaming, paranoia and imaginary risks? How to be futuristic yet realistic?
• The CISO role as an official title is a relatively new one, what steps have you taken to build credibility and position yourself for having a seat at the table?

Resources:

• ATT&CK Framework
• EP189 How Google Does Security Programs at Scale: CISO Insights
• EP129 How CISO Cloud Dreams and Realities Collide
• EP104 CISO Walks Into the Cloud: And The Magic Starts to Happen!
• EP93 CISO Walks Into the Cloud: Frustrations, Successes, Lessons ... And Is My Data Secure?