The One Thing Cybersecurity Vendors Should Never Do: Jack Freund, PhD | BitSight | CISO INSIDERS Podcast #055
In this episode of CISO Insiders, we welcome Jack Freund, VP, Head of Cyber Risk Methodology at BitSight, for an exciting and eye-level conversation about his journey into cybersecurity, advice for young cybersecurity professionals just starting out, and how the industry will evolve in 2022 and beyond.
⏱️👇 Timestamps
00:36 Introduction and professional journey
02:38 Icebreakers
05:00 One thing I knew before starting a career in cybersecurity
06:00 Biggest failures, setbacks & lessons
09:10 Biggest accomplishment in career
11:44 The advice to young professionals in cybersecurity
14:02 How to pick a cybersecurity domain as a career
16:50 Thoughts on the role of the CISO
19:47 Best resources for learning cybersecurity
23:36 Debunking common myth about the cybersecurity industry
25:34 The main concerns of CISOs in the current cybersecurity landscape
31:34 How the role of CISO is evolving
33:36 What’s next in the cybersecurity world?
37:39 What is one thing that vendors should not be doing
41:09 If money was not a question, what would you do in life?
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Connect with Ben Ben-Aderet: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benbenaderet/
Connect with Jack Freund: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackfreund/
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