21 June 2018 / JC's Column / JC Gaillard
The traditional role of the CISO is changing. It is being challenged by emerging new regulations such as GDPR, which are impacting all industry sectors, and the arrival on the scene of the new role of the DPO in many firms. It is being marginalised by… Read more »
7 June 2018 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
Driving security transformation is becoming key; not justifying investments The age-long debate around security metrics and dashboards seems very much alive within the CISO community. But it is often positioned in an outdated historical perspective. Fo… Read more »
24 May 2018 / JC's Column / JC Gaillard
Is the CISO an outdated concept? And what to do about it? The last SASIG meeting in London on 8th May 2018 examined the role and career of the CISO. It is hard to walk out of an event like this one not feeling that a number of things are seriously goin… Read more »
10 May 2018 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
The right reporting line is the one that works. Period. *** Watch JC Gaillard talk through the content of this article and more at this ADCG webinar on 27th October 2021 *** Why are so many organisations and security professionals still worried… Read more »
26 April 2018 / JC's Column / JC Gaillard
Nothing will change until the profile of the CISO is raised and they start to see their role over the mid to long-term Surveys suggest that the average tenure in a CISO position is around 2 years. Although it seems to vary depending on industry sectors… Read more »
5 April 2018 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
The GDPR is not just about Security, but it has been dominating the life of many CISOs since last year. Notoriously, the regulation contains only a few actual references to data security. Article 32 mentions the need to have “appropriate” technical and… Read more »
29 March 2018 / Cyber Security Community / Corix Partners
Corix Partners is active at a number of levels in the wider cyber security community in the UK and abroad. This is a summary of the activities which we have undertaken during Q1 2018. JC Gaillard, MD & Founder, Corix Partners, atten… Read more »
15 March 2018 / Leadership Development / JC Gaillard
There is some form of management reality beyond the “100 days” journalistic cliché: How does an incoming executive make an impact in a new role? What are the real timeframes to look at, and what can be expected and over what horizon? What are the key i… Read more »
6 March 2018 / Guest Blog / Rupert Brown
Welcome to the final part of my series of articles that have been looking at the challenges that GDPR poses and what can be done to mitigate them. At the time of writing (Mid March 2017) we need to recognise that a) No major organisation is GDPR compli… Read more »
1 March 2018 / Leadership Development / Corix Partners
Faced with wide-spread non compliance, the attitude of regulators will be key Throughout 2017, the GDPR has been successful in bringing up to the attention of boards, senior and middle management a range of security and privacy issues which had not be… Read more »