19 October 2023 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
Business protection from cyber threats must be rooted in the reality of the world we live in The role of the Board with regards to cybersecurity is a topic that keeps coming back and is often addressed in simplistic terms in my view. I don’t thi… Read more »
28 September 2023 / 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 Q3 2023. The Virtual Non Execs Network JC Gaillard, Founder & CEO,… Read more »
21 September 2023 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
The benchmarking question is often a symptom of trust erosion between CISOs and senior execs For as long as I have been involved in cybersecurity, I have heard top executives asking for benchmarking data around their cybersecurity practice. It m… Read more »
7 September 2023 / JC's Column / JC Gaillard
Looking for hybrid profiles that cannot exist is just fuelling the perception of a cybersecurity skills gap Commenting on one of my Linkedin posts, one of my readers mentioned “absurdly dissonant requirements” in CISOs role descriptions, mention… Read more »
17 August 2023 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
It has become too complex to carry for the profile of people it attracts The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has been in existence for the best part of the last 30 years. Infosec legends say that it was first created for St… Read more »
3 August 2023 / Leadership Development / JC Gaillard
The Real Long-term Currency Here is Trust Which vendor cybersecurity survey are we meant to believe? This one — from Panaseer — arguing that CISOs would require a 40% increase in their budgets to be confident to mitigate security risks? Or this one — f… Read more »
13 July 2023 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
It starts to make sense to evolve the role of the CISO and return it to its native technical content In many large organizations, defining and structuring a Chief Security Officer role (CSO) is starting to make more and more sense. The concept i… Read more »
29 June 2023 / 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 Q2 2023. The Infogov Hot Seat – IGHS10 – Interview with JC Gaillard, C… Read more »
15 June 2023 / JC's Column / JC Gaillard
Research suggests only 14% of CISOs appear to have the skills required but does it really matter? A recent survey by IANS Research highlights that only 14% of CISOs appear to have the skills required to sit at Board level. The findings have been… Read more »
1 June 2023 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
Cybersecurity transformation cannot be seen as a straightforward change This interesting piece in the Harvard Business Review should be a must-read for all transformational CISOs (“The Most Successful Approaches to Leading Organizational Change”… Read more »