SecurityWeek Discusses Security Leadership With Verizon CISO Chandra McMahon and AT&T CSO Bill O’Hern
The role of cybersecurity within organizations has changed dramatically over the last decade. What was once a desk in the IT department has become a separate unit with its own leader. That leader has various titles: head of security, chief security officer (CSO) or chief information security officer (CISO). For our purpose, we will combine all under the generic title CISO.
Just as the role of cybersecurity is evolving, the role of the CISO also continues to evolve.
In this new CISO Conversations series, SecurityWeek talks to top CISOs from major organizations within the critical industries. The purpose is to discuss the role of CISO, and what it takes to be a successful CISO.
Today we talk to Chandra McMahon (SVP, CISO at Verizon) and Bill O’Hern (EVP, Global CSO at AT&T) from the communications sector.
One of the biggest changes in business over the last few years is the arrival of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), also referred to as “Industry 4.0”. This is based on the digitization of business processes. Technology is no longer a support for business, but the foundation of a business that interconnects multiple local data centers, remote cloud applications, the supply chain, remote customers, and all connections between them.
At the same time, attackers have become more sophisticated, threats have become more severe, and governments have become more demanding in their regulatory requirements. It is no longer enough for security to just protect data – security must now enable and ensure the very continuity of the busines ..
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