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For me , continuing to lead the team to success is about aligning and capitalising on risk opportunities in the most positive sense .
key partner in the development of the corporate network . What it brought to us at Aston Martin is professionalism around endpoint detection , around threat hunting and delivered a continuously improving service to put us in a position where we are confident about our security protection .
What are some of your main priorities as CISO and how does this impact the company ’ s technology roadmap ?
The priority is to de-risk on an hourly , daily and weekly basis . We want to focus on making sure we are protected , being the conscience of the organisation to ensure that our information , services and processes aren ’ t disrupted by cyber criminality . Being the conscience of the organisation also means anticipating positive risks to take . We sometimes get stuck in this mindset of the CISO being the most stressed person , but actually there is a perspective on this which is when we have an opportunity to take positive risks to innovate and develop services . Rahm Emanuel said to never let a good crisis go to waste so I try and adopt a progressive attitude for the organisation which is to implement security standards , services and support to transform the organisation . Deriving as much value from information and data as possible , to protect it to the highest standards , and to provide an opportunity to transform processes and services on an ongoing basis is at the very core of what I do .
What are some of the conversations you ’ re having with board members and how do they impact your cyber strategy ?
I haven ’ t worked anywhere as a CISO where the board isn ’ t concerned with cyber . It seemed to have really taken the attention of the board , particularly with things like Russian state sponsored actors closing down Toyota for 48 hours . If you ’ re a board member for Aston Martin , that ’ s a concern because every hour of disruption costs hundreds of thousands of pounds . And board members deal with a lot so you need to
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