Michael Piacente

Program Management and the Chief of Staff role within today’s modern CISO organization.

March 9th, 2021  |  41 mins 6 secs

#chiefofstaff #compliance #cybersecurity #technicalprogrammanagement #ciso #infosec #modernciso

In this episode of Hitch Cast we welcome two outstanding security leaders from Zendesk, Maarten Van Horenbeeck, Chief Information Security Officer and Monica Sevilla, Director, Security Strategy & Planning to discuss the roles and distinction between Program Management and the Chief of Staff (CoS) within a modern CISO organization. In our conversation Maarten and Monica breakdown the history of the hire and how the program manager role has evolved into a more strategic CoS function. Furthermore they also explore how this function has increased the common ground between complex technical security challenges and non-technical business risk. Finally Maarten and Monica discuss how their thriving partnership has helped the company’s overall security posture by creating new opportunities for programs around security training, mentoring, and trust programs. We hope that you enjoy this episode!

Paul Valente, CEO and co-founder, VISO Trust

August 19th, 2020  |  34 mins 47 secs

ciso, risk management, third-party risk

Going into the pandemic it was cited that two-thirds of security breaches occurred due to the failure of third parties to meet their security commitments. The pandemic has only created a new intensity and emphasis around third party risk stemming from an accelerated adoption and dependency on cloud-based solutions as well as an increase in the overall vendor options. Defending against third-party vulnerabilities continues to be a focal point for many CISOs and risk managers. To help us navigate through this topic we are joined by Paul Valente. Paul recently departed as a CISO practitioner to pursue his quest to make the world safer for third party risk

A Conversation with Keith White, EVP, Loss Prevention & Global Sustainability, Gap Inc.

August 10th, 2020  |  1 hr 8 mins

diversity, leadership, security

Keith White, Executive Vice President, Loss Prevention and Global Sustainability at Gap Inc., provides insights into his unique professional journey, the roles he has played, and the paths to leadership and lessons learned along his journey. Keith also shares how he has overcome obstacles in building relationships, culture, and his passion for community involvement. Finally, Keith and Brett discuss more current events and how leaders should be addressing the lack of diversity in security leadership positions in order to help shape the industry

Jason Veiock, GoDaddy: What does the modern CISO + CSO hybrid look like?

July 3rd, 2020  |  35 mins 2 secs

business continuity, compliance, corona virus, covid, crisis management, cybersecurity, pandemic, privacy, security

Until recently the typical paths for an information security leader and a physical security leader have tended to remain independent. While it is not uncommon to find an informational security leader who is building out and managing the physical security capabilities within a company, it is significantly more rare to see a security leader come up from a primarily physical security background to take on responsibility of the informational security scope within a company.

We are now beginning to see examples of these two traditionally divergent paths become more intertwined over the past few years. As a result we are seeing a new brand of hybrid leaders in the market. Jason Veiock, is the Director of Global Workplace Experience, Security, and Resilience for GoDaddy. Jason has built upon a uniquely qualified background from both the public and private sectors that offer us a glimpse of what a modern hybrid information officer and physical security officer could look like. We were hoping to share Jason’s unique journey, and leadership perspectives with the community.

Thank you @Jason Veiock for your service to the country and for sharing your story with us.

Scott Orn, COO, Kruze Consulting

June 18th, 2020  |  36 mins 29 secs

business continuity, compliance, corona virus, covid, crisis management, cybersecurity, pandemic, privacy, security

Scott Orn, COO of Kruze Consulting, provides his unique perspective as a leader in the financial hygiene space for startups. Kruze has become a leading finance advisory firm for many startups helping with best practices around financial controls, planning, taxes and PPP. Often their teams play the critical roles of interim Controller, Head of Tax, or even CFO in delivering a startup's first finance executive output.

We have seen in many ways Kruze and Hitch have similar business approaches in working with startups to advise and de-risk a company's growth by helping to establish best practices in finance and security. In the past we have dug in pretty deep on the striking changes we are seeing with the CISO's elevated scope and level of communication to the E-suite and BoD. Today we wanted to take a moment to get perspective outside the world of security by seeing what the world of financial hygiene for startups has looked like during the pandemic.

Lisa Hawke, VP Security and Compliance, Everlaw

May 8th, 2020  |  30 mins 15 secs

business continuity, compliance, corona virus, covid, crisis management, cybersecurity, pandemic, privacy, security

In our conversations with CISOs we have seen a drastic shift in the CISOs involvement around BCP, DR, and Sustainability Planning. Using her experiences from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe and now the COVID-19 pandemic, VP of Security and Compliance at Everlaw Lisa Hawke provides her unique perspective around Security, Privacy, Compliance, and Crisis Management.