Building a Cybersecurity Career: The Journey to CISO

Join us for the 9th episode of Cyber Security America as we explore the journey of a cybersecurity professional who climbed the ranks from junior Cybersecurity consultant to the coveted position of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Our guest, Josh, shares his experience of working as a consultant at EY and ultimately leading the cybersecurity efforts at General Atlantic, managing over 84.4 billion in assets under management. Josh discusses how he established and developed a leading cybersecurity function at Pine River Capital Management and led cyber threat management advisory services for financial sector clients during his 10-year tenure at EY. He also shares his insights on the most critical cybersecurity challenges facing organizations today, including threat intelligence, vulnerability identification and remediation, security monitoring and analytics, incident management, and security engineering. In addition, Josh serves as the Chairman of the FS-ISAC Alternative Investors Council and formerly served as a Cybersecurity Advisory Board Member for Pace University’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. With a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College, he is also a certified CISSP. Join us to gain valuable insights from Josh’s cybersecurity journey and learn from his experience in dealing with the most pressing cybersecurity issues. Don't forget to use the following hashtags for the most popular cybersecurity topics: #cybersecurity #CISO #infosec #threatintelligence #vulnerabilitymanagement #securitymonitoring #incidentmanagement #securityengineering #FSISAC #CISSP #GeneralAtlantic #PineRiverCapital #EY #deepseas #DartmouthCollege #SeidenbergSchool #cybersecurityamerica