Ep. 187 - Security Awareness Series - A master class in CISO Communications with Marc Ashworth
Episode description
Marc Ashworth is a respected IT executive with over 30 years of experience in cyber and physical security, IT/security architecture, project management, is an author and a public speaker. He is a board member of the St. Louis Chapter of InfraGard, Webster University Cyber Advisory board, Co-Founded the State of Cyber annual security conference, and a Lifetime member of FBI Citizens Academy, possessing security certifications in CISSP, CISM, CRISC, Security+ and other certifications. As the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at First Bank, Marc currently oversees First Bank's information security, fraud, physical security, and the network services departments. He is also the 2022 Cyber Defense Magazine winner of "Top 100 CISOs in the World." [Nov 21st, 2022]
00:00 – Intro
00:49 – Intro Links:
- Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/
- Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/
- Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/
- Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb
- CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/
03:15 – Marc Ashworth Intro
05:17 – What was the path that led you to InfoSec?
07:41 – Cultivating good security practices
09:31 – Learning to "scale" your security
11:22 – The value of Strategic Thinking
13:40 – It's all in the presentation
15:25 – The importance of Customer Service
18:32 – The Art of Translation
21:32 – Small Wins
24:34 – Letters to a young CISO
26:20 – Don't avoid Pen Testing!
28:11 – Adopting a "Partnership" mindset
30:30 – Long line of influence
33:40 – Book Recommendations
- We Are Legion (We Are Bob) – Dennis E. Taylor
- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup – John Carreyrou
- The Goals Program – Zig Ziglar
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
36:14 – Find Marc Ashworth online
- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marcashworth/
38:36 – Wrap Up
38:56 – Outro