The Evolution of the CISO Role

On this episode of The Smart IT Podcast, I welcomed Dan Holden, VP, Cyber Security from BigCommerce. For IT, the focus on defending its organization from cyber risks is led by the security team. When an organization is fortunate to have that team led by a CISO, focus can be directed to managing cyber risk that frees the rest of IT to focus on keeping the lights on and help their businesses innovate. We talked about the evolution of the role of the CISO, including what he has seen over the last three decades in this industry. We discussed several insightful areas, starting with Dan’s origin story in cyber security to the responsibilities of the tech industry to all of our security efforts. Interesting topics like data privacy, who should pay for logging, espionage, and the inevitable wave of new regulations were also covered.