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CSP #75 – Attracting Talent Using The Nice Framework – Greg Witte

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1. Attracting Talent Using the NICE Framework – Greg Witte – CSP #75

As your organization increases the cybersecurity talent to protect and defend the information assets, how do you know what skills are needed? What tasks are to be performed and what knowledge is necessary to perform these functions? The NIST NICE Framework helps define the job and assist the CISO in hiring as well as measuring the capability along the career path.

To view the article from the CISO COMPASS Book that sparked this interview, please visit: https://securityweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/CISOSTORIESGregWitteArticle.pdf

Witte, G. 2019. Using NICE Framework to Attract Talent In CISO COMPASS: Navigating Cybersecurity Leadership Challenges with Insights from Pioneers, 1st Ed, pg. 422. Fitzgerald, T. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl. www.amazon.com/author/toddfitzgerald.

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Senior Security Engineer at Palydin LLC

As a Senior Security Engineer for Palydin, Greg Witte supports federal and commercial clients, primarily the NIST IT Laboratory. In more than 30 years in the Information Security arena, he has helped to build and improve multiple enterprise frameworks including the NIST Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Workforce frameworks, ISACA’s COBIT model, and the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence builder.

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VP, Cybersecurity Strategy, Cybersecurity Collaborative at CyberRisk Alliance

Todd Fitzgerald promotes CISO/CPO leadership via the SCMedia CISO STORIES weekly podcast, advisory board participation, and international speaking engagements. Todd serves as VP, Cybersecurity Strategy, CyberRisk Collaborative. Todd authored 5 books, including #1 New Release (2024) Privacy Leader Compass: A Comprehensive Roadmap for Building and Leading Practical Privacy Programs, and #1 Best-selling (2019-2023) and 2020 CANON Cybersecurity Hall of Fame book, CISO COMPASS: Navigating Cybersecurity Leadership Challenges with Insights from Pioneers. Named 2016–17 Chicago CISO of the Year, Todd’s senior leadership positions include Northern Trust, Grant Thornton International, Ltd, ManpowerGroup, Wellpoint/National Government Services, Zeneca/Syngenta, IMS Health and American Airlines.

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