Run Your Security Program Like an Election Campaign – Kush Sharma – BSW #367
Does the CISO need to act like a politician? Negotiating budgets, communicating risks, and selling your strategy across the organization does sound a little like a politician. And if that's the case, are you hiring the right campaign staff?
Kush Sharma, former CISO for CPR, City of Toronto, and Saputo, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss why you should run your security program like an election campaign. Kush will discuss the other positions you need to hire, not just the technical positions, to help you budget, communicate, and sell your strategy. A politician can't do it all by themself, so why should a CISO?
Segment Resources: https://www.misa-asim.ca/page/ON_Homepage www.knightspectre.com
Guest
Kush is an award-winning leader with over two decades of experience. He is an active member of the global cyber community, supported over 20 Digital Transformations valued at $1B+ each, was named Global Enterprise CIO of the year, and has led teams through cyber breach response first-hand. His experience market cap is approximately $2.5T and is an innovator specializing in building digital cyber capabilities in complex, decentralized, political organizations with initiatives ranging in value between $500k-$1B.
Kush also has experience of $34B in M&A, has overseen over 700 reports, managed $150M in budgets, lead a portfolio of 100 programs, co-authored the world’s first Cyber Accountability Policy via the WEF, and is currently on the National CISO Committee on Information Protection for Canada as Vice-Chair.
Kush is the Director, Municipal Modernization & Partnerships at MISA Ontario where he advocates for and lobbies on behalf of Ontario Municipalities. Prior to this, he was the acting CISO for CP Rail, inaugural CIO for Aptitude 360, inaugural CISO for the City of Toronto, inaugural Security Executive at Saputo, and advised over 50 organizations from the Fortune 500 to Governments during his 14-year tenure with Accenture and Deloitte. Kush is also the Founder of startup KnightSpectre, leaders in delivering immediate value to Boards, Executives, and Organizations with expertise in cybersecurity advisory, strategy & roadmap, M&A, organization build, business case, risk assessment, digital transformation, and CISO strategic execution.
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