The Future Of The CISO – Part 2 – Jess Burn, Jeff Pollard – BSW #379
Jeff Pollard, Vice-President, Principal Analyst on the Security and Risk Team, and Jess Burn, Principal Analyst, both from Forrester Research join Business Security Weekly to discuss the second part of The Future Of The CISO report. What if you don't like the future of the CISO role and want to get out? The report also provides guidance on what comes after the CISO role, as leaders contemplate the next step in their career. If you think it's a board role, you better know what skills are needed, as cybersecurity by itself is not enough. Join in for part 2.
Guests
Jess is a principal analyst at Forrester serving security and risk professionals. She contributes to Forrester’s research on the role of the CISO with a focus on security talent management. Additionally, Jess covers incident response and crisis management, and email and collaboration security. Prior to her analyst role, Jess spent eight years as a principal advisor on Forrester’s Security & Risk Council. In this role, she was a trusted partner to a network of CISOs and security leaders bringing them together to share insights and best practices to tackle common challenges.
Jeff primarily contributes to Forrester’s offerings for security and risk professionals. He leads Forrester’s research on the role of the CISO, specializing in topics related to security strategy, budgets, metrics, business cases, and presenting to the board. His research also includes security services, featuring global coverage of managed security services, professional security services, and security-as-a-service. Jeff also takes an active role in Forrester’s forward-looking research on security innovation, the security market, and security predictions.