FinCyber Today
FinCyber Today is a podcast from FS-ISAC that covers the latest developments in cybersecurity, contemporary risks, financial sector resilience and threat intelligence. Our host Elizabeth Heathfield leads interesting and challenging discussions with our special guests, who bring practical ideas on how to deal with the cyber challenges in the financial sector, improve your cybersecurity response and build resilience in business.
Episodes
31 episodes
Ariel Weintraub: Ensure Your Supply Chain Continuity – Even Under Pressure
Cybersecurity threats to an institution are no longer limited to the organization themselves, as threat actors launch attacks across the entire supply chain in hopes of disrupting the financial services sector. Managing supply chain risk is top...
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Episode 31
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16:30
Debbie Janeczek: How to Prepare for the Quantum Revolution
The quantum revolution is coming to the financial sector. Debbie Janeczek, Global Chief Information Security Officer, ING, is preparing for it and says the rest of the sector should, too. She suggests starting with building leadership’s awarene...
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Episode 30
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12:32
Meg Anderson: Lessons in Cyber Leadership From a Trailblazing CISO
The goal of information security is to not react to the change. It's to learn about change in advance. That’s one of the many lessons Meg Anderson, former CISO, Principal Financial Group, has learned after 40 years in cybersecurity. It’s a less...
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Episode 29
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20:48
Susan Koski: How to Manage the Move to the Post-Password Cyber Landscape
Fraud is one of the sector's biggest concerns, but passwords aren’t much of an obstacle to today’s innovative cybercriminals. Biometrics are the next frontier, but how do you get customers to accept the pivot? Susan Koski, Chief Informati...
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Episode 28
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15:43
Jochen Friedemann: The Fun Side of Financial Services Cybersecurity
Financial services cybersecurity has its challenges – but it’s also interesting, varied, and just plain fun, says Jochen Friedemann, Chief Information Security Officer at Talanx, the Hanover-based insurance/re-insurance firm. Cybersecurity is a...
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Episode 27
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16:14
Olivier Nautet: Infobesity - How Much Data is Too Much?
Many financial services firms have such vast hoards of data – much of it unclassified legacy data – that owning it causes more data governance challenges than the information is worth. Olivier Nautet, Group CISO at BNP Paribas, says that...
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Episode 26
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20:52
Karl Schimmeck: Data Security in a Demanding Regulatory Environment
Data security regulation is accelerating many firms’ data protection processes, says Karl Schimmeck, Executive Vice President and CISO of Northern Trust. However, complying with multiple jurisdictions’ reporting regimes around privacy, i...
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Episode 25
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24:24
Claus Norup: Governance - What a CISO Needs to Succeed
Identifying and managing risk is fundamental to good governance, says Claus Norup, Managing Director and Group CISO, Euroclear, but that’s only part of the job. Success in a CISO role depends on leadership’s buy-in, the ability to transl...
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Episode 24
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24:34
Matt Harper: The Convergence of Business and Cyber: Risk Management Through a Bigger Lens
Where cybersecurity and operations converge – as they increasingly do -- financial services firms must view cyber risks as operational risks. That integration is a sign of cyber maturity, says Matt Harper, Aflac’s Vice President and Global P...
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Episode 23
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19:14
Carsten Fischer: The Need for Speed in Threat Mitigation
There used to be weeks between the announcement of a zero-day vulnerability and the next exploit. Now we have days or hours to patch the vulnerability, says Carsten Fischer, Deputy Chief Security Officer at Deutsche Bank. Sometimes threat actor...
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Episode 22
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16:02
Stephen Sparkes: The Evolution of the CISO Role
Stephen Sparkes has over 30 years of experience in leadership roles across the financial services tech spectrum and is currently Scotiabank’s EVP, Chief Information Security Officer and Enterprise Platforms, and member of the FS-ISAC Board of D...
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Episode 21
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18:57
Lindsey Bateman: Keep Your Eyes on the Horizon for Emerging Threats – and New Solutions
A financial services CISO’s job is to secure the organization of today and tomorrow. Lindsey Bateman, Chief Information Security Officer at M&G plc, a UK Savings and Investments company, recommends instituting a Security by Default culture ...
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Episode 20
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20:19
Burim Bivolaku: Financial Sector Collaboration is Key to Third-Party Risk Management
Third-party providers are often crucial to financial service operations – and a serious cyber risk. For that reason, EU regulators are taking a close look at the digital supply chain. Here, BISO (Business Information Security Officer) at ICE Tr...
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Episode 19
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18:48
Beate Zwijnenberg: Can Cyber Risks be Quantified?
It’s difficult to quantify risk – some CISOs say it can’t be done – but there is a business case to be made for cybersecurity measures and controls (information sharing helps). Beate Zwijnenberg, ING CISO and member of FS-ISAC’s Global and Euro...
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Episode 18
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17:14
Josh Magri: The CRI Profile - A Simplified Approach to Better Assessment
The Cyber Risk Institute has developed a cybersecurity framework for the financial sector that is based on globally recognized standards. Josh Magri, CRI President & CEO, talks about the genesis of this framework and how it can help bridge ...
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Episode 17
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32:38
Ann Barron-DiCamillo: AI in Cybersecurity - Balancing Speed and Control
Generative AI (GenAI) is changing the cybersecurity landscape at a phenomenal pace, creating both new challenges and opportunities. As cyber attacks become increasingly sophisticated, preventing them requires information sharing. Ann Barron-DiC...
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Episode 16
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27:51
Jayaraj Puthanveedu: Protecting Customer Trust in a World Full of Fraud
Episode NotesJayaraj Puthanveedu - MD, Global Head of Resilience, Cyber, and Digital Fraud of BNP Paribas - dives into fraud, what the landscape looks like for financial firms, its impact on customer trust, tips on customer awareness...
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Episode 15
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38:06
Phil Venables: AI in Cybersecurity - Threats, Toil, and Talent
Episode NotesWith over 20 years of experience as a CISO, Phil Venables, Chief Information Security Officer at Google Cloud, talks about creating an AI framework, key use cases for AI in cyber, Google Cloud joining FS-ISAC's Critic...
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Episode 14
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37:41
Daniel Barriuso: Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape in Europe
Episode NotesDaniel Barriuso, Global Chief Transformation Officer at Santander and Chairman of the FS-ISAC Europe Board of Directors, talks about the importance of addressing cybersecurity globally and holistically, while also tak...
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Episode 13
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29:02
Jerry Perullo: Cyber in the Board Room: Battle-Tested Advice
While the Board sets up broad policies and priorities for companies, there’s a whole cyber universe that Board members may not fully understand. Jerry Perullo draws on more than two decades of experience, including as CISO at Intercontinental E...
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Episode 12
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27:23
Erez Liebermann: Decoding the Cyber Regulatory Maze
With a barrage of upcoming cyber regulations, financial firms will need to integrate some of the new requirements into their cyber and resilience programs. Erez Liebermann, Partner at law firm Debevoise & Plimpton, clarifies the key points ...
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Episode 11
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45:03
Kristopher Fador: Solving the Great Cybersecurity Talent Shortage
The scope of the great cybersecurity talent shortage is real. Kristopher Fador, CISO at Bank of America details where the greatest concentration of the shortage is, how to build a good cybersecurity talent pipeline for financial firms of all si...
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Episode 10
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17:46
Bashar Abouseido: The Risks, Threats, and Opportunities of ChatGPT
With the help of Chat GPT and other AI tools, financial institutions can make decisions more quickly and with greater precision, but how crucial will human oversight be in the future of financial sector cybersecurity? Bashar Abouseido, MD, Chie...
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Episode 9
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33:38
Paige Johnson: Preparing for the Future, Not Predicting it
Tabletop exercises are a crucial component for enhancing threat and vulnerability management plans in fintech. Paige Johnson, Executive Director and Head of Americas Firmwide Simulation Utility at JP Morgan Bank, discusses the origin and develo...
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Episode 8
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41:12
Post-Quantum Cryptography: Tomorrow is Too Late
As the global financial sector prepares for the advent of quantum computing, security professionals are at the forefront of developing protocols for post-quantum computing (PQC). George Webster, Chief Security Architect at HSBC, and Peter Bordo...
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Episode 7
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39:35