Ep: 91: Cyber Security and the C-Suite

July 8, 2019
Hosted by George Rettas

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Episode Description

This week's episode features one of the most well connected and influential Cyber Security Professionals in the world, Steve Durbin, on the show. Steve is currently the Managing Director of the Information Security Forum, an independent, not-for-profit organization with a membership comprising many of the world’s leading organizations featured on the Fortune 500 and Forbes 2000 lists. Steve appears on Episode #91 of TF7Radio to talk about who in the organization should own Cyber Risk, how we should define the role of the CEO in Cyber Security, and how executives should posture Cyber Security as a growth enabler. Steve also spoke about what CEO's should be prioritizing in terms of the organization's Cyber Security strategy, what are some of the top-down cultural changes that need to be implemented in order to create a resilient culture, and how to drive transformational change to make Cyber Security everyone's responsibility. All this and much more on Episode #91 of TF7Radio!

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George Rettas

George Rettas is one of the most well-known cyber security professionals in the world with extensive experience practicing cyber security in both the public and private sectors, Mr. Rettas is a serial entrepreneur, serving as the CEO and President of Task Force 7 Radio, LLC, and Task Force 7 Technologies, Inc. a company focusing on building the world’s first and only Professional Cyber Security Social Network. Mr. Rettas is also the President and CEO of Code X Entertainment, LLC, a company focused on producing television, movies, literary, digital, and merchandising products.

Mr. Rettas has worked for 12 years as a Managing Director and Partner in some of the world’s largest financial institutions holding executive management positions in cyber security operations, administration, and program management functions. He created the first Cyber Security Intelligence function in the financial services sector and detected some of the most prolific breaches in recent history, including Target breach and the JPMorgan Chase breach.

Mr. Rettas also served as a former Special Agent with the United States Secret Service, where he was the co-founder of the Newark Field Office Electronic Crimes Task Force. He is the author of the first Title III Wire Tap on an internet-facing computer network in United States history and he worked what is considered the most prolific criminal investigation in the history of the Secret Service in “Operation Firewall."



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