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The Top Cybersecurity Trends and Predictions for 2021 On this episode of Life of a CISO, Dr. Eric Cole makes some major predictions for 2021. These predictions are about responsibility and liability. CISO, although it’s right there in the name “CHIEF information...

Top Cyber Threats in 2021: What’s Hot and What’s NotIn this episode, Dr. Eric Cole list the things that are HOT and NOT in the world of cybersecurity. This doesn’t mean everything that’s “hot,” is good. In fact many things that are hot are bad habits, bad mindsets, or...

Top 10 Checklist: Become a Successful CISO in 2021Dr. Eric Cole's advise for today's episode of Life of a CISO is to be SMARTER! Dr. Eric Cole outlines how you can accomplish your goals in 2021 by using the SMARTER Method. The SMARTER Method is picking goals that are...

Becoming A World Class CISO In 2021In today's episode of life of a CISO, Dr. Eric Cole talks about what it takes to become a world class CISO in 2021. Listen to this episode to find out what it takes to be a CISO. 

How To Prevent Advanced Cyber Attacks In 2021In today's episode of life of a CISO, Dr. Eric Cole sneaks into the opponent’s locker room and take their playbook. Because as supposedly advanced as the attacker is, they are always going to start with the simple attacks....

2021 CISO Strategic Plan And Best Practices In today's episode of life of a CISO, Dr. Eric Cole teaches another review on basic definitions of what is strategy. Dr. Eric Cole continues to go over and over this because strategy is not a one-dimensional concept that you...

Cybersecurity Assessment Strategies: What It Means To Protect Your Critical DataThis episode of Life of a CISO has 2 parts. Part 1 is about an important lesson on priorities. Part 2 of this episode is dedicated to a review of the definition of cybersecurity. Once...

The Importance of Perspective in Cybersecurity This episode is all about the importance of perspective. This partially refers to seeing opportunities where others see loss, but it also refers to how you view your equipment and how you focus your time, energy, and...

Questions That CISOs Frequently AskOr Should Ask (CHECKLIST) In this episode of Life of a CISO, Dr. Eric Cole pinpoints the questions that CISOs frequently ask or should ask. Good CISOs know the right answers, and brilliant CISOs know the right questions. Listen to...

Why More Tech Won't Prevent Cyberattacks | Network Visibility This episode of Life of a CISO is an exercise that you can do to measure how effective you are at being a CISO. Dr. Eric Cole explains what to do, and why each step is important, and includes examples of...