CISO MAG Honors Krebs OnSecurity
Summary: CISO MAG named KrebsOnSecurity its "Cybersecurity Person of the Year" in its December 2019 issue, an honor the author called unexpected and said was better suited to others. The same awards recognized Rik Ferguson, vice president of security research at Trend Micro, and Troy Hunt, author of the breach search site Have I Been Pwned.
Key Takeaway: The author describes routinely giving CISOs and CSOs a heads-up on a breach before contacting public relations, and argues that breach conversations led by general counsel are confrontational and strategically misguided. The first report is usually what gets repeated in the media, whether or not it is accurate or fair.
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