Ep. 187 - Security Awareness Series - A master class in CISO Communications with Marc Ashworth

Marc Ashworth is a respected IT executive with over 30 years of experience in cyber and physical security, IT/security architecture, project management, is an author and a public speaker.  He is a board member of the St. Louis Chapter of InfraGard, Webster University Cyber Advisory board, Co-Founded the State of Cyber annual security conference, and a Lifetime member of FBI Citizens Academy, possessing security certifications in CISSP, CISM, CRISC, Security+ and other certifications.  As the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at First Bank, Marc currently oversees First Bank’s information security, fraud, physical security, and the network services departments. He is also the 2022 Cyber Defense Magazine winner of “Top 100 CISOs in the World.” [Nov 21st, 2022]    00:00 – Intro  00:49 – Intro Links:  Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/  Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/  Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/  Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/  Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb  CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/  innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/  03:15 – Marc Ashworth Intro  05:17 – What was the path that led you to InfoSec?  07:41 – Cultivating good security practices  09:31 – Learning to "scale" your security  11:22 – The value of Strategic Thinking  13:40 – It's all in the presentation  15:25 – The importance of Customer Service  18:32 – The Art of Translation  21:32 – Small Wins  24:34 – Letters to a young CISO  26:20 – Don't avoid Pen Testing!  28:11 – Adopting a "Partnership" mindset  30:30 – Long line of influence  33:40 – Book Recommendations  We Are Legion (We Are Bob) – Dennis E. Taylor  Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup – John Carreyrou  The Goals Program – Zig Ziglar  The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey  36:14 – Find Marc Ashworth online  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marcashworth/  38:36 – Wrap Up   38:56 – Outro  www.social-engineer.com  www.innocentlivesfoundation.org