Topic: How to Build a Security program: Be Successful and Secure

What makes a good security program? A program that connects. Connects to what? How do we determine what is needed to succeed in security? How do we determine success? What metrics do we use to measure success and efficacy? And what can we, as security professionals, do to ensure not just the program succeeds but we succeed and are perceived to have succeeded by the business and the industry?

There are constant technical discussions in the security field to the point that it seems to overwhelm most other aspects related to information security, the business, and metrics to determine success. Join us for a discussion on success outside of the technical aspects in the security field and how to ensure your program can properly report its success to the business and the industry.

Speaker: James Placer, CISSP

James Placer CISSP is the Global Security Architect in a multi-national corporation with presence in over 100 countries. Working with both large regional and international companies over the years, James has witnessed the success and the failure of seemingly excellent security programs and will present the lessons learned from decades of experience in the security and information technology field.

Sponsor: Optiv

Optiv is a market-leading provider of end-to-end cyber security solutions. We help clients plan, build and run successful cyber security programs that achieve business objectives through our depth and breadth of cyber security offerings, extensive capabilities and proven expertise in cyber security strategy, managed security services, incident response, risk and compliance, security consulting, training and support, integration and architecture services, and security technology. Optiv has served more than 12,000 clients of various sizes across multiple industries, offers an extensive geographic footprint, and has premium partnerships with more than 350 of the leading security product manufacturers.