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Published: October 14, 2022
TalPoint Weekly Wrap Up 10/14/2022
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TalPoint Weekly Wrap Up 10/14/2022
Top skill-building resources and advice for CISOs
CSO: Job roles are continuously changing and evolving as companies face ever-growing challenges and complexities. It’s no different for CISOs from small to large organizations to government entities. Tony Vizza, the executive director at KordaMentha in Australia, boils it down to 4 competency areas: 1) having an inherent understanding of IT; 2) knowing fundamental principles of information security and risk management; 3) having a firm grasp of legal and regulatory environments and 4) having a fundamental understanding of how people and business operate. Other trends we are seeing are defense personnel becoming cybersecurity professionals while many others learn and advance on the job.
More: Joe Head | Venture Beat
Biometric Privacy Perils Grow After BNSF Loses Landmark Verdict
Bloomberg Law: Will biometric privacy class action (BIPA) violations encourage more litigation in Illinois? Illinois is the only state that allows employees and consumers to sue based on capturing facial scans, voiceprints and other biometric data unlawfully. BNSF Railway Co was found guilty of violating the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act by collecting more than 45,000 truck drivers fingerprints as a form of identity verification without obtaining proper consent. The company is ordered to pay an astonishing $228 million dollars but they plan to appeal.
More: ACB7Chicago | Chicago Tribune ($) | Stephan Zouras, LLP
LetsDefend: What is your company doing to protect themselves and their consumers?
More: Security Today | SC Media
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