Episode 16 - Will Pizzano - Founder of Sentant, Former CISO at Hustle, Former Director of IT at Thrasys Inc

Katrina Biscay, CISO at University of Cincinnati, and Michael Coates, CEO and Co-Founder of Altitude Networks, discuss the unique security challenges of higher education, build security programs and staffing for the multitude of security responsibilities at a university, and universities can approach cloud and data security.

Justin Berman, CISO of Thirty Madison, and Michael Coates, CEO and Co-Founder of Altitude Networks, discuss the unique challenges CISO’s face,  as well as the security demands of taking a startup to the next level.

Bob Lord, former CSO of the Democratic National Committee, and Michael Coates, CEO of Altitude Networks, discuss the state of cybersecurity today - what's working, what isn't working, and the biggest challenges in the security industry.

Steve Tran, CISO of MGM, and Michael Coates discuss the constantly shifting technologies and risks faced by security leaders, as well as the unique security challenges in the entertainment industry.

On this episode of CISO to CISO we would like to welcome Will Pizzano, founder of Sentant, a modern and security-focused IT consulting firm operating in the Bay Area and NYC, former CISO at Hustle, and former Director of IT at Thrasys Inc. As the founder of Sentant, Will currently act as virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) at several technology firms. The Sentant team supports their clients with everything from cloud and application security to day-to-day IT. Will is a lifelong technologist specializing in Information Security and Compliance, and is a Certified Information Security Manager® (CISM).

On this episode of CISO to CISO we would like to welcome Eric Sorenson, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at doTERRA International LLC. Eric architects, develops, and implements the technologies that keep private data safe from intrusions and theft. Eric joined dōTERRA in 2016 to build the organization’s first comprehensive, global cybersecurity strategy. From his earlier days at HealthEquity to the CIO/CISO dual role at Arches Health Plan, and now at dōTERRA, Eric has evolved a set of information security programs and technologies that truly enable business and work within the commercial needs of our organization and our customers. Through this strategy, the private data of every contributor, customer, vendor, and stakeholder is equally protected within a powerful, shared cybersecurity ecosystem. Thus, all participants feel their information is more protected.

On this episode of CISO to CISO we would like to welcome Chris Houlder, Head of Global CyberSecurity at BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. With nearly 25 years of experience spanning information security, team management, information technology and product/software security, Chris has been developing and executing strategies to solve complex security challenges and leading operational and company changes. Previously, Chris served as CISO and lead teams at Clarivate Analytics and Autodesk. Chris current serves as a board member for Rapticore, also a venture advisor for YL Ventures.

On this episode of CISO to CISO we would like to welcome Surbhi Tugnawat. Surbhi has been a reliable, driven, and award winning risk professional with over 15 years of experience driving change to improve risk posture, regulatory compliance, cost efficiency, and achieve enterprise overall security objective. Provide tactical oversight for Identity Management, Security Operations, Business Enablement and Risk Management. She serves as a Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee Member for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and is a registered practitioner of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body (CMMC AB). Previously, Surbhi lead security teams at First Republic Bank and Ernst Young.

On this episode of CISO to CISO we would like to welcome Rohit Parchuri, CISO at Collective Health, previously a security leader at Service Now and Rackspace. Rohit is an accomplished Security leader with an established record building, structuring and institutionalizing Security principles and disciplines in the Cloud Hosting, Network hardware(IaaS), Cloud Software(Saas & PaaS), and Healthcare domains. He is currently leading the enterprise security program at Collective Health, a health administration platform for self-funded employers. Previously Rohit spent a decade focused on the Network Security, Application Security, and Security operations domains at software and hardware giants such as ServiceNow and Rackspace.

We are excited to welcome Lisa Hall, Director of Information Security at PagerDuty on our next episode of the CISO-to-CISO podcast. Lisa Hall heads the Information Security and Compliance programs at PageDuty. With over 14 years experience in the information security field, she is focused on building security programs from the ground up, strategic planning, risk management, and driving process adoption company-wide. She believes security should make it easy to do the right thing. Lisa has previously held Information Security roles at Twilio, Glassdoor, and EY.