Teacher, enforcer, soothsayer, scapegoat: the life of the CISO
Based on an in-depth academic study performed across 18 different commercial organisations, this session will explore what it means to be a CISO in practice. This includes the conflicted, often contradictory role CISOs play, stopping people ‘having fun’ and yet protecting the organisation from potentially catastrophic impacts. CISOs are both precarious and powerful, educator and scaremonger, enforcer and cleric. It will also explore the language that is used in cyber-security practice, how this involves concepts of mysticism, morality, and masculinity, and how these can be problematic.
About the speaker
Joseph Da Silva
CISO
at
RS Group
Dr Joseph Da Silva is an accomplished Information Security leader with extensive Security, IT and Business experience across multiple sectors.
He is the Chief Information Security Officer at RS Group, a FTSE100-listed global distributor and service provider focused on industrial equipment and electronics.
He helps both the organisation and its customers to understand and address cyber-security risk while enabling continued business growth.
Joseph has a PhD in cybersecurity from Royal Holloway, University of London and also holds an honours degree in Biochemistry and several security and IT industry qualifications.
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