Defining the Mission of the Modern CISO with Marene Allison, CISO at Johnson & Johnson

This episode features an interview with Marene Allison, Chief Information Security Officer for Johnson & Johnson. Marene was among the first class of women to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. She went on to become a Special Agent in the FBI and has held corporate security roles at publicly traded companies such as Medco and Avaya.

On this episode, Marene shares how West Point translated to a security career, the evolution of security over the last decade, and what areas need the most innovation.

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“In cyber, everything changes every six months. And there's a new lens and there's a whole new set of new technologies that are going to be out there. And as CSO, I got to take the new threat, my IT environment that doesn't change as rapidly as security environment does. And then wrap it again, and look at what works. I think we have an awesome job because we get all these new technologies. We get to look at all the different ways an adversary's gonna come after us and then look at how we're going to secure it.” - Marene Allison

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Episode Timestamps

*(02:15): Marene’s background

*(04:09): Marene’s transition into cyber

*(05:37): How security has changed over the last decade

*(07:15): How acquisitions have become easier

*(09:22): Marene’s greatest learning experience in cyber

*(12:13): What makes the CISO job so stressful

*(20:43): Marene’s favorite domain in cyber

*(21:45): What areas of cyber need the most innovation

*(25:15): The Zero Trust approach

*(29:56): Segment: Quick Hits

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Links:

Connect with Marene on LinkedIn

Jason Clark’s LinkedIn

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