Fostering Relationships for Security Awareness with Joe Topinka, CXO Advisor at Netskope

This episode features an interview with Joe Topinka, CXO Advisor at Netskope. Joe is a mentor, author, speaker, and CIO with more than 35 years of experience leading IT organizations to drive business results. He is the founder of CIO Mentor, a consulting company that aims to help IT leaders achieve success in their organizations. 

In this episode, Mike sits down with Joe to discuss enterprise risk management, fostering relationships with business units, and people-powered frameworks.

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“I think having an enterprise risk management program is really huge. Whether it's formal or not, somebody has to be responsible for risk overall. That gets to this whole idea that it is a team sport and everyone has a role to play, especially business unit leaders that are making decisions on cloud platforms on their own. They're playing a huge role on that. [...] The idea around cybersecurity several years ago, it wasn't quite where it is now, but the enterprise risk management team has done a really solid effort of elevating the dialogue and getting everyone more cognitive and aware that cybersecurity is not just an IT thing, it's a company thing and it fits into the whole cybersecurity framework overall.” – Joe Topinka

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Episode Timestamps:

*(02:53): Joe’s journey to becoming a CIO 

*(11:07): How Joe advises people on translating business management to security 

*(15:52): Joe’s new CIO acronym

*(20:25): Mike and Joe discuss the business relationship aspect of security

*(29:42): The importance of enterprise risk management programs

*(37:35): 2030 Goggles

*(41:13): Quick Hits

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Links:

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn

Connect with Mike on LinkedIn

www.netskope.com