Intelligent CISO Issue 04 | Page 81

GO PHISH WE ‘GO PHISHING’ WITH DAVE LEWIS, GLOBAL SECURITY ADVOCATE FOR AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, ABOUT LIFE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE OFFICE. What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the cybersecurity industry? had I’ve been very fortunate in that I’ve many achievements throughout the nant course of my career. The most poig ld wou t even le orab mem a example of from have to be when I receive emails I’ve that me people who either tell er managed to help influence their care seek who e thos or ion fash e in som I guidance. These are the moments re whe s nce insta are e cherish as thes itive pos ing mak I’m that I can see measurable impacts on people. What first made you think of a career in cybersecurity? quite My career in cybersecurity started s Year g. innin by accident in the beg rd ago I was working for a major reco an nd atte to n asio occ had I and l labe ter mas The y. industry awards ceremon only of ceremonies made a joke that the were hair grey people in the room with and CEOs. I scanned around the room that ed over disc I rin chag my much to this was in fact the case. It was at that point that I realised I . needed to look at a new career path in a lled enro was I s ward after long Not re I computer graduate programme whe ent lopm deve ion licat learned rapid app and discovered that I had an aptitude for gaining access to poorly secured systems on the school network. I worked to develop these skills and when I was placed in my first role after that programme, I managed to have my role moved into the computer security team which, on at that point in time, was only one pers for a large financial institution. What style of management philosophy do you employ with your current position? My career in cybersecurity started quite by accident in the beginning. www.intelligentciso.com | Issue 04 idual In my current position I am an indiv s, year 25 last the over but, tor tribu con iple mult I’ve had opportunity to hold managerial roles. My philosophy was and a simple one. I wanted to enable ul. essf succ be to s team my r empowe of ish flour to My goal was to allow them e anc guid ide prov their own accord and their ugh thro r eithe ired only when requ my questions or if the situation merited was nt inter vention. Micromanageme never an idea that I subscribed to and l in I discovered that my staff would exce red owe emp were their positions if they to do so. What do you think is the current hot cybersecurity talking point? point For me the current security talking the not is is one of security debt. This that I popular opinion of the day but one on. ussi disc er furth of need feel is in dire pting acce to rt reso ies pan com n Too ofte security debt as a risk exception to the a process and then do not revisit of said be can issues later on. This ems missing patches, misconfigured syst unts acco l leve e rativ inist adm and even that are granted and not properly 81