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Featuring on this month ’ s cover is Suha Can , CISO of Grammarly . On page 51 , he opens up about how the company went above and beyond standard security practices to provide the most secure and private product possible to its customers . We also hear from Alex Rice , Co-founder & CTO , HackerOne , who tells us how the vendor worked with Grammarly to help it achieve its business goals .

On page 18 , we take a look at a recent report commissioned by Imperva to explore why automated threats are a growing risk for organisations . The findings reveal some interesting facts such as in 2022 , nearly half ( 47.4 %) of all Internet traffic came from bots – a 5.1 % increase over the previous year .

Recent revelations in the cybersecurity space have magnified the importance of why companies should be upskilling their current workforce as a solution to the widening skills gap . On page 41 , Matias Madou , Co-founder and CTO at Secure Code Warrior , gives his expert opinion about how this approach contributes to an overall security-first culture .

Another interesting case study elsewhere in the magazine explores the relationship between Wärtsilä , a global leader in life cycle solutions for marine and energy markets , and Tenable . Ross Bailey , Cyber Security Expert , Wärtsilä , tells us more about what the customer has gained from the partnership and how it has helped it save time and costs . This can be found on page 44 .

Cyber skills is one of our areas of focus this month as we explore three reasons why women should reskill to work in cybersecurity . Christine Gadsby , VP Product Security Operations , BlackBerry , discusses this further and explains how business leaders should be supporting women in understanding their value to make it to the C-suite . Read about this in more detail on page 48 .

Data prevention is another hot topic featuring amongst the pages this issue and Adenike Cosgrove VP , Cybersecurity Strategy , EMEA at Proofpoint , draws attention to how Proofpoint ’ s 2023 State of the Phish report can help organisations build a reliable and robust security culture . This can be found on page 67 .

To round off , we ‘ Go Phish ’ with Andrea Carcano , Co-founder and CPO , Nozomi Networks – we hear how he landed in his role and how he likes to relax and unwind outside the office . This can be read about in more detail on page 71 .

I hope you enjoy the read and if you ’ d like to contribute to any future magazines please don ’ t hesitate to get in touch at alix @ lynchpinmedia . com

Alix Pressley Managing Editor issue 62 www . intelligentciso . com

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