Back away from the snooze button. This is a $29 million wake-up call you can’t afford to miss. In January 2019, Yahoo’s board agreed to pay the enormous $29 million settlement to its shareholders as the result of cyberattacks that compromised three billion Yahoo user accounts. It was the first time shareholders had successfully held a company responsible for data breaches. And it is a loud warning to corporate boards that they must start paying attention to cyber risks. But are they? 

A new report on the working life of the CISO examines the impact of continued stress on the mental health and personal lives of CISOs, and drills down into the causes of stress including poor work life balance and a lack of support from the board. 

In my December column, I ended with the observation that many CISOs struggle when it comes to first determining and then actually communicating the business value of the security options out there.

Mike Convertino, the former CISO of Twitter, Crowdstrike and F5 Networks as well as CTO of the Security Product Group at F5, has joined Arceo as Chief Security Officer.

Syapse announced the appointment of Kirk Fjeldheim as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

Trustmark Mutual Holding Company, a national employee benefits provider, has selected Britt Lindley as its new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

Talend announced it has named Anne Hardy its chief information security officer (CISO).

Selim Aissi, Ellie Mae's Chief Security Officer, has been selected CISO of the Year.

With the digitization of business, security often finds itself in a familiar, yet uncomfortable space of being reactionary...again.