As Chief Cybersecurity Officer, Kurt John is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of cybersecurity strategy in Siemens’ largest market, the U.S. In this role, he oversees the coordination of cybersecurity for the enterprise’s products, solutions, services and infrastructure utilized to deliver value to Siemens USA’s customers.

Paul Lanois is Director of Technology, Outsourcing and Privacy at Fieldfisher, a European law firm with practices in many of the world’s dynamic sectors. Lanois provides guidance on information governance, data protection, privacy, cybersecurity and digitalization.

Freepik Company, a graphics resources company headquartered in Europe, recently notified approximately 8.3 million users of a security breach affecting two of its brands Freepik and Flaticon. 

Get to know James Carder, CSO at LogRhythm, who has more than 19 years of experience working in corporate IT security and consulting for the Fortune 500 and U.S. Government. At LogRhythm, he develops and maintains the company’s security governance model and risk strategies; protects the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information assets; and oversees both threat and vulnerability management as well as the security operations center (SOC). Carder previously led criminal and national security related investigations at the city, state and federal levels, including those involving the theft of credit card information and Advanced Persistent Threats (APT).

Security executives on the move! Which industry leaders have recently begun new roles?

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is looking for public and private sector experts to take part in an exercise that will evaluate the digital forensics community’s ability to conduct mobile- and computer-based investigations.

Remote video conferencing services company Zoom announced that it has formed a CISO Council and Advisory Board, including security leaders from across industries; and Alex Stamos has joined Zoom as an outside advisor to assist with a security review of the company's platform.

CNSI, a provider of health information technology solutions, announced that Mike Jin has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer & Chief Information Security Officer.

The TalkTalk data breach in 2015 was monumental for the cybersecurity industry. At the time, data breaches were hardly new, but this particular breach resulted in the government recommending that an officer should be appointed with day-to-day responsibility for protecting computer systems from a cyber attack.