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Tech Moves: Nordstrom names chief information security officer; Meta research scientist joins AI2

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Nordstrom Photo) — Nicole Ford joined Nordstrom as chief information security officer. Ford previously served as vice president and CISO at Rockwell Automation, with past experience leading security transformation initiatives and developing cybersecurity programs. The Seattle biotech company went public in 2021.

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DHS Launches Program to Hire 'World-Class Cybertalent'

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In an effort to get more cybersecurity professionals into government roles, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its Cybersecurity Talent Management System (CTMS), which will allow DHS to recruit top cybersecurity talent—and pay them much more. November 13, 2021. CTMS to bring greater diversity.

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Spotlight on Cybersecurity Leaders: Walter Williams

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Walter Williams has more than 20 years of experience in Information Security, and currently resides as the CISO for Monotype. He is the author of "Creating an Information Security Program from Scratch" (2021, CRC Press) and "Security for Service Oriented Architecture" (2014, CRC Press).

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Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart

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Anand is the former chief technology officer and chief information security officer at Imperva, a cybersecurity company recently acquired by Thales. Techstars announced one month later that it was shutting down the Seattle program. Ciocirlan joined Techstars Seattle in 2022 as its managing director. Sarah Studer.

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Jen Easterly Takes Charge of CISA At Black Hack USA 2021

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The new Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Jen Easterly, opened Day 2 of Black Hat USA 2021 with a remote presentation on Hacking the Cybersecurity Puzzle. Easterly first cleared up one of the biggest challenges facing information security today-- how to pronounce “CISA.

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2020 Was a Privacy Wake-up Call: Don't Go Back to Sleep in 2021!

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And not only work-from-home (WFH) employees have been affected, but also those mobile workers and all the contracted workers and supply chain workers who have largely been going under the radar of CISOs and information security departments for the past two to three decades. But organizations must not stop here! They've only just begun.

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9 New NIST Cybersecurity & Privacy Goals

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The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) helps thousands of organizations around the world to better understand and improve their information security posture. It recently announced it is making new, bold pushes relating to information security and privacy for 2021 and beyond. Identity and access management.

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