SC 104: David Cass, CISO IBM Cloud & SaaS, and David Mahon, CSO CenturyLink, Discuss the Most Common Threats Hitting Businesses Today
In this conversation with Security Current podcast host David Cass, Global CISO IBM Cloud & SaaS, David Mahon, CenturyLink Chief Security Officer, discusses what he sees as two of today’s critical security issues and how to tackle them.
Mahon points to phishing and ransomware as the most prevalent types of attacks he is seeing in the industry. The two executives talk about the importance of security awareness training and Mahon provides tactical approaches to reduce the likelihood of a successful breach. They also discuss metrics, ROI and best practices for reporting to the board.