SC 60: The Role of the CISO with Daniel Conroy, Synchrony Financial

Published: May 18, 2015, 3:25 p.m.

As the news of breaches across multiple sectors continues the role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has never been more important.

The CISO is not only responsible for protecting the organization they are tasked with enabling the business. And with the CISO speaking in both business and technical languages, they are quickly gaining visibility with the Board of Directors that needs to understand, and to provide resources for, enterprise security.

In this podcast, Daniel Conroy, the CISO of Synchrony Financial, a leading financial institution, speaks with Security Current's Vic Wheatman about the CISO role, the definition of security intelligence, and what keeps him up at night.