Monica Verma @MonTalksCyber

Helping you to 10x your career & life in AI, Cybersecurity Leadership with The 10x Circle (sign up👇) | Went from hacker to CISO in 4 yrs | Speaker | Podcaster the10xcircle.com Oslo, Norway Joined March 2009

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Monica Verma @MonTalksCyber

a year ago

Luck finds you faster when you're focused on putting in the work.

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Monica Verma @MonTalksCyber

a year ago

Only if I had a penny for every time a vendor said that they are 100% secure, I would be a millionaire. Add NextGen to that, and I'd already be a billionaire. Add AI-enabled to that, and I'd probably become the first trillionaire. Who knows!

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Monica Verma @MonTalksCyber

a year ago

5 ways to become a better CISO: 1. Care about your users 2. Build a non-blame culture 3. Throw away jargons in the bin 4. Understand your business' POV 5. Master the art of comm. & negotiation What would you add?

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Monica Verma @MonTalksCyber

a year ago

The ability to be resilient and bounce back from adversity is the greatest trait of a successful CISO and leader.

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Monica Verma @MonTalksCyber

a year ago

As a CISO, more than 90% of your job is expectations management and negotiation. Not every battle is worth it. Save your time and energy for the battles worth it. Knowing what is worth negotiating is even more important than knowing how to negotiate. Pick your battles wisely.

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Monica Verma @MonTalksCyber

a year ago

Hot take: If you want to be a successful security leader, get comfortable with taking and understanding criticism. You want your stakeholders and your team poke holes in your ideas and solutions faster than cyberattackers can.

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Monica Verma @MonTalksCyber

a year ago

Unpopular opinion: AI-enabled is NOT the solution to everything.

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Monica Verma @MonTalksCyber

a year ago

A fact: Past performance or history is not a reliable indicator or metric for when will you face a cyberattack (next).

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Monica Verma @MonTalksCyber

a year ago

A crisis management document or a business continuity plan lying in your (virtual) drawer is not going to protect you from a cyberattack.

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Monica Verma @MonTalksCyber

a year ago

Cybersecurity mostly struggles with 1 of 5 issues: - They don’t understand customer's problems - They don't understand business' POV - They don't care enough about users - They go in armed with jargons - They overcomplicate tech Fix these and you've built far better security.