CISO Insiders with Roee Besser | Information Security and Cyber Risk Manager at CYYDER | Episode 82

🧠 In this episode of CISO Insiders, we welcome Roee Besser, the information security and cyber risk manager at CYYDER.

Roee Besser discusses in detail key insights about the cybersecurity industry while giving useful advice and setting expectations for newcomers and individuals who want to pursue a career in the cybersecurity industry.

👇🏼 This special episode will tackle the following topics:

⭐ Giving career advice to newcomers and individuals who want to pursue a career in the cybersecurity industry.

⭐ Key resources that have helped Roee through his career in information security.

⭐ The power dynamics between the vCISO role and other C-level roles in small and large enterprises.

Highlights:

🔎 “Looking for good mentors that will guide and escort me has helped me through my career. I’m not good at sales — this is something that I have to admit. But still, I found the right success partners that would push me to the right customers. This pushes me towards interesting positions.”

🔎 “Whenever I go to surveys of companies that I’m responsible for, I always tell them: embrace the auditor. Whatever the auditor finds, you’ll still have the chance and the time to fix it.”

🔎 “I could be a CISO for one company and do everything in one place. But, I’m taking bits and bites from different industries while looking from a high-level perspective. That’s the beauty of being a vCISO.”

⏱️Timestamps:

00:36 Guest Introduction and Professional Journey

03:49 Icebreaker questions

06:39 Is there one thing you wish you had known before starting your career?

10:42 Biggest failure and key learnings

16:34 What do you think you would have done differently looking back at your career?

19:50 What were the best resources that have helped you through your career?

28:32 What’s the best strategy that can help build a professional relationship with other vendors?

29:47 What is one myth about your industry that you want to debunk?

34:57 What is the difference between your role and the role of a full-time CISO?

37:28 What is your biggest challenge when you start working with a new customer?

41:05 Who would you say your ideal customer is?

43:25 What are qualities that you don’t like in a customer?

46:31 Final question and closing comments - If money was not an issue, what would you do with your life?

📢 Get ahead in your professional journey and gain valuable cybersecurity insights.

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