Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Ryan and I are joined by Robert Wood. Mr. Wood is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). He leads enterprise cyber security, compliance, privacy, and counter intelligence functions at CMS and ensures the Agency complies with secure IT requirements while encouraging innovation.
Mr. Wood has over 10 years of experience in information technology, information security and management consulting.
Prior to CMS, Mr. Wood has built and managed several security programs in the technology sector. He was also formerly a Principal Consultant for Cigital where he advised enterprises about their software security programs. He also founded and led the red team assessment practice with Cigital, focused on holistic adversarial analysis, helping organizations identify and manage risks from alternative perspectives.
Mr. Wood has a B.S. in Information Management & Technology from Syracuse University. [Jan 15, 2024]
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Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Ryan and I are joined by Robert Wood. Mr. Wood is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). He leads enterprise cyber security, compliance, privacy, and counter intelligence functions at CMS and ensures the Agency complies with secure IT requirements while encouraging innovation.
Mr. Wood has over 10 years of experience in information technology, information security and management consulting.
Prior to CMS, Mr. Wood has built and managed several security programs in the technology sector. He was also formerly a Principal Consultant for Cigital where he advised enterprises about their software security programs. He also founded and led the red team assessment practice with Cigital, focused on holistic adversarial analysis, helping organizations identify and manage risks from alternative perspectives.
Mr. Wood has a B.S. in Information Management & Technology from Syracuse University. [Jan 15, 2024]
00:00 – Intro
00:18 – Ryan Intro
01:03 – Intro Links:
- Social-Engineer.com– http://www.social-engineer.com/
- Managed Voice Phishing– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/
- Managed Email Phishing– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/
- Adversarial Simulations– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/
- Social-Engineer channel on SLACK– https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb
- CLUTCH– http://www.pro-rock.com/
- org– http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/
04:28 – Robert Wood Intro
05:35 – A Small Career Jump
10:31 – The Constant Desire to Learn
12:58 – Unique Challenges
16:08 – Measure & Manage
20:01 – Making it Human
23:14 – Executive Power
26:35 – Pushing Up
29:18 – Part of a Team
32:45 – Mentors
35:44 – Book Recommendations
- Think Again – Adam Grant
- Steal Like An Artist – Austin Kleon
38:29 – Find Robert Wood Online
- LinkedIn: com/in/holycyberbatman
- Website: com
39:32 – Wrap Up & Outro
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