Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Chris is joined by Kimberly Sims. Kimberly is the Deputy CISO, Director of Cyber Operations and Cloud Security for American Century Investments. Kimberly has over 17 years’ experience in the Financial Services sector. Prior to joining American Century, Kimberly ran the Information Security Program for the second-largest capital market’s desk in the world, responsible for securing systems that process a trillion-dollar debt portfolio.

 

Kimberly is an advisory member, and IT lead for the Charter for Veterans, a non-profit organization assisting recovering combat wounded veterans. She is an advocate for mentorship and coaching across the security industry and participates in several industry groups. [Aug 19, 2024]

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Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Chris is joined by Kimberly Sims. Kimberly is the Deputy CISO, Director of Cyber Operations and Cloud Security for American Century Investments. Kimberly has over 17 years’ experience in the Financial Services sector. Prior to joining American Century, Kimberly ran the Information Security Program for the second-largest capital market’s desk in the world, responsible for securing systems that process a trillion-dollar debt portfolio.

 

Kimberly is an advisory member, and IT lead for the Charter for Veterans, a non-profit organization assisting recovering combat wounded veterans. She is an advocate for mentorship and coaching across the security industry and participates in several industry groups. [Aug 19, 2024]

 

00:00 – Intro

00:22 – Intro Links:

03:01 – Kimberly Sims Intro

03:49 – Inspired by a Book

05:32 – Making a Giant Leap!

06:59 – Biggest Mistakes

09:14 – Lessons Learned

11:07 – Security Ambassador

13:23 – Overcoming the Fear

15:20 – Executive Order

17:06 – People, Process, Technology

18:38 – Back to Basics

20:11 – Resiliency Programs

23:14 – The Take Home

24:47 – Jump In!

25:46 – Book Recommendations

27:49 – Mentors

29:12 – Find Kimberly Sims online

29:26 – Wrap Up & Outro

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