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Introducing Security Unlocked: CISO Series with Bret Arsenault–Leading an Inclusive Workforce: Emma Smith, Vodafone

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🗓️ 27 June 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

There’s truth in the sentiment, “teamwork makes the dream work.” When team members don’t feel included or heard in their environment, they’re not going to do their best work, so it’s up to managers, supervisors, and even global security directors to foster a workplace and culture that doesn’t allow anyone to be silenced.  On this episode, Microsoft’s CISO, Bret Arsenault, sits with his friend and peer, Emma Smith, Director of Global Cybersecurity for Vodafone. Throughout the conversation, they discuss returning to in-person work after over a year of being remote and some of the inherent difficulties that come with the change, especially as they relate to inclusivity.   In This Episode You Will Learn:  How focusing on digital society, inclusion for all, and the planet allows for practical actions.  Why 5G is so important for a hybrid workforce.  Why Emma and Bret support eliminating passwords.  Some Questions We Ask:  How does Emma look at inclusion initiatives from an industry perspective?  What is ‘withstander’ training and why is it crucial for effective leadership?  What are Emma’s three points of wisdom for security practitioners?    Subscribe: https://SecurityUnlockedCISOSeries.com Resources:  Emma Smith’s LinkedIn.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-smith-0388aa4b/ Brett Arsenault’s LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/bret-arsenault-97593b60/  Related:  Security Unlocked: The Microsoft Security Podcast https://SecurityUnlockedPodcast.com Security Unlocked: CISO Series with Bret Arsenault is produced by Microsoft and distributed as part of The CyberWire Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to the CyberWire Network, powered by N2K. Hi, I'm Brett Arseno, Chief Information Security Officer at a little company called Microsoft.

0:24.7

Recently I was approached by some customers who are really struggling with the complexities

0:28.7

of the security threat landscape.

0:30.4

In particular, just looking for practical advice with the increase in threats with the changing landscape and digital transformation that's going on

0:37.5

People were really trying to understand from experts what could they do practically that would actually help them in this new

0:43.8

threat landscape we're living in today? I realize how fortunate I am to have met with

0:48.2

some of the sharpest minds on this topic, whether it's competitors, vendors, internal Microsoft people, government people,

0:55.0

who all share a vision for a mission on how to better protect ourselves.

1:00.0

This created an opportunity to take some of those learnings and share them in this podcast series.

1:05.6

Hopefully you'll find this interesting.

1:07.4

I know I'll learn a lot from it.

1:08.9

This week's guest is Emma Smith, the global cybersecurity director from Vodafone.

1:18.0

Welcome Emma.

1:19.0

Thanks so much, Brett.

1:20.0

Great to be here.

1:21.0

As I was getting ready for this, I was trying to remember where we actually first met.

1:24.0

I mean, I have so lucky to know you, so many things I've learned.

1:28.6

I was trying to go back to where we first met.

1:30.5

Do you recall where that was?

1:31.7

Well, I seem to remember it was like a

1:33.8

round table, a C-Seso round table, but cannot remember what part of the world we

1:37.9

were in to be honest but I think there were other Csos there and it was a

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