EP 26 - Adeel Saeed on How to Move from A Reactive to a Proactive Threat Detection & Response Model

Adeel Saeed is VP of Technology Strategy and Execution Management at Kyndryl and is a former CISO/CIO at large financial services companies, aviation companies, and more. 

Adeel is an experienced technology strategist and digital transformation leader with extensive hands-on technology and information security management experience and has led multiple large-scale complex technology transformation projects. 

Topics include: 

How enabling your internal clients with the right tools and tech empowers them to serve their customer-base easier 
Tool consolidation, risk metrics, reporting analytics, and more of what Adeel is focusing on in the risk management environment
The experience that taught Adeel the most about practical security 
Why experience and exposure are the ultimate teachers 
Actionable steps to going from reactive to proactive in threat detection and response 
The benefits of fine-tuned threat intelligence tools to better make risk-based judgments 
Why security is not an ivory tower, it’s part of the business
How security can better partner with business versus just being a component of it
Why gamification can be a great tool to engage the executive team
Standardization of all the data and the fundamental data problem 
What Adeel has been paying attention to in the market around detection
What true secure data governance looks like 
Adeel's biggest challenge as a CISO, CSO, and overall security technology strategy leader 
How Covid helped shape business security and where it should be embedded 
Why it’s critical to position yourself as a business partner to your company 
Adeel's tips for security leaders to succeed in the future of threat detection and response 

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Keep in touch with Adeel on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/adeelsaeed/