Cynet announced that Chris Roberts, the newly appointed Chief Security Strategist for Cynet will launch a new CISO community specifically designed to help cybersecurity leaders.
The
interactive community will support CISOs who want to share experiences,
collaborate on best practices, coordinate initiatives, discover new
resources or simply just need a place to talk. Roberts, an experienced
cyber researcher and ethical hacker will leverage his 20-plus years of
security experience to assist and guide organizations of all sizes
looking to simplify their cybersecurity methodologies and processes
through consolidation and automation.
The slate of events
planned for 2021 include the launch of ‘Virtual CISO Office Hours’ in
which Chris will provide free consulting and advice to organizations
with small security teams and limited resources to help them build
structured plans to strengthen their security posture.
Roberts is
also set to launch “The CISO challenge,” a competition that will allow
cybersecurity executives from around the world to test their skills and
allow their teams to share in a prize fund. The calendar of events is
punctuated by a series of webinars led by Roberts with specially invited
guests spanning topical areas that are specifically focused on the way
resource-constrained organizations manage their cybersecurity
challenges. The series kicks off with a March 31st live webinar.
“Most
organizations outside of the Fortune 2000 are facing the same
increasing risks as the largest enterprises, but don’t have the people,
skills and resources to deal with them. I’m going to help these
companies by providing practical guidance on how to evaluate and
mitigate cyber risks,” says Roberts.
“At Cynet, we live, breath
and deal with resource-constrained security teams daily. Unlike most
cybersecurity companies that focus on the largest enterprises, we
provide both the technology and service purposely built for the hundreds
of thousands of organizations that fall between the cracks. These
companies are large enough to get targeted by adversaries but not large
enough to have sufficient resources to combat them.”
In March,
Cynet announced it closed a $40 million Series C funding round led by
Greenfield Partners with participation from existing investors,
including Norwest Venture Partners, Vintage Investment Partners, BlueRed
Partners and Deutsche Telekom.
