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Information Security Director at Mosaic North America

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Do you trust the data & reports from the big analysts?

Strategy & Architecture

Yes

Sometimes

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Do recent Facebook data scandals shake your confidence in Workplace by Facebook?

End-User Services & Collaboration Applications & Platforms

Yes

Neutral

What scandals?

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Assume that you're organization has a ransomware attach, what would you recommend to bod

People & Leadership Security & GRC

Pay $$ just set us free

Negotiate with the attackers

Hire a professional IR team

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How long have you been in your current position?

People & Leadership Talent Management & Performance

<1 year

1 - 2 years

2 - 3 years

3 - 5 years

5+ years

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Enterprise, SME Data backups

Data & Analytics Business Intelligence Backup & Disaster Recovery

Rubrik

Cohesity

Commvault

DELL EMC

IBM

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Do you believe cryptocurrency should be regulated?

Cryptocurrency & Bitcoin

Yes

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How large is your department?

Team & Organizational Design

< 5 individuals

6-10 individuals

11-20 individuals

> 20 individuals

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Is it time to replace the term ‘Impact assessment’ and reframe the conversation?

Yes

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Best e-commerce solution for startups:

Business Applications Software Development Vendor/Product Recommendation

Shopify

Magento

BigCommerce

WooCommerce

Develop it from scratch

Other

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What is the most difficult part of your current or prior role(s)?

People

Culture

Technology

Budget

Finding great talent

Education

Strategy

Building

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How has your organization looked to the hybrid working model to improve managing outcomes or compliance with being in the office?

Process Management People & Leadership

Kevin JaPaulInformation Security Director at Mosaic North America in Mediaa year ago

Yes, but it only applies to certain roles because of the industry (agriculture), we cannot take the job home.

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Which Vendor Risk Ratings platform do you use? BitSight Security Scorecard Venminder Other/Comments?

Strategy & Architecture Risk Management Third Party Risk Management (TPRM)

Kevin JaPaulInformation Security Director at Mosaic North America in Media2 years ago

Security Scorecard.

But there is a significant Achilles' heel with all these rating vendors, in that there is a limit to what they can see. They don’t have insight into the entire IT infrastructure. And often ...read more

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Given that Cybersecurity is one of the several categories of Third-Party Risk (others are financial, reputational, operational...), do you think that TPRM truly belongs under Cybersecurity?

Kevin JaPaulInformation Security Director at Mosaic North America in Media5 months ago

Given the shared responsibility, I would rather have a TPRM taskforce/working group with accountability from the various categories, but if there was a single owner, I would say Procurement or Risk might be a better single-point ...read more

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What methodologies or framework are you aware of for carrying out Gen AI governance?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies

Kevin JaPaulInformation Security Director at Mosaic North America in Media5 months ago

NIST AI

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Where are Data Scientists in your organization? IT side, Business side? If Business side, how do you avoid having a "shadow IT" team growing?

Relationship Management

Kevin JaPaulInformation Security Director at Mosaic North America in Media6 months ago

Create a collaborative/transparent working model/committee, that can provide IT oversight/guidance (trusted advisor), while ensuring the business has flexibility to deliver/innovate within framework

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When it comes to DEI in your IT/security org, what sort of initiatives have you created to improve the inclusion aspect? How do you make sure all individuals feel empowered to contribute, speak up, etc, regardless of their background?

Security & GRC Talent Management & Performance Culture & Values

Kevin JaPaulInformation Security Director at Mosaic North America in Media7 months ago

We try to generate a way of working where ideas are part of the group, not the individual. We utilize moderation methods to collect feedback and prioritize without relation to individuals and we set goals cross functional. ...read more

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From general observation and experience, and acknowledgement from others, IT folks are generally notoriously bad at internal recognition. What are some of your successful strategies to create a natural culture of peer and management recognition within IT functions?

Relationship Management People & Leadership

Kevin JaPaulInformation Security Director at Mosaic North America in Mediaa year ago

Have someone where part of their job is communication. Someone who is a good writer, maybe a BA or analyst with a marketing bent. All management is encouraged to save all the emails that are internal and external to share ...read more

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What is your motivation to answer polls and surveys?

Kevin JaPaulInformation Security Director at Mosaic North America in Mediaa year ago

To help gauge our approach but also gain insight/learnings from other peers and companies.

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What are the fundamental leadership capabilities that are needed for an era of exponential technology and AI innovation?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies Culture & Values Mentoring & Coaching+3 more

Kevin JaPaulInformation Security Director at Mosaic North America in Mediaa year ago

I think Alivin Toffler said it best: "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn."

The most important attribute, then, is ...read more

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How do you encourage a peer who hasn’t been able to land a job due to ageism?

Personal Development Talent Management & Performance Talent Sourcing & Hiring

Kevin JaPaulInformation Security Director at Mosaic North America in Mediaa year ago

This is a really hard question. However, I do believe that in IT, there are less age barrier than in other domain. For sure, a seasoned architect or analyst will always find a place.

Age also rhymes with wisdom ...read more

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Which department or role owns the AI strategy & agenda in your company?

AI & Machine Learning

Kevin JaPaulInformation Security Director at Mosaic North America in Mediaa year ago

In many organizations, the ownership of the AI strategy and agenda can vary. It often falls under the purview of senior leadership, such as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Chief Data Officer (CDO), Chief Information Officer ...read more

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Do you have a go-to question that you always ask when you're interviewing for a new role that you use to tell if you're going to truly get along with your new superiors?

Talent Sourcing & Hiring

Kevin JaPaulInformation Security Director at Mosaic North America in Mediaa year ago

Yes. We ask if they have they have ever failed and if so, what did you learn?

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