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CISO’s Perspective – Cybersecurity Blog

Thought leadership from Bob Turner, UW-Madison Chief Information Security Officer


The CISO’s Perspective—The Undiscovered Vulnerability

Posted on July 16, 2021

Departing Chief Information Security Officer Bob Turner shares some intergalactic perspectives on the past 6 years of cybersecurity defense, and signals our readiness for the battles ahead.

Posted in CISO’s Perspective – Cybersecurity Blog, IT News

Our New Year’s Resolution: Improve our IT security posture

Posted on January 20, 2021

We are not immune to things going on in the rest of the world. Criminal hackers are well funded and becoming more sophisticated. So what can IT departments do to be more secure?

Posted in CISO’s Perspective – Cybersecurity Blog, Cybersecurity News, IT News

Waking Up To 2021

Posted on January 5, 2021

Perspectives from Chief Information Security Officer Bob Turner: When we woke up on Jan 1, we still had many of the same problems we faced in 2020. Where we go from here is up to us. 

Posted in CISO’s Perspective – Cybersecurity Blog, IT News

The colors of cybersecurity

Posted on July 13, 2020

Perspectives from Chief Information Security Officer Bob Turner: Let’s make the change and toss the old terms and invite new, accurate and non-offensive ways to express who we are and what we do.

Posted in CISO’s Perspective – Cybersecurity Blog, Equity Inclusion Diversity, IT News

Looking for opportunity in COVID-19

Posted on May 14, 2020

Perspectives from Chief Information Security Officer Bob Turner: While COVID-19 has brought challenges, it also brings great opportunities to rethink the way we work.

Posted in CISO’s Perspective – Cybersecurity Blog, COVID-19, IT News

Remembering the Byrds

Posted on January 29, 2020

In the song “Turn! Turn! Turn!” the ’60s folk group the Byrds sang of the inevitable cycle of change. The Office of Cybersecurity is experiencing such change in the departure of 2 key colleagues.

Posted in CISO’s Perspective – Cybersecurity Blog, IT News

The importance of Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Posted on October 17, 2019

October is a time to celebrate security people, processes, teams and initiatives. It’s also a time to reflect on some of those fundamental pieces of information protection and cybersecurity. 

Posted in CISO’s Perspective – Cybersecurity Blog, IT News

The CISO’s Perspective: That awful moment when you hear “Auuuugh!!! Where’s my data?!?”

Posted on September 27, 2019

Data loss can happen – large or small, unstructured or formatted, simple files or complex databases­.

Posted in CISO’s Perspective – Cybersecurity Blog, IT News

The CISO’s Perspective: Remembering the Magnificent Seven

Posted on September 11, 2019

CISO Bob Turner honors 7 victims of 9/11 whom he knew personally.

Posted in CISO’s Perspective – Cybersecurity Blog, IT News

Defending the Endpoint! Improving Management, Security & Mobile Devices

Posted on June 16, 2019

CISO Bob Turner says something must be done to better manage and secure data and data access points.

Posted in CISO’s Perspective – Cybersecurity Blog, IT News
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