Season 2 Episode 5: Malcolm Harkins, Chief Security and Trust Officer at Cymatic

Recently, Cybersecurity has been a prominent topic of conversation for the entire world, which makes Malcolm Harkins’ role of paramount importance. He is Chief Security and Trust Officer at Cymatic, a start-up that works...
Malcolm Harkins

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Recently, Cybersecurity has been a prominent topic of conversation for the entire world, which makes Malcolm Harkins’ role of paramount importance. He is Chief Security and Trust Officer at Cymatic, a start-up that works with clients to improve their cybersecurity infrastructure. Perhaps the most important word in Harkins’ title is “Trust,” given the numerous companies that have faced breaches recently, as he explains. For this reason, Harkins is devoted to putting security and privacy before compliance in the hopes of rebuilding that “trust” for clients and their thousands of users around the world.

Episode Notes

1:00 –  Harkins explains his role

7:30 – “Motivating others to want to struggle for shared aspirations”

10:00 – Why cybersecurity teams should be “first-movers”

13:30 – “If you lead with compliance, you might not get security/privacy”

19:00 – The security industry accepts too much failure

21:00 – Reducing risk, reducing cost, reducing friction

25:00 – Challenge what’s working and what’s not

27:30 – Fear-mongering in computing

33:00 – Advice to risk managers (and a shameless plug)

 

LINKS

Malcolm Harkins on LinkedIn

Malcom’s Books:

Managing Risk and Information Security: Protect to Enable

The Ransomware Assault on the Healthcare Sector

 

CREDITS

Produced by Kai Hellberg

Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’