Zero Hour Podcast
Zero Hour Podcast
Karl Sharman
Ian Edwards - From IT to Cybersecurity to Management
42 minutes Posted Dec 13, 2019 at 9:37 am.
Hearing cybersecurity for the first time
Working local over city life
Getting to Medicaid
Arriving on site for the first time
Reporting lines
Having oversight
Stepping up to manage
Challenges in management
Time being a key issue in security
Focusing on data protection as a business need
How you learn regulations?
How can Data Protection and Cybersecurity work together?
Mitigating supply chain risk
Communication with third parties
How do you get senior buy in from a technical perspective?
The importance of getting recognised through awards
Planning your career ahead
Prediction of industry changes
Challenges around recruitment
Ten Quick Fire Questions
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Welcome to the latest episode of the ZeroHour Podcast and I’m your host Karl Sharman. Today we are joined by Ian Edwards. After leaving IT in 2017, he moved into Cybersecurity. After quick progressions, Ian was appointed as Information Security Manager for MEDICA Group in 2018 and leads the Information Security and Risk team, maintaining the Group’s information security and quality management systems and leading on risk management and cyber security strategy. In the relatively short space of time with the company Ian has driven a security transformation programme. Ian is also delivering a fresh and modern security awareness programme to further develop MEDICA’s ‘human firewall’.
Key Minutes
Key Findings
- Smaller organisations can be behind the curve in data protection or Cybersecurity normally because they lack the expertise they require.
- Reporting into the decision makers of the company is highly important to achieve success as a security department.
- You have to focus your time on prioritising the business outcomes.
You can find Ian at:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iandvedwards/
Company Website: http://www.medicagroup.co.uk
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