36: Falling into IT - standing up in Security, with Pam Lindemoen

Today we're delighted to be joined by  Pam Lindemoen, Advisory CISO at Cisco Secure and former Deputy CISO at Anthem Inc. In this thoughtful interview, learn about Pam's passion for championing women in IT, her approach to learning from mistakes and failure, as well as her top tips to ensure that security and risk can be understood across the entire business. Pam has gained a well deserved reputation as a bold and strategic thinker, and being an exceptional leader - she shares many of her lessons learned from 25 years in the IT industry  in this chat.Before that, host Hazel shares a tribute to Mick Jenkins MBE, the first ever guest on Security Stories, who recently passed away. She shares her memories of first meeting him, the impact he had, and continues to have, on her work, and she remembers some of his most inspiring stories."Never let fear get in the way of your dreams." Mick Jenkins, MBEFor the full Mick interview, listen to episode 1 of the podcast at https://securitystories.buzzsprout.com/926089/2985046-1-from-the-battlefield-to-the-boardroom-with-mick-jenkins-mbeTo learn more about our CISO connections community, visit https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/ciso-connection.html

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Security Stories shares the tales of people within the security industry and the wider world. As technology becomes more powerful, and our digital lives expand to new reaches, security continues to remain as a fundamental framework of our society. Storytelling is how we get these powerful messages across. Keeping security at the center, we interview leaders in and out of the security industry and share their insights that shine new light to how we think and plan around risk and manage the challenges of today and tomorrow. Hosted by Tedx speaker, Cyber Security Specialist and Communications expert, Tazin Khan. Discover more at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/securitystories.html