THE ANATOMY OF A RESILIENT ORGANIZATION

Equifax CISO Jamil Farshchi discusses how to build an effective organization that can respond to both known and unknown risk.

Abstract: He oversaw Home Depot’s breach recovery, then helped lead Equifax back from disaster after its landmark 2017 breach. A respected leader and sought-after speaker, Equifax CISO Jamil Farshchi visits CyberEdBoard to share his insights on how to build an effective organization that can respond to both known and unknown risk.

In this exclusive CyberEdBoard Talks session, Tom Field, SVP of Editorial at ISMG, and Farshchi will discuss:

• CISO leadership fundamentals

• The importance of collective defense

• How to create resilience inside the security program as well as in the enterprise culture

About
Jamil Farshchi, CISO, Equifax-
Jamil Farshchi is the Chief Information Security Officer of Equifax (NYSE: EFX). Farshchi joined Equifax in 2018 and led an unprecedented transformation of the company’s security and technology capabilities in the aftermath of one of the most consequential data breaches in history. Prior to Equifax, Farshchi was Chief Information Security Officer at The Home Depot, where he led the security turnaround for the Fortune 50 company following a high-profile breach. He also previously served as Chief Information Security Officer of Time Warner, where he defended the company’s premier networks such as Warner Bros., CNN, and HBO; Vice President of Global Information Security for Visa, where he secured over $7 trillion of payment card transactions annually; and Chief Information Security Officer of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he protected some of the most sensitive national security and nuclear weapon assets in the U.S. Farshchi began his career at NASA, eventually becoming the agency’s Deputy Chief Information Assurance Officer.

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