The term "digital transformation" is not just marketing buzz; it's the here and now for many organizations. And the healthcare sector is uniquely impacted, says Stuart Reed of Nominet in the wake of a recent roundtable discussion.

"Organizations are really embarking on [digital transformation] projects right now, or in many instances they have in fact implemented some of those digital plans as well," says Reed, VP of products at Nominet. "We see a market of disruptors coming into every single industry vertical, and those challenges bring their whole infrastructure and service capability into a digitized context. That allows them to be agile, value-driven and also be able to explore new market opportunities."

In an interview about the NYC roundtable, Reed discusses:

Reed is VP, Products for Nominet and is a highly skilled and motivated professional in technology, having spent the past 10 years focused on cybersecurity. With more than 15 years' experience in roles across world-class brands, Stuart has built a strong reputation as a thought leader on various areas including managed and professional services, risk management, cybersecurity and the cloud. Stuart is directly responsible for driving Nominet's cybersecurity roadmap both from a strategic and delivery perspective. Before joining Nominet, he led his own consultancy and additionally worked for global brands such as Sony, Symantec & NTT.

Challenges facing today's CISOs such as becoming business enablers and the M&A landscape were discussed at a recent executive roundtable in Chicago. John Petrie, CEO NTT Security Americas and Frank Negro, Global Practice Leader, Healthcare Strategic Consulting, NTT Data Services, discuss their takeaways in an exclusive audio interview.

Petrie is CEO of NTT Security Americas and is responsible for managing the growing client security challenges through the NTT operating companies across North America and Latin America. He is a well-respected and trusted senior technology executive in the cybersecurity industry, with a blend of technical and business expertise.

Negro is a member of the NTT Data Services' healthcare and life sciences advisory consulting group. His group consults on the strategic issues related to healthcare information systems and their environments. This work includes planning for mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, healthcare information security programs, systems selections, regulatory systems compliance, and enterprise data architecture.

Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report has been published for 12 consecutive years, but the findings don't cease to surprise its authors, including John Grim, senior manager of the Investigative Response Team, Verizon Enterprise Solutions.

In an exclusive interview with ISMG, Grim outlines one of the more shocking results of the 2019 research - that C-level executives are 12 times more likely to be the target of social incidents and nine times more likely to be the target of social breaches than in years past. Grim provides his take on why such a radical shift in target by fraudsters

"I think what we're seeing here for the C-level folks is that these folks are the people that approve transactions for business email compromises, they're very busy, so they may not be paying attention to their emails and what they are approving, and they may not be as tech savvy as other folks who may have been targeted in the past."

In this interview (see audio link below photo), Grim discusses:

Grim is senior manager, Investigative Response Team at Verizon Enterprise Solutions. He has over 15 years of experience investigating data breaches and cyber security incidents. He responds to cybersecurity incidents, advises on data breach containment and eradication efforts, performs digital forensic examinations, and leads investigative response training and data breach simulation exercises for Verizon customers worldwide.