Where passion meets purpose: exploring security as a universal value
In this lively and insightful episode, you get to meet Molly McLain Sterling, the Director of Global Security Culture at Medtronic, CISO Advisor, Top Rated SANS Speaker, Security Evangelist, and Behavioral Science Human Risk Management Leader. Discover how her journey through different realms led her to seamlessly blend her love for theater with her belief that security is a universal value everyone deserves, turning this into a program that supports over 100,000 people in 150 countries.
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Show Notes
The world has seen many transformations in the workspace during the last few years; some of them stuck, some didn't. Workers prioritizing personal relationships over economic benefits, for instance, is not considered a fad anymore; it is the norm.
The relationship people developed with their jobs has radically changed, and empathy played a major role in that transformation. Slowly but surely, we are witnessing how cybersecurity detaches from the old and cold "it's just business" approach.
Today, Molly McLain Sterling joins us to share her thoughts on empathy and the role of connection in cybersecurity, while exploring communication techniques in cybersecurity, leadership, and more.
Molly is the Director of Global Security Culture at Medtronic, CISO Advisor, Top Rated SANS Speaker, Security Evangelist, and Behavioral Science Human Risk Management Leader.
Molly has a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts (B.F.A in Music Theater), which is a testament to how fertile the cybersecurity space is. People with virtually any background can repurpose their skills and flourish in cybersecurity.
Throughout this episode, you'll hear about Molly's journey into cybersecurity and the acting techniques she adapted to her leadership role to improve her communication skills. Molly also talks about how she transformed Security Awareness into Security Empowerment and grew it into a security culture that now supports over 100000 people in 150 countries. This also led to discuss how scalable empathy really is, the power of delivering a consistent message, bringing leadership's attention to the importance of cybersecurity, and more examples from Molly’s fantastic work.
Tune into this episode to learn:
- Why building a security culture is a job we can do alone (3:30)
- What you need to bring people together around a topic that’s not their primary job (12:10)
- How to scale the use of empathy within an organization (16:50)
- Acting tips and advice for improving how you communicate (23:40)
- How to get leadership to take an interest in cybersecurity (32:40)
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