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Wendy Nather

Head of Advisory CISOs

Wendy Nather is Head of Advisory CISOs at Cisco’s Duo Security, based in Austin, Texas. She was previously the Research Director at the Retail ISAC, as well as Research Director of the Information Security Practice at independent analyst firm 451 Research. Wendy led IT security for the EMEA region of the investment banking division of Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS), and served as CISO of the Texas Education Agency. She speaks regularly on topics ranging from threat intelligence to identity and access management, risk analysis, incident response, data security, and societal and privacy issues. Wendy is co-author of The Cloud Security Rules, and was listed as one of SC Magazine’s Reboot Leadership “Influencers” in 2018 and Women in IT Security “Power Players” in 2014.

7 articles by Wendy Nather

Crafting Policies With Panache

There are obvious differences between government policy and organizational policy, but when it comes to crafting information security policies, there are several elements that apply to both sides. Here are some of them.

CISO, Security Policy

Straight Talk with Real CISOs: Security Politics

In this Straight Talk with Real CISOs video for Decipher, Wendy Nather (director of Advisory CISOs at Duo), Chad Loder (CEO and co-founder of Habitu8), and Manju Mude ("Paranoid" Security Leader at Oath) discuss how CISOs have to establish relationships within their organization to be able to

CISO

Straight Talk with Real CISOs: Is That Really My Job?

In this Straight Talk with Real CISOs video for Decipher, Wendy Nather (director of Advisory CISOs at Duo), Chad Loder (CEO and co-founder of Habitu8), and Manju Mude ("Paranoid" Security Leader at Oath) swap stories about their CISO days and the importance of empathy in security.

CISO

Patching All The Things May Not Be The Best Strategy

Armchair risk analysis frequently defaults to "patch all the things," but the data shows that trying to chase after every vulnerability isn't always the best strategy for a CISO. How should CISOs look at Kenna Security and Cyentia Institute's research on what kind of patching model works best?

CISO, Patching

Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (Only Secure Ones)

Technology promised to make things better, but we are getting far less than what we were promised. Add security into the mix, and things have gone terribly wrong in the usability department. We need to look at security as a process and consider the impact of all the steps; not be solely focused on individual steps.

CISO, 2 Factor Authentication