Cybrize’s Diana Kelley: Why compliance is more than a checkbox exercise, and how to integrate it into your security toolkit

In a podcast episode featuring Diana Kelley, renowned cybersecurity expert and Chief Security Officer at Cybrize, discussions revolve around her extensive career in cybersecurity, the evolving threat landscape, and the importance of integrating compliance into security programs. Kelley, who has held prominent roles at Microsoft, IBM, and KPMG, emphasizes the need for executives to move beyond viewing compliance as a mere checkbox exercise and instead use it to enhance security strategies. She addresses the cybersecurity skills gap by advocating for diversity, equity, inclusion, and allyship in hiring practices and highlights the necessity of properly sizing security teams to prevent burnout. Kelley also shares insights on the future of Security Operations Centers (SOCs), predicting a more distributed approach and the increasing role of AI and automation in supporting, rather than replacing, human efforts. The conversation also touches upon balancing security policies with organizational pressures and the significance of communicating the value of security teams.