Coaching for Leaders

728: Lower Your Risk of Being Hacked, with Qasim Ijaz


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Qasim Ijaz

Qasim Ijaz is the director of cybersecurity at a leading healthcare organization, overseeing detection, incident response, vulnerability management, purple teaming, and cybersecurity engineering. With a strong background in offensive security and risk management, he has helped organizations strengthen their defenses against evolving threats. He is also a dedicated educator, mentoring professionals and sharing his expertise at conferences such as BSides and Black Hat.

You don’t need to go far in the news these days to find out that another organization was hacked. Data breeches are a nightmare scenario for both leaders and the people they support. In this episode, Qasim and I explore what your team and you can do to be a bit more prepared.

Key Points
  • Use multi-factor authentication, passphrases, and a password manager.
  • Freeze your personal credit reports. Do this for free directly with Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion.
  • Leaders in bigger roles (executives, CEOs, board members) are larger targets for hackers due to their access and also their ability to occasionally side-step organizational guidelines.
  • It’s the non-technical pieces of a cyber response that organizations are least prepared for.
  • Conduct incident response and disaster recovery tabletop exercises to uncover vulnerabilities before an attack.
  • Regardless of organizational policy, employees will use AI. The best prevention assumes the inevitability of human behavior and works with it to improve systems.
  • Resources Mentioned
    • Recommended password managers: 1Password, Apple password app, Proton Pass
    • Critical Security Controls by the Center for Internet Security
    • Resources for Small and Medium Businesses by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
    • 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report by Verizon Business
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