March 01, 2023

Bolstering Federal Cyber Resilience and Demonstrating ROI with Gerald Caron, Former CIO at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Inspector General (OIG)

39 minutes

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara and Gerald Caron, Former Chief Information Officer for the Office of the Inspector General at the US Department of Health and Human Services, unpack how to manage operational risk, the role of data mapping in any successful Zero Trust strategy, and demonstrating ROI.

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“Because when you're managing risk, it's not just an IT thing. It's also a mission thing as well. What are the political aspects of the risk and the decisions that you're making? That informs the IT risk as well. But I think it has to be well understood that this is, going back to the ROI, this is why this is a good investment. This is gonna help mitigate this risk… [Zero Trust] is a cultural thing for an organization and it needs to be communicated.” - Gerald Caron

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Time Stamps

* (5:00) Understanding your operational risk posture as a CIO

* (9:52) What peanut butter, the cinema and Zero Trust have in common

* (14:10) Demystifying Zero Trust: Driving the adoption of ZT at the OIG

* (18:40) Measuring progress and effectiveness

* (25:53) Aligning Zero Trust with your company’s business strategy

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