{"id":35896,"date":"2019-12-03T10:14:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T09:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/?p=35896"},"modified":"2020-05-27T12:11:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T11:11:49","slug":"get-to-know-vanessa-pegueros-onelogin-att-wireless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/2019\/12\/03\/get-to-know-vanessa-pegueros-onelogin-att-wireless\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to Know: Vanessa Pegueros, OneLogin, AT&T Wireless"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What\nwould you describe as your most memorable achievement in the cybersecurity\nindustry?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a few memorable moments. My team at\nAT&T Wireless was the team that tested the first-ever iPhone outside of the\nfolks at Apple. Little did we know how impactful that would be then. Steve Jobs\nonly allowed two phones to be given to AT&T Wireless and my security team\nhad one of the phones. The other phone was with the team that tested new\ndevices on the cellular network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we\ndid see it for the first time, its user interface was so disruptive and unlike\nanything anyone had ever seen. That was a huge, historical moment in technology\nand the mobile space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another\nmemorable moment for me personally was taking a company public (DocuSign) as a\nsecurity leader, after the company suffered a security breach. This was a very\nmemorable time and very gratifying after a long journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\nfirst made you think of a career in cybersecurity?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, I\ndidn\u2019t think of a career in cybersecurity. When I was at AT&T\nwireless, the head of security at that time had hired an outside firm to do an\nassessment of our security posture. The outcome was not good and my boss\u2019 boss\nasked him to dedicate a director to \u2018fix security.\u2019  So he called me into\nhis office and said \u2018you\u2019re going to go fix security\u2019. I was already a\ntechnology leader and had one security architect on my team but I didn\u2019t know\nmuch of what he did. Security wasn\u2019t such a big thing back then. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So\nbasically, I said \u2018ok\u2019 and that launched my career in cybersecurity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nlesson here is that when the door opens, sometimes you need to take that\nopportunity and not let the unknown stop you. People fear that they don\u2019t know\nhow to do it, but in reality you may be turning down a career-defining moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\nstyle of management philosophy do you employ with your current position?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am\na servant-leader and employ that philosophy. I feel like the power\ncomes in the group and everybody performing in the group and having common\ngoals with clear roles and responsibilities relative to those goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\nbelieve that even though I am the boss, I am no different than the rest of the\nteam, I just have a different role. Everyone needs to be highly accountable and\ncarry their load. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\nneed to help the overall team achieve its objectives as well as their own\nindividual objectives which can be achieved when we all work together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your\nindividual objectives shouldn\u2019t be counter to the team objectives. Having clear\ngoals, being highly accountable and honest and respectful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am\nthere to help the team be successful, to help them develop in their careers and\nto help the company achieve its goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\ndo you think is the current hot cybersecurity talking point?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artificial\nIntelligence, Deep Learning and Machine Learning are the hot topics of today.\nThe trends, they go in waves.  SOAR was a hot topic last year. Automation\nand AI often are very trendy topics. CASB was once the hot term. Right now it\nis all about AI and ML.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How\ndo you deal with stress and unwind outside the office?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sleep\nand physical activity like hiking, working out, yoga and meditation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\ndo you currently identify as the major areas of investment in the cybersecurity\nindustry?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously,\nthe people. Talented people are getting more and more expensive. The supply is\nshort and demand is high causing the professionals\u2019 price to go up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\nbelieve since talent is in such short supply, automation should be a big\ninvestment area. Businesses are starting to think, \u2018how can we automate\nprocesses and tasks that a machine can do easily, and why waste a valuable\nresource like a person to do that work?\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot\nof investment is still going on in gaining visibility to the environment and\nthe network from a security standpoint. Businesses are prioritising getting more effective\ndetections in place for any malicious activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\naddition, more and\nmore time is being spent on data governance – managing where the data is, what systems hold the\ndata and what people are doing with the data. If you don\u2019t know where your data\nis how do you protect it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Privacy\nis a main driver for this activity and causing more time to be spent on data\ngovernance.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are\nthere any differences in the way cybersecurity challenges need to be tackled in\nthe different regions? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes.\nFor example, Europe is more privacy-centric. They are generally ahead in terms\nof workers\u2019 rights and privacy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\ndepends on the country. Germany is very different than Italy, for example.\nGermany has a rigour they put around security control that, say, Italy doesn\u2019t.\nThe cultural overlays in Germany are very procedural and process-oriented.\nOthers, take Italy again, are less focused on process and are more\nfree-flowing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Different\ncultures even within Europe will deal with cybersecurity challenges\ndifferently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Europe\nis coming from a point of strength around privacy and building their\ncompetencies around cybersecurity. Whereas here in the Americas, we are going\nthe other way. We have a lot of stuff around security and now trying to figure\nout how to build competencies around privacy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\nadvice would you offer somebody aspiring to obtain C-level position in the\nsecurity industry?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work for\na company that really values security and sees it as important to the company\u2019s\nsuccess. And not\njust talk the talk, but also take action around it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here at\nOneLogin I report directly to the CEO. I impact the product roadmap, and I have\nan impact on the sales process and go to market strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The key\nis knowing the business and balancing yourself out as not just a technical\nleader but also as a business leader. Working with a company that values and\nwants your input will be critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be a\nbusiness and tech leader, it\u2019s key to knowing the business inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think\na trend will be as companies who critically need security – the role of\nsecurity leader will elevate in those companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over\ntime, a model like the one that we have at OneLogin will become more common. If\nthe company cares about security, they will need to elevate the security\nleaders\u2019 role to go beyond security and to encompass business leadership as\nwell. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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