Michael Piacente
Contributor, Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast | CISO Circuit Series
Michael Piacente is the Managing Partner and co-founder of Hitch Partners, a global retained executive search firm focused on the security leadership community. Michael and his team have completed more than 100 CISO, technology executive, and board level searches. In addition, Michael provides advisory and mentorship to security startups and security executives on hiring/interview training, negotiations, personal branding, and board level communication.
Michael has been in technology executive search since 2004 and has focused exclusively on Information Security and Business Technology leadership engagements. Prior to his executive recruiting career Michael was an IT practitioner in enterprise storage and within the data center infrastructure operations space. Michael participates on the Boards of four privately-held companies primarily founded by CISOs. Originally from the East Coast, Michael is now based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
About the CISO Circuit Series on the Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast
Sean Martin and Michael Piacente will join forces roughly once per month to discuss everything from looking for a new job, entering the field, finding the right work/life balance, examining the risks and rewards in the role, building and supporting your team, the value of the community, relevant newsworthy items, and so much more. Join us to help us understand the role of the CISO so that we can collectively find a path to Redefining CyberSecurity. If you have a topic idea or a comment on an episode, feel free to contact Sean Martin.
About The Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast
A podcast hosted by Sean Martin with series contributions by Michael Piacente
Have you ever thought that we are selling cybersecurity insincerely, buying it indiscriminately, and deploying it ineffectively?
For cybersecurity to be genuinely effective, we must make it consumable and usable. We must also bring transparency and honesty to the conversations surrounding the methods, services, and technologies upon which businesses rely. If we are going to protect what matters and bring value to our companies, our communities, and our society, in a secure and safe way, we must begin by operationalizing security.
Executives are recognizing the importance of their investments in information security and the value it can have on business growth, brand value, partner trust, and customer loyalty.
Together with executives, lines of business owners, and practitioners, we are Redefining CyberSecurity.
