Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Chris is joined by Kimberly Sims. Kimberly is the Deputy CISO, Director of Cyber Operations and Cloud Security for American Century Investments. Kimberly has over 17 years’ experience in the Financial Services sector. Prior to joining American Century, Kimberly ran the Information Security Program for the second-largest capital market’s desk in the world, responsible for securing systems that process a trillion-dollar debt portfolio.
Kimberly is an advisory member, and IT lead for the Charter for Veterans, a non-profit organization assisting recovering combat wounded veterans. She is an advocate for mentorship and coaching across the security industry and participates in several industry groups. [Aug 19, 2024]
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Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Chris is joined by Kimberly Sims. Kimberly is the Deputy CISO, Director of Cyber Operations and Cloud Security for American Century Investments. Kimberly has over 17 years’ experience in the Financial Services sector. Prior to joining American Century, Kimberly ran the Information Security Program for the second-largest capital market’s desk in the world, responsible for securing systems that process a trillion-dollar debt portfolio.
Kimberly is an advisory member, and IT lead for the Charter for Veterans, a non-profit organization assisting recovering combat wounded veterans. She is an advocate for mentorship and coaching across the security industry and participates in several industry groups. [Aug 19, 2024]
00:00 – Intro
00:22 – Intro Links:
- Social-Engineer.com– http://www.social-engineer.com/
- Managed Voice Phishing– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/
- Managed Email Phishing– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/
- Adversarial Simulations– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/
- Social-Engineer channel on SLACK– https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb
- CLUTCH– http://www.pro-rock.com/
- org– http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/
03:01 – Kimberly Sims Intro
03:49 – Inspired by a Book
05:32 – Making a Giant Leap!
06:59 – Biggest Mistakes
09:14 – Lessons Learned
11:07 – Security Ambassador
13:23 – Overcoming the Fear
15:20 – Executive Order
17:06 – People, Process, Technology
18:38 – Back to Basics
20:11 – Resiliency Programs
23:14 – The Take Home
24:47 – Jump In!
25:46 – Book Recommendations
- Blink – Malcolm Gladwell
- Pitch Perfect – Bill McGowan
- Permission to Screw Up – Kristen Hadeed
27:49 – Mentors
29:12 – Find Kimberly Sims online
- LinkedIn: in/kimberly-sims-733510/
29:26 – Wrap Up & Outro