Episode 264 Deep Dive: Christy Wyatt | Cyber Resilience In Today’s Threat Environment

In this episode, Christy Wyatt, President and CEO of Absolute Security, brings attention to the lack of maturity in the cybersecurity ecosystem compared to the regulatory environment. Her discussion delves into the disparity between the accountability on a Chief Security Officer (CSO) and a Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and the importance of responsible behavior, accountability, and conversations about risk tolerance and investments to mitigate risks in cybersecurity. Christy also emphasizes the need for continuous testing, measuring impact and probability, building roadmaps, aligning risk appetite, and maintaining resilience in the cybersecurity journey. She tackles the significance of cyber resilience in maintaining security posture and responding to incidents, along with the key steps involved.

Christy is President and CEO of Absolute, the only provider of self-healing, intelligent security solutions and the only endpoint provider embedded in over 600 million devices globally.

A Silicon Valley veteran, Christy has deep experience and expertise spanning cybersecurity, enterprise mobility, embedded platforms, IoT, enterprise software, and data science. Prior to Absolute, she served as the CEO of Dtex Systems and Chairman, President, and CEO of Good Technology (acquired by Blackberry). Christy has also held a variety of technology leadership roles at Citigroup, Motorola, Apple, Palm, and Sun Microsystems. She currently serves on the board of directors of LM Ericsson and Silicon Labs, and has previously served on the boards of Quotient Technologies, Good Technology, Dtex, Centrify, and the Linux Foundation.

Christy was recently recognized as CEO of the Year by Globe and Mail. She has also been awarded one of the Top 50 Women Leaders in SaaS in 2019, and has been named one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 50 Women Entrepreneurs of America, Information Security’s CEO of the Year, and a Fierce Wireless “Most Influential Women in Wireless.”