Episode 20: Kai Roer on Building a Security Culture

by Chris Brook on Thursday August 22, 2024

In the latest episode of the Digital Guardian podcast, Kai Roer, co-founder and CEO of CLTRe, gives tips on how to build a security culture, and more.

Welcome to Episode 20 of the Digital Guardian Podcast! On this episode our hosts Will Gragido and Chris Brook chat with Kai Roer, co-founder and CEO of CLTRe, a Norwegian security culture research company, about building a security culture, whether or not there’s a way to measure success when it comes to security cultures, and how human factors, like gender and attitudes, can shape risk.

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Highlights from this episode include:

00:42 - Kai on his background
02:14 - Will asks Kai what he thinks is the most important thing to establish a security oriented culture
04:50 - Kai gives some insight around how gender can play a part in risky behavior online
11:23 - Chris asks Kai if there's a way to measure the benefits of a security culture
21:08 - Kai's advice for CISOs and CIOs in wake of the Equifax breach
28:50 - Are security professionals learning from their mistakes?
40:47 - What are three things an individual could do to truly have a security-infused culture?

Intro/outro music: "Groovy Baby" by Jason Shaw, licensed under CC BY 3.0 US

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Chris Brook

Chris Brook is the editor of Digital Guardian’s Data Insider blog. He is a cybersecurity writer with nearly 15 years of experience reporting and writing about information security, attending infosec conferences like Black Hat and RSA, and interviewing hackers and security researchers. Prior to joining Digital Guardian–acquired by Fortra in 2021–he helped launch Threatpost, an independent news site that was a leading source of information about IT and business security for hundreds of thousands of professionals worldwide.