How Risk Quantification Tests Your Reasonable Cyber Defense
Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 1:30 P.M. ET
Looking to ensure your organization's cyber defenses are "reasonable?" You can't just implement security controls. You must test them in the context of your cyber defense program so that you can evaluate and validate your approach.
In this webinar, we'll discuss the importance of testing your cyber defenses using risk analysis. We'll also cover how you can streamline the testing process, identify gaps, and demonstrate compliance to industry standards using leading tools and resources offered by the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®).
By attending this webinar, you'll learn:
- Why testing the reasonableness of your cyber defense program matters
- Which methodologies you can use to evaluate your reasonable cyber defenses
- Which CIS tools and resources you can use to support both your implementation of and testing for reasonable cyber defense
About Our Presenters
Sean Atkinson
Chief Information Security Officer, Center for Internet Security (CIS)
Sean Atkinson is Chief Information Security Officer of CIS. He uses his broad cybersecurity expertise to direct strategy, operations, and policy to protect CIS’s enterprise of information assets. His job responsibilities include risk management, communications, applications, and infrastructure. Prior to CIS, Sean served as the Global Information Security Compliance Officer for GLOBALFOUNDRIES, serving Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) across the globe.
Prior to GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Sean led the security implementation for the New York State Statewide Financial System (SFS) implementation from 2007 to 2014. His last role and responsibility was as the Internal Control, Risk, and Information Security Manager.
Susan Lindquist
Cybersecurity Solutions Engineering Team Lead, CIS
Susan Lindquist has held her current role of Cybersecurity Solutions Engineer at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®) since 2019. Susan has obtained GIAC certification in Information Security Fundamentals (GISF) and is also ITIL-certified. Prior to CIS, Susan was a solutions engineer for Datto (formerly Autotask) for almost 10 years, specializing in PSA (Professional services automation) and data backup/recovery solutions.
