In Episode 24 of Tattoos, Code, and Data Flows, Matt Rose interviews Robert Wood, CISO of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Robert Wood leads enterprise cyber security, compliance, privacy, and counter intelligence functions at CMS and ensures the Agency complies with secure IT requirements while encouraging innovation. He has over 10 years of experience in information technology, information security and management consulting. Prior to CMS, Robert has built and managed several security programs in the technology sector. He was also formerly a Principal Consultant for Cigital where he advised enterprises about their software security programs. He also founded and led the red team assessment practice with Cigital, focused on holistic adversarial analysis, helping organizations identify and manage risks from alternative perspectives.

Robert and Matt talk about:

↳ Transitioning from start-ups to working for a federal enterprise

↳ The problem with "zero trust" today

↳ Shifting everywhere in the CI/CD pipeline

↳ Robert's story to becoming a successful CISO

And so much more.

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