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The New CISO Podcast with guest Larry Pfeifer

  • Sep 05, 2024
  • 1 minute to read

Episode 118

In this episode of The New CISO, host Steve Moore sits down with Larry Pfeifer, CEO and President of Metrics That Matter, for a deep dive into the evolving role of the CISO and the increasing importance of cybersecurity insurance. Larry offers valuable insights drawn from his unconventional career in cybersecurity, sharing advice for CISOs and entrepreneurs alike. From the need for CISOs to shift from awareness providers to business decision-makers, to the surprising connection between cybersecurity and insurance, this episode is packed with thought-provoking discussions.

Listen to Steve and Larry explore the intersection of risk, metrics, and cybersecurity decision-making, and how customer service strategies from the Ritz-Carlton are being applied to improve client relations in cybersecurity.

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Larry Pfeifer

Over 26 years of experience in IT and Cyber security, Larry Pfeifer is recognized as a leader in helping people trying to solve issues. As a proud New Jersey native, Larry joined the Navy in 1993 and started a career in IT. After serving he held positions at Widener University, Nortel, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, BlueCoat systems and CrowdStrike. Working as an end user, manager, engineer, sales engineer, account manager and sales manager gives Larry a 360 degree view of all sides of IT. Larry started Consortium with the one and only goal, Helping People. His altruistic views came from starting a homeless feeding in Camden NJ and decided to start Consortium Networks as an avenue to continue to help the members, partners and others. Larry resides in southern New Jersey, active in his community, charities and family.

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