This is the third episode in our 5-part CISO Challenge Series, featuring in-depth discussions with leading chief information security officers about the major business and cybersecurity challenges that continue to plague security programs around the world.
For those of you who may have missed our previous interviews, we’re basing our discussions on a recent world economic forum report that calls for a new strategic technological approach to addressing five global cybersecurity challenges:
- Increasing sophistication of cyberattacks and cyber adversaries
- Widening cybersecurity skills gap
- Lack of intelligence and operational information sharing
- The inability to assess, communicate and manage the financial impact of cyber events – and thus the business risk to the organization
- Underinvestment and lack of business buy-in

Christopher Gates
Our guest this week is Christopher Gates, Director of Product Security at Velentium – a professional engineering firm that specializes in the design and manufacturing of therapeutic and diagnostic active medical devices.