’Building and Leading Effective Cybersecurity Teams - A How To Guide' with Sonja Hammond

Season Four - In this episode of Talent First, I talk cybersecurity leadership with Sonja Hammond, ORBIE finalist and CISO at National Veterinary Associates. Sonja offers fantastic advice on how to build a cohesive security team and the rewards and challenges of doing this remotely, as well as how to resolve conflicts between team members. We also talk interviewing for fit, and how to identify the right time to move into management. About Our Guest: Sonja Hammond is the Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of IT Architecture and Engineering at National Veterinary Associates (NVA). With 16 years in risk and cybersecurity, Sonja recently expanded her role to include architecture and engineering. A strong advocate of "defense in depth," she is passionate about safeguarding companies from cyber threats. Sonja has held key infrastructure, security and privacy positions at EssilorLuxottica (maker of Ray-Ban and Oakley), Hewlett-Packard, and Callaway Golf Company. Sonja is one of the authors in The CISO Mentor and is a board member of several Dallas area CISO groups.