Risk Management, Security Education, and Sales Knowledge with Gerald Beuchelt, the CISO at Sprinklr

29:30 VIDEO

This episode features an interview with Gerald Beuchelt, the CISO at Sprinklr, the leader in customer experience management, serving companies like Microsoft, P&G, and 50% of the Fortune 100. Gerald has nearly 30 years of experience in IT, having served in leadership roles at companies like MITRE, Demandware, a Salesforce company, and LogMeIn. He is also a cyber security consultant and advisor. And in this episode, Gerald is discussing fostering an organization-wide culture of security through effective employee education, communication with leaders, and building trust as a security leader.

Time Stamps

[0:33]
Introducing Gerald Beuchelt, the CISO at Sprinklr
[1:18]
What is the scope of Gerald’s role at Sprinklr?
[3:19]
What is the CISO role like at a company that is purely on the cloud? What are Gerald’s top priorities and concerns?
[6:19]
How does Gerald educate employees on security?
[10:15]
How do you make security relevant from a business perspective?
[12:25]
How do you build trust as a new CISO?
[14:55]
What was Gerald’s path to becoming the CISO at Sprinklr?
[18:33]
Does having experience in sales lend itself to being a CISO?
[22:27]
Gerald shares a story of what happens when you apply old controls to new environments

About the guest

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Gerald is the Chief Information Security Officer/Vice President for Sprinklr's products and corporate assets. In his prior role as Chief Information Security Officer/Vice President for LogMeIn he was responsible for the security, compliance, and technical privacy of LogMeIn's products and corporate assets. Previously, Gerald was Chief Security Officer for Demandware, a Salesforce Company, responsible for security and acting Chief Privacy Officer and Data Protection Officer for Demandware's German subsidiary.

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