Communicating with your IT Department

Listen to learn the steps to improve interpersonal relationships within your IT department.

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Communicating with your IT Department

"It's the nature of our team's roles that there's always going to be trade-offs. It's hardly ever a simple decision between A and B. So you need to lean into that and get more comfortable with ambiguity."

Having clear and open communication with your IT or security team is essential to maintaining a secure business. Although, if the correct steps are not taken, working alongside these teams can be challenging.

Dutch Schwartz (Strategic Lead of Amazon Web Service’ Global Security Services) sits down withHost and Principal Security Analyst Jen Stone (MCIS, CISSP, CISA, QSA) and talk about how to build a straight-forward, strong relationship with your IT and security teams.

Listen to learn:

  • Steps to improve interpersonal relationships within your IT department
  • How to maintain good communication between departments
  • How to approach problem solving tasks with multiple teams

Resources:

Dutch's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dutchschwartz/

Dutch's Twitter: https://twitter.com/dutch_26

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[Disclaimer] Before implementing any policies or procedures you hear about on this or any other episodes, make sure to talk to your legal department, IT department, and any other department assisting with your data security and compliance efforts.