Bethany Mayer: On Cybersecurity Governance, Risk and Strategy.
Welcome to the Boardroom Governance Podcast. I’m your host, Evan Epstein. In this episode, I talk with Bethany Mayer, a Silicon Valley-based corporate director with 30 years of experience in general management, marketing, product development and operations. She previously held executive roles at HP, Cisco, Blue Coat, Apple, and start-ups. Bethany has served on several public and private company boards, including at Ixia, Pulse Secure and Marvell Semiconductor. She currently serves as the Chair of the board of Box, and is a director at Sempra Energy, Ambri and Lam Research. In this podcast, we talk about her career including her board journey in public and private company boards. We also discuss her focus on cybersecurity matters including the evolution and scope of breaches, and her view on the board’s role in risk management and cybersecurity oversight. We address some of the major cybersecurity challenges going forward, the SEC’s proposal on board expertise in cybersecurity, geopolitical issues and some of the new challenges arising with Artificial Intelligence (AI). If you like this show, please consider subscribing, leaving a review or sharing this podcast on social media. You can find all the show notes on the website boardroom-governance.com and please feel free to subscribe to the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at evanepstein.substack.com