BELRON
Enhancing Belron ’ s cybersecurity journey with new capabilities Still in the early stages of its transformation journey , Foust explains that Belron is keen not to extend itself too much in fear of things slipping through the cracks or technologies being implemented incorrectly .
“ We ' re not trying to push to the bleeding edge because it is a journey for this organisation . I would say probably what has been unique for us is the pace . In two years , we ’ ve accomplished the centralisation of our global cyber function , which is the first function to actually be centralised in that space for technology . That was unlike anything that ' s been done in our technology group before ,” Foust says .
“ The company traditionally has been decentralised so it ' s a new way of operating for both the organisation and the team . It has given us the ability to accelerate capability growth , be it via the deployment of new tools and technologies or new processes . That alone has probably taken a unique approach , in terms of how quickly we ' ve been able to scale , build out a team and create a capability that is really mitigating some of our biggest threats and day-to-day risks .”
One key thing that Foust and his team have been able to implement at Belron to support employees is its Integrated Cloud Email Security capability .
“ Phishing was very prevalent within the organisation , and it created a lot of noise . Integrated email security has been a really
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EXECUTIVE BIO
ANTHONY FOUST
TITLE : GLOBAL CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER
INDUSTRY : MOVH MANUFACTURING LOCATION : NORTH CAROLINA , US
Anthony Foust is a 27-year veteran in Information Technology working across several roles and industries and currently serves as the global CISO for Belron . Anthony obtained his MBA from Elon University with a focus on strategy and leadership as well a Master ’ s degree in Information Security and Privacy from the University of North Carolina Charlotte . He is an active member of the technology community and regularly serves as a guest speaker , panel contributor or moderator . Anthony ’ s current interests have lately focused on governance , risk and compliance in the areas of international Information Security and Data Privacy ( RegTech ).