Adam Isles

Adam Isles is a Principal at the Chertoff Group, where he advises clients on managing security and safety risk. Previously, Adam served as the Deputy Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from 2007-2009. Before joining DHS, Adam served at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he started his legal career as a trial attorney in the Criminal Division in 1997. From 1998-2001, he was also secretary of the G8 High-tech Crime Experts Group. Adam is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

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Cybersecurity

Incentivizing High-Performing Cybersecurity Programs in the Banking Sector

Adam Isles Wed, Nov 2, 2022, 8:01 AM

Recent cyberattacks targeting financial institutions highlight the need for a high-performing cybersecurity program across the banking sector; voluntary programs modeled after anti-terrorism public-private-partnerships can help drive faster and more effective performance.

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Cybersecurity and Deterrence

Enterprise Cybersecurity Measurement

Adam Isles, Paul Rosenzweig Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 11:27 AM

Enterprises can manage, mitigate and monitor their cyber risks by mapping threats and adversary tactics, techniques and procedures to known vulnerabilities. Ultimately, the goal is to have a scalable, reproducible metric for risk.

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