TECHNOLOGY
operating,” she reflects.
going elsewhere.”
“Internally, it takes a lot of relationship building amongst teams to help them
ROBUST SECURITY
realize that we’re not going to slow
The establishment of the General Data
them down or prevent a product from
Protection Regulation (GDPR) across
being launched. We’re going to make
its European operations has seen
sure a product is not recalled because
Finning join the UK government’s Cyber
it was secured at the engineering stage
Essentials scheme which supports
and conception stage, as opposed to
businesses in protecting themselves
when it goes live. Reassurance that our
against common cyber threats. However,
role is not a showstopper to business,
most importantly, it works to ensure that
but is a enabler and can help us win
the business adheres to what Smibert
more business by demonstrating to our
coins as “the most stringent” framework,
customers that we are serious about
where the business has mapped each
their data, their privacy, and are taking
control it needs to follow, and has
control that is above the industry
selected the hardest to achieve, applying
standard. Having these controls in
this to its operations not just in Europe,
place is an incentive for our customers
but worldwide.
to consider us as a provider rather than
“We figure that if we set the bar high
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Suzie Smibert Suzie is a security practitioner with more than 18 years of experience and is currently Finning International Chief Information Security Officer. Working with the leadership team, Suzie provides leadership, vision, strategy and experience for all things security. She and her team are responsible for managing information security risks, protecting information and technology resources globally for Finning.
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