Month: May 2025

ABSTRACT

CISOs and enterprise security teams have never had more frameworks, standards, and tools to help them than they do today. So then, operating an enterprise cybersecurity program must be easier now, right? Join Tim Rains, an industry cybersecurity veteran and author, as he examines whether this is the case and highlights some of the challenges CISOs face.

BIOGRAPHY

Tim Rains is an internationally recognized cybersecurity executive, advisor, and author.

Currently, Tim is Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at ADT – the largest security and automation company in the United States, protecting 6.5 million households. In this role, Tim leads enterprise cybersecurity and product security.

Previously, Tim was Vice President Trust & Cyber Risk at T-Mobile where he led cybersecurity strategy, architecture, assurance, risk management, compliance, and the Business Information Security Officer function. T-Mobile has the largest 5G network in the world. While Tim was at T-Mobile, he was appointed to serve on a subcommittee of the President of the United States’ National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) that developed recommendations to the President focused on improving national cybersecurity.

Prior to T-Mobile, Tim held cybersecurity leadership positions at both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft. At AWS, Tim was the Global Security and Compliance Leader for Worldwide Public Sector, where he spent 3 years living in London.
In the 17 years Tim spent at Microsoft, he held numerous roles including Global Chief Security Advisor, Director of Security, Identity, and Enterprise Mobility, Director of Trustworthy Computing, and founding Technical Lead of Microsoft’s customer facing Cybersecurity Incident Response Team.

Tim is the author of the popular book, now in its second edition, “Cybersecurity Threats, Malware Trends, and Strategies” published by Packt Publishing.