Heineken CISO Champions A New Risk Mindset To Unlock Innovation
Help Net Security, Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
In this Help Net Security interview, Marina Marceta, CISO at Heineken, discusses what it takes for CISOs to be seen as business-aligned leaders rather than technical overseers. She shares how connecting security to business impact can shift perceptions and strengthen partnerships across the company. Marceta focuses on the value of a security culture that supports innovation while keeping risk in check.
What mindset shifts are essential for CISOs who want to be seen as strategic leaders rather than technical guardians?
Entrepreneurship, innovation, creativity and ingenuity are behaviours that are very encouraged and valued in our organization. As you can imagine, they clash with a rigid classical security doctrine in which you want people to follow rules, and not break.