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Defense in Depth promises clear talk on cybersecurity’s most controversial and confusing debates. Once a week we choose one controversial and popular cybersecurity debate and use the InfoSec community’s insights to lead our discussion.
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Are Phishing Tests Helping or Hurting Our Security Program?
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap). Joining us is Dennis Pickett, vp, CISO, Westat. In this episode: Not all educat…
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Our Guardrails Only Fail When You Try To Go Around Them (LIVE in Seattle)
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode was recorded in front of a live audience in Seattle as part of the National Cybersecurity Alliance’s event Convene. Recording is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Nicole Ford, SVP and CISO, Nordstrom. Joining us is guest, Varsha Agr…
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Who Is Responsible for Securing SaaS Tools?
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Russell Spitler, CEO and co-founder, Nudge Security. In thi…
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Our Cybersecurity Journey Starts With a Single Overworked Staffer
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is Kush Sharma, Director Municipal Modernization & Partnerships, Municipal Information Systems Association, Ontario (MISA Ontario…
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Hiring Cyber Teenagers with Criminal Records
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining us is our guest, Adam Arellano, vp, enterprise cybersecurity, PayPal. In this episode:…
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Red Flag? My Vendor Just Asked for My Mother’s Maiden Name
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is Bethany De Lude, CISO, the Carlyle Group. In this episode: CISOs as storytellers Grinding a CISO’s gears An evolving role Earn…
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What's Working With Third-Party Risk Management?
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Well, I Think My Relationship With the CIO Improved When I Took Their Job
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is Ty Sbano, CISO, Vercel. In this episode: Perception is the reality for insider threats Coaching rather than shaming Working to…
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining me is our guest, Sherron Burgess, CISO, BCD Travel. In this episode: Disingenuous clai…
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I Said I Was Technically a CISO, Not a Technical CISO
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Why Are Fortune 500 Companies Swiping Right on 3-Person Startups?
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Should Deny By Default Be the Cornerstone of Zero Trust?
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We Make Threat Actors Read Our Resiliency Policy Before Attacking Us
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is Patti Titus, CISO, Booking Holdings. In this episode: Defense vs. Resilience Communication is on par with mitigation Preparing…
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Incident Response Is So Important We Might Try Getting Good At It
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Cybersecurity Is a Communications Problem
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Everyone Has a Zero-Trust Plan Until They Get Punched in the Face
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Danny Jenkins, CEO, ThreatLocker. In this episode: The limits of zero-trust Pentesting for SMBs An ounce of prevention is worth a po…
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Do Companies Undergoing a Merger or Acquisition Get Targeted for Attacks?
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Abhishek Agrawal, CEO and co-founder, Material Security. In this episode: What does defense in depth look…
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How to Get the Most for Yourself Through Altruism
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining us is Jana Moore, CISO, Belron. In this episode: SEC disclosure rules require cyber readiness Breaking up the “boys club” Building a threat intelligence ecosystem …
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Jason Clark, chief strategy officer, Cyera. In this episode: Does AI require new security measures? Meeting the new SEC requirements…
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How About This? Only Attack the Endpoints We Configured
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Lamont Orange, CISO, Cyera. In this episode: The data secur…
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The Post-it Note Clearly Says “Don’t Share” Right Under My Password
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Allan Alford, CISO, Eclypsium. In this episode: Evolving public-private partnerships New technology, but not a new challenge Securin…
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is our guest, Ryan Bachman, evp and global CISO, GM Financial. In this episode: A changing of the executive guard? Playing nice w…
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We Want a Solution to Remediate, Not Just Detect Problems
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I’m Rewarding Your Successful Use of the Security Budget by Giving You Less of It
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Ransomware? Why’d It Have to Be Ransomware? (Live in San Francisco)
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How Do We Build a Security Program to Thwart Deepfakes?
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Where Are Secure Web Gateways Falling Short?
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Our Help Desk Plaque Reads “Over 100,000 Threat Actors Served”
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is our guest, Martin Mazor, vp and CISO, onsemi. In this episode: Has the shine worn off the cybersecurity promise of MFA? Why ar…
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Can’t Talk, I’m Onboarding My Kids To Their First Soccer Practice (Live in Mountain View, CA)
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining us is our guest, TC Niedzialkowski, CISO, Nextdoor. In this episode: Has the line between work and personal devices blurred? Why are we seeing signs that that …
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I Really Shouldn’t Have Agreed to Variable Rate Technical Debt
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining me is our sponsored guest, Aaron Shaha, CISO, CyberMaxx. In this episode: Is technical debt an inevitability in any organization? How do you go about "paying i…
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Should CISOs Be More Empathetic Towards Salespeople?
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We’ll Invest in Resilience as Soon as the Ransom Payment Clears
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is my guest, Thom Langford, CISO, Velonetic. In this episode: Why do lots of businesses pledge to never pay ransomware demands? A…
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Managing Data Leaks Outside Your Perimeter
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We Could Lower Risk If We Shrunk Our Business
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining me is our sponsored guest, Matt Radolec, vp, incident response and cloud operations, Varonis. In this episode: Why is retaining cyber talent so hard? How can o…
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining me is our guest, Phil Davis, attorney, healthcare cyber…
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Our Benefits Include Medical, Dental, and Burnout
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Your Biggest Threats Don’t Get a Ransom Payment, They Get a Paycheck
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How to Improve Your Relationship With Your Boss
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post Monte Pedersen of The CDA Group for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining us is our guest, Jerry …
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