CISO Series Podcast

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series It's all risk, all show, for the entire show. It's just the kind of risk we like to take. This week's episode is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), producer of CISO Series and  Mike Johnson . Our sponsored guest is Derek Vadala ( @derekvadala ), chief risk officer, BitSight . Thanks to our podcast sponsor, BitSight These are c...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series What do you give to the person who wants to learn how to steal everything? This week's episode is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis  ( @csoandy ), operating partner,  YL Ventures . Our sponsored guest Jim Wachhaus ( @imanapt ), risk intelligence evangelist, CyCognito . Thanks to our podc...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series What do you do if your boss gave you a corporate laptop and you fear they installed some tracking software? Should you wipe the drive or simply quit? This week's episode is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), producer of CISO Series and  Mike Johnson . Our sponsored guest is  Purandar Das  ( @dasgp ), co-founder and president, ...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series Risk is scary. Cyber risk is scarier. Not because it's worse, but mostly because we barely understand it. We've gone this long not understanding it. Maybe just ignoring it will allow us to wish it away. On this week's episode of CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast we have our first in-studio guest (since we moved the studio)....

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series There's no question calculating risk is tricky. Because once you understand your risk then you can assign budget appropriately to reduce your risk. OR, you could just wait until you're breached and you'll know exactly what your risk is and how much it costs. This week's episode of CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast is hosted...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series Don't look at me to explain zero trust to you, because I'm just as confused. I've heard plenty of definitions, and they all sound good. I just don't know which one is right, or maybe they're all right. This week's episode of CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast was recorded in front of a live audience at KeyConf at the City Win...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series It's extremely easy to say you want to diversify. In fact, I'll do it right now three times. We want diversity. We're very pro diversity and it's our focus for the next year. Diversity is a very important part of our security program. Please don't ask to though look at the lack of diversity on our staff. It doesn't match our rhetori...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series Do the cybercriminals know my vacation schedule? If they're already in our network, they probably do. Why don't they share their vacation schedule with me. That way we can all enjoy our time off. This week's episode is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), producer of CISO Series and  Mike Johnson . Our guest is  Patti Titus  ( @...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series At one point a sales representative will get so desperate trying to get a reply from a prospect that they'll resort to some tepid attempt a humor. We've all seen the email that is trying to understand why we're not replying. And the salesperson tries to make it easy for the recipient to respond by just pressing a single digit. 1: Yo...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series "Look, you wanna be elite? You have to do a righteous hack." This entire episode we pay tribute to the movie "Hackers" with quotes all throughout the programming. This episode is hosted by me, David Spark ( @dspark ), producer of CISO Series, and my guest co-host Roland Cloutier ( @CSORoland ), CISO, TikTok . Joining us in this disc...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series It's extremely hard to tell if a cybersecurity leader is doing a good job. In fact, it's tough for even them to know. Our best bet is watching for an improvement in the cybersecurity program over time. This week's episode is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), producer of CISO Series and  Mike Johnson . Our sponsored guest is ...

Here's an awesome bonus episode of CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast featured as the closing event at Evanta's Global CISO Virtual Executive Summit. Here's what went down. The day before our recording, three representatives presented their unique and innovative security solutions to a panel of CISOs and the virtual audience in attendance. The next day, everyone came back to offer up a quic...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series What game should we play where we can trust you to behave fairly, but at the same time see how you could take advantage of us? This week's episode is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), producer of CISO Series and  Mike Johnson . Our guest is  Deneen DiFiore  ( @deneendifiore ), CISO,  United Airlines . Thanks to our podcast sp...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series Do you really need hundreds of questions to know if you want to work with a vendor? Won't just two or three well-pointed questions really give you a good idea? This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Our guest is Nick Selby (@fuzzt...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series OK, you showed us our vulnerability. But we really don't want to fix it now. Could we just pay you off to keep quiet, and to buy us some more time to deal with this in a "not so timely" manner? This week's episode is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), producer of CISO Series and  Mike Johnson . Our guest is Sameer Sait ( @same...

No, please not another acronym. I can't take another education cycle on another product segment. Oh, I'm sure Gartner is launching it. And I'm sure they'll make yet another Magic Quadrant to tell us which companies are in this new market segment. And we're going to have to buy this report so we understand this new category so we can create yet another line item on our budget sheet. This week's epi...

You don't want anything to happen, but you also want security to somehow to calculate ROI. Maybe the ROI could be calculated from actual sales that security allowed to actually happen. This week's episode is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), producer of CISO Series and  Andy Ellis  ( @csoandy ), operating partner,  YL Ventures . Our sponsored guest is  Ryan Gurney , CISO-in-residence,  YL V...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series It's imperative we speak to him. We want to make sure they landed safely. And if he has some available time, maybe we can show him our slide deck. This week's episode is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), producer of CISO Series and  Andy Ellis  ( @csoandy ), operating partner,  YL Ventures . Our guest is  Branden Newman , svp...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series I know your friends say they use excellent passwords, but they don't take the time and care we put into choosing the right combination of letters, numbers, and special characters that's unique to your personality. Once your friends and the dark web have a chance to see them, they'll want to emulate you by using your password over an...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series We've heard the question "How secure are we?" many times, and we know what it really means. This week's episode is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), producer of CISO Series and  Andy Ellis ( @csoandy ), operating partner, YL Ventures . Our guest is Kevin Morrison , CISO, Alaska Air . Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Enso Enso ,...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series What questions should we be asking of a consultant's referrals to see if they're really worth the money they're trying to overcharge us? This week's episode is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), producer of CISO Series and  Mike Johnson . Our guest is Ira Winkler ( @irawinkler ), CISO, Skyline Technology Solutions . Thanks to...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series You think it's easy carrying around the burden of being so perfect all the time? It's tough to carry that responsibility to tell others what they need to do. This week's episode is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), producer of CISO Series and  Andy Ellis ( @csoandy ), operating partner, YL Ventures . Our guest is Ed Contreras...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series We know we've got to say something about this breach, but geez, the details are really sordid and it would just be easier if we could just wrap it up with one giant "oops." You cool with that? This week's episode is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), producer of CISO Series and  Mike Johnson . Our sponsored guest is Matt Radol...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series Managing my own risk is tough enough, but now I have to worry about my partners' risk and their partners' risk? I don't even know what's easier to manage: the risk profile of all my third parties or all the exclusions I've got to open up to let third parties into my system. This week's episode is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspar...

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series If I'm going to be riding my team really hard, how much charisma will I need to keep the team frightened so they stay motivated, yet don't want to leave? This week's episode is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), producer of CISO Series and  Mike Johnson . Our guest is Jason Fruge ( @jasonfruge ), CISO, Rent-a-Center . Thanks t...