CISO Series Podcast

CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast and Series is available at  CISOSeries.com . Do you want a security vendor that's good at protecting you from malware or a vendor that's honest with you about their failure rates? Whatever happens you'll take it on the latest episode of  CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast  recorded live in NYC for the  NY Information Security Meetup  ( @NYInfoSecuri...

CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast and Series is available at  CISOSeries.com . We've got so much data we've got to liquidate. Whatever private information you want - location, purchase history, private messages - we've got it! Call us now before our users realize what we're doing. Your privacy, unleashed, on the latest episode of CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. Create an economi...

CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast and Series is available at  CISOSeries.com . We're comparing ourselves to media you already know in hopes you'll better understand our product and listen to our show. It's our first self-produced live recording of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast from San Francisco and it came out awesome. This show, like all the previous ones is hosted by me,...

Our new podcast , Defense in Depth,  is part of the CISO Series network which can be found at  CISOSeries.com . This is a special episode introducing this new podcast. To get more of Defense in Depth, subscribe to the podcast . What are the most important metrics to measure when building out your security program? One thing we learned on this episode is those metrics change, as your security progr...

CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast and Series is available at  CISOSeries.com . We don't have to make our software any simpler to use. You just need to get smart enough to use it. We're all attitude on the latest episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. This show, like all the previous ones is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), founder of  Spark Media Solutions  and ...

CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast and Series is available at  CISOSeries.com . Be afraid. Be very afraid of the latest episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast where it's possible that 90 percent of your security breaches are coming from within your own company. This show, like all the previous ones is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), founder of  Spark Media Solutio...

No matter how much money we shove into security, it never seems to fill up. That's good for vendors. Not so good for buyers of security who don't have a bottomless pit of money to fill the bottomless pit of security.   This week's episode is sponsored by Red Canary.  Red Canary is a security operations ally to organizations of all sizes. They arm customers with outcome-focused solutions that can b...

CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast and Series is available at  CISOSeries.com . We're clawing each other's eyes out in the latest episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. This show, like all the previous ones is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), founder of  Spark Media Solutions  and  Mike Johnson , CISO of  Lyft . Our guest this week is Darren Death ( @darrendeath )...

CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast and Series can be found at  CISOSeries.com . A newly proposed provision in the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) could result in jail time for intentional data privacy violations. We're not scared. We're still peeping into your digital lives on the latest episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. This show, like all the previous ones is h...

CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast and Series has moved to  CISOSeries.com . Tired of deleting pages of vendor pitches? Wouldn't it be more efficient if  you could see them altogether on one screen so you could simply choose which ones to ignore? We're improving vendor non-engagement efficiency in the latest installment of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. This show, like all t...

CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast and Series has moved to  CISOSeries.com . If we let you know that 90 percent of break-ins happen because of a little known threat we happen to mitigate, you'd purchase our product, right? Ignore basic security practices as you listen to the latest episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. This show, like all the previous ones is hosted by m...

CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast and Series has moved to  CISOSeries.com . We're no longer buying their albums because we've had enough of the "can do no wrong" toxic culture of cybersecurity rock stars. On this episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast we are elevating the little known indie InfoSec professionals. This show, like all the previous ones is hosted by me,  Dav...

CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast and Series has moved to  CISOSeries.com . Why is our financial institution sending us an email suggesting we click on a link to log into our account? On this episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast we educate your customers and your marketing department about suspicious looking emails. This show, like all the previous ones is hosted by me,...

CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast and Series has moved to CISOSeries.com . Why were we brought to this event? Why can't we leave? I don't think we have enough clues to get out of this vendor meeting. We struggle to remember our safe word in the latest episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. This show, like all the previous ones is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ),...

CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast and Series has moved to CISOSeries.com . We gear up in HAZMAT suits and get ready for some dangerous USB drive analysis. We're taking all precautions on the latest episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. This show, like all the previous ones is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), founder of  Spark Media Solutions  and  Mike Johnson ,...

We're just a bunch of immature teenagers who can't seem to control ourselves or our security program. We're definitely exploring new solutions in the latest episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. This show, like all the previous ones is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), founder of  Spark Media Solutions  and  Mike Johnson , CISO of  Lyft . Our guests this week is Michael...

This is a bonus episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast with former guest, Allan Alford , CISO of Mitel , who was also the subject of a story I wrote in September entitled "One CISO's Grand Experiment to to Engage with Security Vendors."  At that end of that discussion, Alford and I agreed that I would follow up with him in a month to see how the experiment went. This conversation...

Check out more at our site CISOseries.com . We don't play fair and we're not ashamed to admit it. This week's episode of the podcast is super-sized because it was recorded in front of a live audience at the Silicon Valley Code Camp conference held at PayPal in San Jose. This show, like all the previous ones is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), founder of  Spark Media Solutions  and  Mike Jo...

Our CISOs don't have much confidence they'll receive any support when they hit the 'Send' button on your web form.  Check out our NEW SITE: CISOseries.com This show, like all the previous ones is hosted by me,  David Spark  ( @dspark ), founder of  Spark Media Solutions  and  Mike Johnson , CISO of  Lyft . Our guest this week is Aaron Peck , CISO of Shutterfly . Special thanks to our sponsor, Conn...

In such a hyper-competitive market for security talent, the natural inclination would be to try everything you can to keep your best employees. Unfortunately, even when you do everything right, your best employees just get up and leave. Can you and should you fight it? Or should you go out of your way to make the exit as smooth as possible for your staff? What's the benefit to you when they do lea...

We admit we've posted some rather embarrassing posts on social media. In particular, my co-host, Mike Johnson, talks about a post he initially regretted, but then realized it's what brought all of us together. In fact, it's a post that initiated much of the discussion we're having today about the relationships between CISOs and security vendors. On this week's episode of the CISO/Security Vendor R...

With absolutely no irony three white men discuss the value of diversity in cybersecurity in the latest episode of CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. So before you tell me we're three white men talking about diversity, I'm letting you know ahead of time we're three white men talking about diversity. We have no shame! On this episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast, we debat...

We have an exciting announcement. Our latest version of the podcast is packed with new features and they're riddled with security holes. We know you wanted the features. The security vulnerabilities are just a bonus. On this episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast, we discuss: Cybersecurity burnout: How bad is it? What can be done to mitigate it? And what are the warning signs? Al...

Security is suffering from a serious Rodney Dangerfield "I get no respect" problem. What has often been seen as the department of "no" is struggling under that brand image. That's probably because security is often seen as an inhibitor rather than an enabler. If InfoSec wants to fix that perception, it'll be their responsibility to dig themselves out. Here's what you'll hear on the latest episode...

This is an extra segment we recorded with Dan Glass , former CISO, American Airlines for our last episode. It didn't make it into the last episode, but I thought it was still worthwhile to release as a short bonus mini episode of only four minutes. As always, the show includes myself, David Spark , founder, Spark Media Solutions and Mike Johnson , CISO, Lyft . Enjoy.