Category: Podcasts

  • Get All the Stress You Want, With None of the Authority

    Get All the Stress You Want, With None of the Authority

    https://cisoseries.com/get-all-the-stress-you-want-with-none-of-the-authority/ CISOs and other security leaders have a lot of stress. But so do other C-level employees. Why does a CISO’s stress seem that much more powerful? Is it that their job is still in constant development, or is the “C” in their name just in title, but not authority?This week’s episode is hosted by David…

  • Cloud Security Reinvented: Kathy Wang

    Cloud Security Reinvented: Kathy Wang

    https://open.spotify.com/episode/3NhKH69mHwhXI70KgNSc15 💡 Guest: Kathy Wang, Chief Security Officer at Discord💡 Noteworthy: Kathy is a security executive and leader with a strong background in project management, research, and business development. She has worked in government, commercial, and technology startup environments and currently advises startups that offer security services/products. Key Insights ⚡ The importance of access control in security. Improving…

  • We Built This City on Outdated Software

    We Built This City on Outdated Software

    https://cisoseries.com/we-built-this-city-on-outdated-software/ “The biggest threat to national security is that many of the most vital systems on the planet CURRENTLY run on outdated and insecure software,” said Robert Slaughter of Defense Unicorns on LinkedIn. That’s at the core of the third-party security issue.This week’s episode is hosted by David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating…

  • Wrong Answers to Revealing Interview Questions

    Wrong Answers to Revealing Interview Questions

    https://cisoseries.com/wrong-answers-to-revealing-interview-questions/ Security leaders will often ask challenging or potentially gotcha questions as barometers to see if you can handle a specific job. They’re looking not necessarily for a specific answer, but rather a kind of answer and they’re also looking to make sure you don’t answer the question a specific way. Don’t get caught in…

  • I Pity the Fool Who Builds a Homogeneous Cyber A-Team

    I Pity the Fool Who Builds a Homogeneous Cyber A-Team

    https://cisoseries.com/i-pity-the-fool-who-builds-a-homogeneous-cyber-a-team/ If you want to build a successful cybersecurity team, you need to be diverse, mostly in thought. But that diversity in thought usually is the result of people with diverse backgrounds who have had different experiences and have solved problems differently. It’s actually really hard to hire a diverse team because what people want…

  • Who Do You Need to Trust When You Build a Zero Trust Architecture?

    Who Do You Need to Trust When You Build a Zero Trust Architecture?

    https://cisoseries.com/who-do-you-need-to-trust-when-you-build-a-zero-trust-architecture/ Uggh, just saying “zero trust” sends shivers down security professionals’ spines. The term is fraught with so many misnomers. The most important is who are you going to trust to actually help you build that darn zero trust program? Are you going to look at a vendor that’s consolidated solutions and has built programs like this…

  • The Best Interview Questions and the Answers You Want to Run From

    The Best Interview Questions and the Answers You Want to Run From

    https://cisoseries.com/the-best-interview-questions-and-the-answers-you-want-to-run-from/ You want an awesome job in cybersecurity, and you want to ask the right questions. What are the right answers, and which ones are red flags that should cause you to run?This week’s episode is hosted by  David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Our guest is Renee Guttman, former CISO,…

  • It’s OK to Look Like a Cyber Hero. Just Don’t Act Like One.

    It’s OK to Look Like a Cyber Hero. Just Don’t Act Like One.

    https://cisoseries.com/its-ok-to-look-like-a-cyber-hero-just-dont-act-like-one/ Security professionals should turn in the cyber hero mentality for the “sidekick” role. Many cybersecurity leaders believe they need to save the company from all the stupid users who can’t protect themselves. The reality is security professionals should lose the saviour mentality for a supporting role where they’re running alongside different business units trying…

  • When Good Decisions Go Bad

    When Good Decisions Go Bad

    https://cisoseries.com/when-good-decisions-go-bad/ You can make the right decision given the information you have, but everything is a risk, so there are times those good decisions are going to result in not the result you were hoping for. In essence, plenty of good decisions result in poor outcomes.This week’s episode is hosted by David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO…

  • Yuck! Now Everyone Has Touched My Data.

    Yuck! Now Everyone Has Touched My Data.

    https://cisoseries.com/yuck-now-everyone-has-touched-my-data/ What can you do when your data keeps passing through different third party applications? Your data is being accessed and manipulated by more people, more applications, and more security policies that may not be aligned with your security policies. It seems once it leaves your environment, it’s out of your control.This week’s episode is…