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How to CISO, Volume 1: The First 91 Days
Just want to download the eBook? Head over to How to CISO, Volume 1: The First 91 Days! It seems to be a rite of passage for all CISOs to, at some point in their career, write down their advice for other CISOs starting a new job, whether they are a first-time or veteran CISO.…
Security Talks
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This talk delves into the intersection between security–helping make wiser risk choices–and leadership–getting more done with a lower energy cost. It draws on the lessons of the Six Leadership Disciplines and Humans are Awesome at Risk Management talks, providing a handful of examples of specific leadership skills to practice. The 24 skills in the matrix…
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Summary Everybody sells, right? Wrong. Unless you’re taking an order and retiring your quota, you don’t sell – instead, you market. If you’re selling to a CISO, you need to understand the organizational dynamics that surround a CISO’s decision-making process. This talk walks through nine critical questions that CISOs need to understand the answers to…
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The Untold Story of Fantastical Social Engineering. Hidden inside the story of Harry Potter is a most subtle of social engineering attacks. Explore how J.K. Rowling hid the world’s greatest villain in plain sight. This talk explores the world of Harry Potter from a different angle: that of the villain. In this talk, given in…
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How do you know what to invest in next, or whether the time and energy that you’re spending on a security technology or program is a good investment? Learn how veteran CSOs think about security investments, and develop your own rubric for evaluating where to best make your next security improvement.
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How do you design defenses against DDoS? And how do you think about them from a policy perspective?
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How do humans make risk decisions, and are they good, bad, or something else?
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How do the grand challenges of the future look like the grand challenges of the past?
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What does a Zero Trust journey look like? Explore how we migrated Akamai to a zero trust network access model, before that was even a phrase people knew.
Security Panels
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Investing in Solutions for Tomorrow’s Attacks
Potential investors in the cybersecurity sector need a deep understanding of what the pinch points are for cybersecurity practitioners. Andy Ellis, a 20-year CSO at Akamai who is now an operating partner at YL Ventures, discusses what cybersecurity sectors are attracting investment – and why.
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Scaling Security Programs in High Growth Companies
This webinar discusses the challenges of scaling security programs in high-growth companies, featuring insights from security experts from HashiCorp and Robinhood.
Security Blog
Security Podcasts
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Are You Attending the “What to Worry About Next” Security Conference?
https://cisoseries.com/are-you-attending-the-what-to-worry-about-next-security-conference/ 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 Jason Witty, CSO, USAA. Full transcript [Voiceover] Best advice for a CISO. Go! [Jason Witty] Don’t try to prevent everything. I would spend probably about roughly 40 to 45% of your budget on prevention. Probably more like 40…
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Cloud Security Reinvented: Renee Guttman
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2lNsoo9AFEHvYahkr2YBNR Episode Summary Over a long security career, not only do professionals grow and change, but the world they’re operating within also changes. And talking about security, we are witnesses to the transition from local software to cloud security. The cloud brought new trends in solving security problems. But certain practices from the pre-cloud era…
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How to Be So Awesome CISOs Can’t Ignore You
https://cisoseries.com/how-to-be-so-awesome-cisos-cant-ignore-you/ 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 Katie Stebbins (@ktlgs), board president, Global Epic. Full transcript [Voiceover] Ten second security tip. Go. [Katie Stebbins] Make cyber security friends, not enemies, inside your organization. Be friends with the people trying to help you do responsible cyber security.…