Category: CISO Series

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…

https://cisoseries.com/we-built-this-city-on-outdated-software/ “The biggest threat to national security is that many of the most vital systems on the planet CURRENTLY run on outdated and insecure software,” said Robert Slaughter of Defense Unicorns on LinkedIn.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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

https://cisoseries.com/what-does-it-cost-to-prove-security-is-working/ 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 John McClure (@johnmcclure00), CISO, Sinclair Broadcast Group. Full transcript [Voiceover] What I love about cyber security. Go! [John McClure] Yeah, I think what I love most is really the challenge, how quickly the field is moving. Every day is…