All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. What do we need to do to fix our processes to truly reduce risk and vulnerabilities? Check out this  post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Our sponsored guest is Amad Fida (@brinqa), CEO, Brinqa. Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Brinqa Understand your cyber assets, prioritize vulnerabilities, automate remediation, and continuously monitor cyber hygiene across the entire attack surface — infrastructure, applications and cloud — with Brinqa. See how at brinqa.com. In this episode:  What do we need to do to fix our processes to truly reduce risk and vulnerabilities? How to work with all departments to improve process, communication, and motivation? Why does security need to be treated as a function of the enterprise risk program? What are the elements that make a great solution? 

How Must Processes Change to Reduce Risk?

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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining us is our guest, Russ Ayers, svp of cyber & deputy CISO, Equifax. In this episode:   Are we  seeing AI and LLM rapidly push into what was science fiction into production?   What happens as our ability to generate realistic sound, video, and images opens the obvious door for indistinguishable fakes from the real thing?    How do we keep up as security professionals?   What are the security implications for this tech hitting the consumer market?   Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Sonrai Security  A one-click solution that removes excessive permissions and unused services, quarantines unused identities, and restricts specific regions within the cloud. Later, maintain this level of security by automatically enforcing policies as new accounts, roles, permissions, and services are added to your environment.  Start a free trial today! sonrai.co/ciso

How Do We Build a Security Program to Thwart Deepfakes?

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Vivek Ramachandran, founder, SquareX. In this episode:   Are secure web gateways still an effective tool in the enterprise?   As the browser has changed a lot in the last decade, are Secure Web Gateways - SWGs still keeping up?    Why is this a problem?   Does anyone have a better solution?   Thanks to our podcast sponsor, SquareX  SquareX helps organizations detect, mitigate and threat-hunt web attacks happening against their users in real-time, including but not limited to malicious sites, files, scripts, and networks.  Find out more at sqrx.com.

Where Are Secure Web Gateways Falling Short?

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining me is our guest Richard Stiennon, chief research analyst, IT-Harvest. In this episode: In this episode:   Why do so many vendors claim to offer zero-trust solutions?   Is that framework even applicable to some product categories?    Do your eyes roll when you hear "zero trust solution"?   What do most people think it is, and what’s the reality?   Thanks to our podcast sponsor, SquareX  SquareX helps organizations detect, mitigate and threat-hunt web attacks happening against their users in real-time, including but not limited to malicious sites, files, scripts, and networks.  Find out more at sqrx.com.

Understanding the Zero-Trust Landscape

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out  this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Sandy Bird, co-founder and CTO, Sonrai Security. In this episode:   Why does scaling least privilege in the cloud remain challenging?   Is throwing more people at the problem feasible?    How are you managing it?   What aspects haven’t been considered?   Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Sonrai Security  A one-click solution that removes excessive permissions and unused services, quarantines unused identities, and restricts specific regions within the cloud. Later, maintain this level of security by automatically enforcing policies as new accounts, roles, permissions, and services are added to your environment.  Start a free trial today! sonrai.co/ciso

Scaling Least Privilege for the Cloud

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out  this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining me is our guest, Emily Heath, general partner, Cyberstarts. In this episode:   How do CISOs feel about sales pitches?   Do they have legitimate complaints?   When do these legitimate complaints cross the line to sounding entitled?   Do CISOs need to show a little more empathy to sales?   Thanks to our podcast sponsor, SquareX  SquareX helps organizations detect, mitigate and threat-hunt web attacks happening against their users in real-time, including but not limited to malicious sites, files, scripts, and networks.  Find out more at sqrx.com.

How Must Processes Change to Reduce Risk?

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