Helen discusses the importance of ethics in security teams, vendor relationship goals, and the inherent goodness of the cybersecurity community.

03:17 Part of the CISO role is to translate the business need to the vendor and the vendor product value to the business.

03:49 Higher education cybersecurity risk profiles have a timeline.

07:55 How can vendors really learn how to provide value? Research and understand the CISO, their business environment, and their challenges. And once you’re in, listen.

14:11 Ethics should be a key driving value in the security team and in the vendor product.

Helen Patton Interview Transcript