The average company now runs 60+ cybersecurity tools — more apps than most people have on their phone. Is this making us safer… or just creating chaos, alert fatigue, and million-dollar shelf ware?

In this episode, Damian, Troy, and Fern rip apart the tool sprawl epidemic: why CISOs are drowning in overlapping platforms, how 7% of IT budget became the “standard,” when best-of-breed actually beats single-vendor, and how to start consolidating before you go insane.

Real talk from three practitioners who’ve lived the nightmare.

Timestamps (short & sweet edition)

00:00 – 60+ tools per company… are we actually safer?

03:17 – The 7% of IT budget “rule” – is it enough?

06:21 – Cybersecurity isn’t insurance, it’s risk mitigation

11:05 – Shelfware nightmare: tools bought, never used

14:30 – Single-vendor vs best-of-breed debate

28:40 – The shiny new toy problem every CISO faces

36:20 – Analyst alert fatigue is real

40:05 – Best-of-breed wins when tools actually talk

47:36 – You need a 3–5 year roadmap (even if you won’t be there)

49:02 – AI wasn’t on anyone’s 5-year plan… now what?

51:09 – Pro tips for CISOs & analysts

54:35 – Wrap-up & see you next week!

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