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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining is Sara Madden, CISO, Convera. This episode was recorded live at BSidesSF 2026.

In this episode:

• Playing vendor roulette
• Confident and wrong
• Making conferences count
• The stakes problem in tabletops

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