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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining us is David Cross, CISO, Atlassian.

In this episode:

• Breaking the Sales Cycle
• Leadership Under Fire
• Predicting the Unpredictable
• Security Startups' Security Paradox

A huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker

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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), principal of Duha. Joining us is Gary Chan, CISO, SSM Health. Be sure to check out Gary's security mentalism website: https://www.gschan2000.com.

In this episode:

• Decision-making with incomplete information
• Translation beats technical expertise
• Influence trumps authority for CISOs
• Technical prowess creates adversaries

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta

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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), principal of Duha. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Kevin Tian, co-founder and CEO, Doppel.

In this episode: 

• AI fraud gets on the juice
• Agentic AI demands a new security mindset
• The new frontier for social engineering
• We still need human verification

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Doppel

Doppel is the first social engineering defense platform built to dismantle deception at the source. It uses AI and infrastructure correlation to detect, link, and disrupt impersonation campaigns before they spread - protecting brands, executives, and employees while turning every threat into action that strengthens defenses across a shared intelligence network.

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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and  Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining them is their sponsored guest, Rajan Kapoor, CEO of Material Security.

In this episode:

• AI creates security's catch-22
• Delegation without abandonment
• Google's security gaps demand better tools
• Trust beats sophistication every time

A huge thanks to our sponsor, Material Security

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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Rob Allen, chief product officer, ThreatLocker.

In this episode:

• Large enterprise security demands drive vendor improvements
• Technical expertise becomes leadership liability without delegation
• EDR evolution needs prevention focus
• Career breaks require personal ownership and strategic timing

A huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker

ThreatLocker® is a global leader in Zero Trust endpoint security, offering cybersecurity controls to protect businesses from zero-day attacks and ransomware. ThreatLocker operates with a default deny approach to reduce the attack surface and mitigate potential cyber vulnerabilities. To learn more and start your free trial, visit ThreatLocker.com.

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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is Peter Clay, CISO, Aireon.

In this episode:

• Purple teaming evolution misses operational realities
• Effective postmortems require systematic failure analysis
• Risk expertise requires business context over methodology
• Compliance and resilience serve different purposes

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Safe Security

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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), principal, Duha. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Edward Wu, CEO and founder, Dropzone AI.

In this episode: 

• Building context-aware verification frameworks
• Understanding why UX fails
• Moving beyond AI replacement narratives
• Building for a crisis

A huge thanks to our sponsor, Dropzone AI

Dropzone AI autonomously investigates every security alert—no playbooks needed. This AI SOC analyst queries your CrowdStrike, Splunk, threat intel feeds, and 60+ other tools to build complete investigations in 5 minutes. Unlike black-box automation, it shows every query, finding, and decision. See it work yourself—explore the self-guided demo at dropzone.ai.

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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Edward Contreras, senior evp and CISO, Frost Bank. Joining us is Anthony Candeias, CISO, Weight Watchers.

In this episode:

• AI agents require structured supervision, not autonomy
• Hiring for potential over credentials in cybersecurity
• AppSec training effectiveness depends on organizational relevance
• AI oversight requires purpose-built models, not general solutions

A huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta

Vanta’s Trust Management Platform helps 10k+ companies—like Atlassian, Quora, and Chili Piper—start and scale their security programs and build trust with buyers. Vanta saves security teams time and improves program visibility by automating 35+ compliance frameworks, such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and GRC workflows, like risk management. Get started at Vanta.com/CISO

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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, the producer of CISO Series, and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining us is Anne Marie Zettlemoyer, former vp of security, Activision Blizzard.

In this episode

• SOC automation: Moving beyond alert fatigue
• The entry-level security talent reality
• Learning from security incidents without blame
• Evaluating security vendor viability and partnerships

A huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker

ThreatLocker® is a global leader in Zero Trust endpoint security, offering cybersecurity controls to protect businesses from zero-day attacks and ransomware. ThreatLocker operates with a default deny approach to reduce the attack surface and mitigate potential cyber vulnerabilities. To learn more and start your free trial, visit ThreatLocker.com.

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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Edward Contreras, senior evp and CISO, Frost Bank. Joining us is Ryan Bachman, executive vice president and CISO, GM Financial.

In this episode

• Identity consolidation versus simplification
• Entry-level pathways into cybersecurity
• Evolution of the CISO role toward business resilience
• Applying simplification principles to cybersecurity complexity

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Doppel

Doppel is the first social engineering defense platform built to dismantle deception at the source. It uses AI and infrastructure correlation to detect, link, and disrupt impersonation campaigns before they spread - protecting brands, executives, and employees while turning every threat into action that strengthens defenses across a shared intelligence network.