Defense in Depth

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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 (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining me is our sponsored guest, Spencer Thompson, CEO, Prelude.

In this episode:

• Why does it take so long to integrate new tools and get them up to speed?

• Are we always in a state where we are always lacking readiness?

• What should we be measuring?

• Do we focus too much on singular events?

Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Prelude

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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 (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining me is our guest, Ron Gula, president and co-founder, Gula Tech Adventures.

In this episode:

• Why is it so darn expensive to get any training on the defender side?

• Why is there a mountain of free education for red teaming?

• Shouldn't blue team training should be free or less expensive as well?

• Is this the firewall that's preventing us from having all those cyber experts we so desperately need?

Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Query

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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 (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining me is our guest, Ben Sapiro, head of global cyber security services, Manulife.

In this episode:

• Why do we see a dearth of CISOs listed in executive leadership?

• Is this just a factor of company reporting structure?

• Or do CISOs really not have a seat at the table with the business?

• How do we convince the C-suite?

Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Query

Query Federated Search gets to your security relevant data wherever it is - in data lakes, security tools, cloud services, SIEMs, or wherever. Query searches and normalizes data for use in security investigations, threat hunting, incident response, and everything you do. And we plug into Splunk. Visit query.ai.

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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 (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Matt Eberhart, CEO, Query.

In this episode:

• Isn't the whole point of a single pane of glass making sense of your data?

• But when these dashboards are limited to a single platform, how useful are they?

• Does it seem like all they've led to is more browser tabs or more monitors crowding your analysts?

• We know we want to take action based on our data, so how do we get there?

Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Query

Query Federated Search gets to your security relevant data wherever it is - in data lakes, security tools, cloud services, SIEMs, or wherever. Query searches and normalizes data for use in security investigations, threat hunting, incident response, and everything you do. And we plug into Splunk. Visit query.ai.

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 my guest, Mario Trujillo, staff attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation.

In this episode:

• Data is the life blood of an organization but what happens when you collect too much?

• Do you put risk on both your organization and for any individuals that data belongs too?

• Is it still wise to collect as much data as possible?

• How can CISOs embrace data minimization that doesn't clash with the needs of the business?

Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Material Security

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The Verizon DBIR found that about half of all breaches involved legitimate credentials. It's a huge attack surface that we're only starting to get a handle of.

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 me is our guest, Adam Koblentz, field CTO, Reveal Security.

In this episode:

• Where are we in terms of monitoring anomalous behavior of our users?

• Why are we still struggling to understand what happens after threat actors are in our networks?

• How are new AI-based tools helping us to scale efforts?

• What's working and where do we need to improve?

Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Reveal Security

Reveal Security ITDR detects identity threats - post authentication - in and across SaaS applications and cloud services. Powered by unsupervised machine learning, it continuously monitors and validates the behavior of trusted human users, APIs and other entities, accurately detecting anomalies that signal an in-progress identity threat. Visit reveal.security

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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 (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining me is our guest, Mike Levin, deputy CISO, 3M.

In this episode:

• Why do security startups fail?

• All startups are an inherently risky proposition, but what are the specific challenges for startups in our industry?

• What's unique about cybersecurity startups?

• What's the most common reason you've seen a cyber startup not succeed?

Thanks to our podcast sponsor, RevealSecurity!

Reveal Security ITDR detects identity threats - post authentication - in and across SaaS applications and cloud services. Powered by unsupervised machine learning, it continuously monitors and validates the behavior of trusted human users, APIs and other entities, accurately detecting anomalies that signal an in-progress identity threat. Visit reveal.security

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, Derek Fisher, Executive director of product security, JPMorgan.

In this episode:

• A security program shouldn't stop at compliance, but that doesn't mean we should undervalue it, right?

• Why are we so quick to dismiss compliance as simple check boxes?

• Why is compliance important and why is it often getting a bad name these days?

• What are the elements that make a great solution?

Thanks to our podcast sponsor, RevealSecurity!

Reveal Security ITDR detects identity threats - post authentication - in and across SaaS applications and cloud services. Powered by unsupervised machine learning, it continuously monitors and validates the behavior of trusted human users, APIs and other entities, accurately detecting anomalies that signal an in-progress identity threat. Visit reveal.security

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, Alexandra Landegger, Executive Director and CISO, Collins Aerospace.

In this episode:

• Why do mergers and acquisitions always present challenges to an organization?

• When it comes to cybersecurity, how involved should a CISO be before AND after an acquisition?

• Can cybersecurity considerations make or break a deal?

• What skills did you find yourself flexing with your first M&A experience?

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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 (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Richard Ford, CTO, Praetorian.

In this episode:

• When did we all agree that red teaming was about validating security?

• Does it seem like increasingly red teaming is a catch all term for a whole lot of testing that isn't clearly defined?

• Is this making it hard to see its value?

• Can moving red teaming upstream be more valuable to your organization?

Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Praetorian

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