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The security vendor/practitioner sales cycle would go a lot faster and smoother if CISOs would just take an "incentive" for a meeting. Just tell me what "incentive" you would like. I'm sure it'll cost me a lot less than what I'm spending on marketing and sales.

This episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson. Our guest is Allison Miller (@selenakyle), CISO, reddit. Allison is available on reddit at /u/UndrgrndCartographer.

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In this episode:

• Relying on the end-user to make an app secure is, in essence, shipping insecure software
• It's official: mandatory password changes are no longer in vogue
• What incentives would you accept to take a meeting with a vendor