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Getting someone to purchase gift cards is a popular vector for theft. Given that the gift card theft technique is so well known, many online sites have put up additional barriers to purchasing gift cards. Trying to buy them legitimately has become increasingly difficult.

This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Our guest is Ariel Weintrab (@securitymermaid), CISO, MassMutual.

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In this episode:

• What areas should we focus on improving the security user experience for non-security people?
• Does it get easier at the top? What factors do you think result in the workload being tougher or easier for a CISO?
• How can radical transparency help and where can it backfire?
• What can we do to avoid poisoned systems and how can we tell if our systems have been poisoned?