Here are three highlights from the October 22nd, 2018 episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast, “We Get to Know Our Bodies and Our Security Program.” Our guest on this episode is Michael Makstman, CISO of the city and county of…
CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast
We Get to Know Our Bodies and Our Security Program
We Get to Know Our Bodies and Our Security Program
We’re just a bunch of immature teenagers who can’t seem to control ourselves or our security program. We’re definitely exploring new solutions in the latest episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. This show, like all the previous ones…
Behind the Scenes: “CHEAT! Best Practices to Win at Monopoly and Security”
Behind the Scenes: “CHEAT! Best Practices to Win at Monopoly and Security”
Right after we finished recording this episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast at Silicon Valley Code Camp at Pay Pal in San Jose, I tried and failed to get some dirt on my co-host Mike Johnson, CISO of Lyft.…
Best Moments from “Why it’s Critical for CISOs to Proactively Engage with Vendors”
Best Moments from “Why it’s Critical for CISOs to Proactively Engage with Vendors”
Here are a few highlights from the bonus episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast with former guest, Allan Alford, CISO of Mitel. We talked about his experiment to engage with security vendors and how successful it was. Listen to the entire…
Why it’s Critical for CISOs to Proactively Engage with Vendors
Why it’s Critical for CISOs to Proactively Engage with Vendors
This is a bonus episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast with former guest, Allan Alford, CISO of Mitel, who was also the subject of a story I wrote in September entitled “One CISO’s Grand Experiment to to Engage with…
Best Moments from “CHEAT! Best Practices to Win at Monopoly and Security”
Best Moments from “CHEAT! Best Practices to Win at Monopoly and Security”
Three of the best moments from the 10-16-18 episode of CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast with me, David Spark (@dspark), founder of Spark Media Solutions and Mike Johnson, CISO of Lyft. Our guests this week for the show were Ahsan Mir (@ahsanmir), CISO, Autodesk and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CSO, Slack. Listen to the full…
CHEAT! Best Practices to Win at Monopoly and Security
CHEAT! Best Practices to Win at Monopoly and Security
We don’t play fair and we’re not ashamed to admit it. This week’s episode of the podcast is super-sized because it was recorded in front of a live audience at the Silicon Valley Code Camp conference held at PayPal in…
We Acknowledge We’ve Received and Are Ignoring Your Support Ticket
We Acknowledge We’ve Received and Are Ignoring Your Support Ticket
Our CISOs don’t have much confidence they’ll receive any support when they hit the ‘Send’ button on your web form. Got feedback? Join the conversation on LinkedIn This show, like all the previous ones is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark),…
How to Help Your Best Employees Leave
How to Help Your Best Employees Leave
In such a hyper-competitive market for security talent, the natural inclination would be to try everything you can to keep your best employees. Unfortunately, even when you do everything right, your best employees just get up and leave. Can you…
I Wish I Didn’t Post That … But I’m Glad I Did
I Wish I Didn’t Post That … But I’m Glad I Did
We admit we’ve posted some rather embarrassing posts on social media. In particular, my co-host, Mike Johnson, talks about a post he initially regretted, but then realized it’s what brought all of us together. In fact, it’s a post that…