If we don’t understand the purpose of a privacy policy, why should we bother reading it? We’re claiming the cyber ignorance defense on the latest episode of CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. This episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of…
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Say It Loud! I Didn’t Read the Privacy Policy and I’m Proud!
CISO Series Video Chat: Hacking the Boardroom Meeting
Please join on Friday, November 1st, 2019 at 10 AM Pacific for “Hacking the Boardroom Meeting: An hour of critical thinking about communicating with the C-suite”. REGISTER Joining me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series will be Gary Hayslip (@ghayslip), CISO, SoftBank Investment…
Why Startups Desperately Need CISO Guidance
As a preview for the 10-29-19 episode of CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast, Mike Johnson interviews Roger Hale, CISO in residence for YL Ventures, about his new role and why it’s so critical for startups. Listen to the full episode of…
Defense in Depth: Best Starting Security Framework
If you were building a security program from scratch, which many of our listeners have done, which framework would be your starting point? Check out this post initiated by Sean Walls, vp, CISO of Visionworks, who asked, “If you were building…
I’ll See Your Gated Whitepaper and Raise You One Fake Email Address
We’re all in with not wanting “follow up email marketing” on the latest episode of CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. This episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and founder of Spark Media Solutions and Mike Johnson. Our guest this week…
Highlights from “Are Cybersecurity Sales Incentives Helping or Hurting the Industry?”
Here are 4 1/2 minutes of the best moments from the one hour video-chat webinar “Are Cybersecurity Sales Incentives Helping or Hurting the Industry?” Featured in the video are: Carl Wright, chief commercial officer, AttackIQ Manooch Hosseini, client director, Optiv…
Defense in Depth: Cyber Defense Matrix
A simple way to visualize your entire security program and all the tools that support it. 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 creator of CISO…
WEBINAR: How to Create the Most Attractive Entry Level Cybersecurity Jobs
There is an eagerness to draw in more cybersecurity talent, but heck, to do what? What are those jobs that vendors and CISOs should be dangling out there to attract talent? What can the industry as a whole do to…
Rated #1 in Irresponsible Security Journalism
No security alert is too small for us to completely misrepresent its severity. The sky is falling on the latest episode of CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. This episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and founder of Spark Media…
Defense in Depth: User-Centric Security
How can software and our security programs better be architected to get users involved? 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 creator of CISO Series and Allan…