2023

Can’t You Just Pop Out of Zeus’ Head a Fully Formed Security Professional?

https://cisoseries.com/cant-you-just-pop-out-of-zeus-head-a-fully-formed-security-professional/

This week’s episode is hosted by 
David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Our guest is Joe Lewis, CISO, CDC.

No Need for Chaos Engineering Since Our Architecture Is Always Failing

https://cisoseries.com/no-need-for-chaos-engineering-since-our-architecture-is-always-failing/

This week’s episode is hosted by 
David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Our sponsored guest is Mike Wiacek, CEO, Stairwell.

Why Aren’t You On Slack Where I Can Interrupt You?

https://cisoseries.com/why-arent-you-on-slack-where-i-can-interrupt-you/
This week’s episode is hosted by David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Our guest is Howard Holton, CTO, GigaOm.

This Unwanted Cold Call Made Possible Thanks to This Month’s Sales Quota

https://cisoseries.com/this-unwanted-cold-call-made-possible-thanks-to-this-months-sales-quota/

A CISO calls on security vendors to stop the spamming and cold calling. Are these annoyances the direct result the way salespeople are measured? Is that what drives the desperation and bad behavior? This week’s episode is hosted by 
David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Our guest is Dmitriy Sokolovskiy, CISO, Avid.

Adversaries Beef Up Their Shiny Object Distraction Campaign

https://cisoseries.com/adversaries-beef-up-their-shiny-object-distraction-campaign/
We are all very easily distracted, and adversaries know that. So they’ll try any little trick to make us not pay attention, look away, or do what we’re not supposed to do all in an effort to break our human defenses. This week’s episode is hosted by David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Our guest is Shaun Marion, CISO, McDonald’s.

Cloud Security Reinvented: Jeremy Turner

https://open.spotify.com/episode/47RkcLAiY8RfT5glaFhAsJ
Key insights from this episode featuring Jeremy Turner, Deputy CISO at Paidy:
Security without passwords. "In a market like Japan, things are quite different. Thinking out of the box is probably the most critical skill we need. When we think about the consumer experience, they don't have to deal with [passwords], and that really does remove a lot of friction from the typical flow," Jeremy says.
There's so much potential in the cloud. "Now you can just whip out a prepaid card, get an account, and replicate a whole enterprise. Thanks to infrastructure as code, a lot of things can be consistent. So I think that is the biggest potential for growth — more people having access to the technology."
Understand your assets and data. "Sometimes, it feels like you are trying to fix a plane while it's in flight without it crashing, and it could be very delicate. It really can get complex if you don't understand your critical assets, especially data because we don't want to lose our data."

Stir in a Little Merger and Acquisition, and Voilà, You’re a Target

https://cisoseries.com/stir-in-a-little-merger-and-acquisition-and-voila-youre-a-target/
There is a lot unknown before, during, and after a merger and that can make employees very susceptible to phishing attacks. But, at the same time, the due diligence that goes into an M&A can often open up signs of previous or active compromise, noted Rich Mason of Critical Infrastructure.
What does a proposed merger do to a security program?”
This week’s episode is hosted by David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Our guest is Nicole Ford (@nicoledgray), global vp and CISO, Rockwell Automation.

Cloud Security Reinvented: Jay Thoden van Velzen

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2wmxzrpQspD3wKXzWvN6Gp
💡 Name: Jay Thoden van Velzen
💡 What he does: He's the Strategic Advisor to the CSO at SAP.
💡 Noteworthy: SAP is one of the world's leading producers of software for the management of business processes and a company on a mission to help the world run better and improve people's lives.

Tech Debt Burndown

“Stop calling it technical debt” - Andy Ellis
With intros over, Nick asks Andy about metrics, and Andy immediately responds by saying “stop calling it technical debt”. Executives have an understanding of ‘debt’, and it’s not a bad word for them, it’s what fuels everything around them. Read More…

We’re Here. We’re Highly Unqualified. Get Used To It.

https://cisoseries.com/were-here-were-highly-unqualified-get-used-to-it/
“Does anyone else feel like the security field is attracting a lot of low-quality people and hurting our reputation,” asked a redditor on the cybersecurity subreddit who remembers a time when security personnel were seen as highly experienced technologists. But now they believe people view cybersecurity as an easy tech job to break into for easy money.
This week’s episode is hosted by 
David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Our guest is Stephen Cicirelli, CISO, American Bureau of Shipping.