CISO Series Podcast
Discussions, tips, and debates from security practitioners and vendors on how to work better together to improve security for themselves and everyone else.
Episodes
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This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Matt Southworth, CISO, Priceline. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Leslie Nielsen, CISO, Mimecast.
In this episode:
- Automating dysfunction
- Leading without dominating
- Unglamorous wins
- Code without comprehension
Huge thanks to our sponsor, Mimecast.
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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Brett Conlon, CISO, American Century Investments. Joining them are Ryan Barras, CISO, Mount Sinai Medical Center.
In this episode:
- Nobody understands what we do
- Someone else should fix this
- Make the audience care
- Speaking CEO
Huge thanks to our sponsor, Dropzone AI
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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining them is their sponsored guest, Danny Jenkins, CEO, ThreatLocker.
In this episode:
- AI for AI's sake
- Stop selling, start protecting
- Stop calling everything sophisticated
- Least privilege, rebranded
Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker
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This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series, and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining us is John Barrow, CISO, JB Poindexter & Co.
In this episode:
- Building unicorns, not hunting them
- Cold War frameworks for modern threats
- Trading dollars for stories
- Mirror, mirror on the wall
Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta
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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), principal of Duha. Joining them is Richard Rushing, CISO, Motorola Mobility.
In this episode
- Mindset over tools
- When hygiene becomes risk
- Systems for actual humans
- Conversations over compliance
Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker
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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), principal of Duha. Joining them is our sponsored guest, Nathan Hunstad, director, security, Vanta.
In this episode:
- Metrics that matter
- Testing for real
- AI as an assistant
- Intelligence without context
Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta
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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Jeff Steadman, deputy CISO, Corning Incorporated. Joining them is Quincey Collins, CSO, Sheppard Mullin. This episode was recorded live at the ISSA LA Summit in Santa Monica, California.
In this episode:
- The foundational debate
- Strength over breadth
- Beyond traditional backgrounds
- Keeping perspective on r...
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This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), principal of Duha. Joining us is Sara Madden, CISO, Convera.
In this episode:
- Optimizing for reality, not idealism
- Engineering governance instead of monitoring compliance
- When AI finds what humans miss
- The measurement problem
Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker
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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Jerich Beason, CISO, WM. Joining them on stage is Jack Leidecker, CISO, Gong. This episode was recorded live at HOU SEC CON 2025.
In this episode:
- The open source sustainability problem
- AI levels the geopolitical playing field
- Cutting through AI vendor hype
- Why the fundamentals still hurt
Thanks to ...
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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Dan Walsh, CISO, Datavant. Joining them is our sponsored guest, Rob Allen, chief product officer, ThreatLocker.
In this episode:
- When EDR gets knocked out
- Red flags in vendor theater
- Configuration chaos
- The sticker problem
Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker
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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis, principal of Duha. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Khush Kashyap, senior director, GRC, Vanta.
In this episode:
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Skip the Sermon
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When to coach versus command
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Making risk quantification useful
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Recognizing a distinct discipline
Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta
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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), principal of Duha. Joining them is Daniel Liber, CISO, Monday.com.
In this episode:
- AI security's blind spot problem
- Vendors don't understand the assignment
- Marketing budgets overshadow actual innovation
- Accuracy versus effectiveness
Huge thanks to our sponsor, Material Securi...
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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining them is Pavi Ramamurthy, global CISO and CIO, Blackhawk Network.
In this episode:
- We can't promise safe, but we can promise ready
- Are we accidentally building security nightmares?
- Being held accountable for things you had no say in
- The safe space problem in vendor eval...
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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining them is Erwin Lopez, CISO, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
In this episode:
- The AI experimentation phase isn't optional
- When selling security becomes the hardest part of the job
- Threat actors aren't hacking in anymore
- We build, we bond, and we can't bear to let go ...
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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis, principal of Duha. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Brian Long, CEO, Adaptive Security.
In this episode:
- Hiring North Korean operatives on a Tuesday
- AI coding and the death of specifications
- Deepfake personas beyond video calls
- The middleman problem with SMS
Huge thanks to our sponsor...
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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis, principal of Duha. Joining us is Jason Loomis, CISO, Freshworks.
In this episode:
- Making organizations take their security medicine
- Building CISO support systems
- Holding the door for humans
- Underappreciated risks: beyond the headlines
Huge thanks to our sponsor, Safe Security
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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining them is Jennifer Swann, CISO, Bloomberg Industry Group.
In this episode:
- Vulnerability management vs. configuration control
- Open source security and supply chain trust
- Building security leadership presence
- AI governance and enterprise risk
Huge thanks to our spon...
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This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining us is David Cross, CISO, Atlassian.
In this episode:
- Breaking the Sales Cycle
- Leadership Under Fire
- Predicting the Unpredictable
- Security Startups' Security Paradox
A huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker
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This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), principal of Duha. Joining us is Gary Chan, CISO, SSM Health. Be sure to check out Gary's security mentalism website: https://www.gschan2000.com.
In this episode:
- Decision-making with incomplete information
- Translation beats technical expertise
- Influence trumps authority for CIS...
All links and images can be found on CISO Series.
This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), principal of Duha. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Kevin Tian, co-founder and CEO, Doppel.
In this episode:
- AI fraud gets on the juice
- Agentic AI demands a new security mindset
- The new frontier for social engineering
- We still need human verification
Huge thanks to our...
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