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 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:
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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...
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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 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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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining them is their sponsored guest, Rajan Kapoor, CEO of Material Security.
In this episode:
- AI creates security's catch-22
- Delegation without abandonment
- Google's security gaps demand better tools
- Trust beats sophistication every time
A huge thanks to our sponsor...
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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 our sponsored guest, Rob Allen, chief product officer, ThreatLocker.
In this episode:
- Large enterprise security demands drive vendor improvements
- Technical expertise becomes leadership liability without delegation
- EDR evolution needs prevention focus
- Career b...
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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is Peter Clay, CISO, Aireon.
In this episode:
- Purple teaming evolution misses operational realities
- Effective postmortems require systematic failure analysis
- Risk expertise requires business context over methodology
- Compliance and resilience ser...
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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), principal, Duha. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Edward Wu, CEO and founder, Dropzone AI.
In this episode:
- Building context-aware verification frameworks
- Understanding why UX fails
- Moving beyond AI replacement narratives
- Building for a crisis
A huge thanks to our spon...
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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Edward Contreras, senior evp and CISO, Frost Bank. Joining us is Anthony Candeias, CISO, Weight Watchers.
In this episode:
- AI agents require structured supervision, not autonomy
- Hiring for potential over credentials in cybersecurity
- AppSec training effectiveness depends on organizational relevance
- AI...
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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, the producer of CISO Series, and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining us is Anne Marie Zettlemoyer, former vp of security, Activision Blizzard.
In this episode
- SOC automation: Moving beyond alert fatigue
- The entry-level security talent reality
- Learni...
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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Edward Contreras, senior evp and CISO, Frost Bank. Joining us is Ryan Bachman, executive vice president and CISO, GM Financial.
In this episode
- Identity consolidation versus simplification
- Entry-level pathways into cybersecurity
- Evolution of the CISO role toward business resilience
- Applying simplific...
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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is Alex Hall, CISO, Gensler.
In this episode:
- Evaluating secure messaging beyond the app
- Reframing compliance as a business enabler
- Incremental security investment vs. crisis response
- Why culture, not punishment, drives secure behavior ...
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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis, partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Sam Curry, global vp, CISO at Zscaler. This episode was recorded at a Zscaler event in Boston, MA.
In this episode:
- Guardrails for decision making under fatigue
- Preparing for quantum threats
- Strategic use of generative AI
- Reassessin...
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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is Alexandra Landegger, global head of cyber strategy & transformation, RTX.
In this episode:
- A cybersecurity fast-track?
- When Ambition Becomes a Liability
- Giving the CVE Program the Credit It Deserves
- Elevating human cyber talent with...
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