Defense in Depth

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Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation for this week's episode co-hosted by David Spark, the producer of CISO Series, and Edward Contreras, senior evp and CISO, Frost Bank. Joining them is their sponsored guest, Snehal Antani, CEO, Horizon3.ai.
In this episode:
Metrics that show risk actually declining
Knowing which altitude you're talking to
Recoverability over control checklists
Proof the program outlives any one person
A huge thanks to our sponsor, Horizon3.ai

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We've all internalized that humans are the weak link in cybersecurity. Why do we not account for that when we're building our cybersecurity programs?
Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week's episode, co-hosted by David Spark, the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap. Joining them is their sponsored guest, Kieran Human, lead cybersecurity engineer, ThreatLocker.
In this episode:
Humans and automation checking each other
Assume the click happens
Catch it in the moment
Take the manual step out entirely
A huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker

An AI-generated attack may be new, but it still needs to execute, access data, and move through your environment. ThreatLocker applies enforceable controls at each of those points, limiting what attackers can do regardless of how their code was created. Book a demo at threatlocker.com/ciso.

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Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation for this week's episode co-hosted by me, David Spark, the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining us is their sponsored guest, Mark Stockley, cybersecurity evangelist, ThreatDown.
In this episode:
The ripple effect
The economics of ignoring SMB
Let the defaults do the work
Accountability doesn't get outsourced
A huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatDown

ThreatDown MDR is a 24/7/365 security analyst service that explains and resolves suspicious endpoint events. Our team of cybersecurity experts delivers proactive monitoring, investigation, and remediation, catching threats before they escalate. With ThreatDown's always-on protection, organizations gain peace of mind and safeguard their data, reputation, and finances - backed by real analyst expertise, not just automation. Learn more at threatdown.com

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LinkedIn used to have a decent reputation among cybersecurity professionals. But lately, it feels like our feeds are relitigating the same debates every day, just with different faces. Has the situation changed?
Check out this post by Allan Alford of NTT Global Data Centers 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 Geoff Belknap. Joining us is Howard Holton, founder, Phronia Counsel.
In this episode:
The clichés that say nothing
A discipline without shared answers
Old topics, new lenses
A people problem, not a security problem
A huge thanks to our sponsor, Teleskope

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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 Steve Zalewski. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Abby Kearns, CEO, ActiveState.
In this episode:
Trust, but nobody verifies
The economics of trust just changed
Implicit trust doesn't scale anymore
Rethinking what "open" even means
A huge thanks to our sponsor, ActiveState

ActiveState gives security and engineering teams a single governed source for open source software. With 79 million components built from source, continuously remediated, and delivered directly into the tools teams already use, ActiveState eliminates the CVE backlog and the developer toil that comes with it. Companies see a 60 to 99% reduction in CVEs and reclaim up to 30% of developer time. Learn more at activestate.com.