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Get All the Stress You Want, With None of the Authority

CISOs and other security leaders have a lot of stress. But so do other C-level employees. Why does a CISO's stress seem that much...

We Built This City on Outdated Software

"The biggest threat to national security is that many of the most vital systems on the planet CURRENTLY run on outdated and insecure software,"...

Join CISO Series LIVE in Clearwater, Florida on 01-10-2023

CISO Series is coming to Clearwater, Florida for our first live in person recording at the Convene conference. We're going to be the opening...

Wrong Answers to Revealing Interview Questions

Security leaders will often ask challenging or potentially gotcha questions as barometers to see if you can handle a specific job. They're looking not...

Don’t Make Me Explain This, Because I Can’t

If you know a difficult concept very well and you're incapable of explaining it simply to others who don't understand it, it's known as...

Where’s the “Single Pane of Glass” to My Level of Stress?

CISOs say stress and burnout are their top personal risks. Breaches, increased regulations, and the tech talent shortage are all contributors to the stress....

Cyber Sales ABCs: Always Be Creepy

For some reason, the ABCs of sales ("Always Be Closing") in the world of cybersecurity sales has translated into "Always Be Creepy." Eagerness to...

We Take Security and Privacy Seriously… Seriously.

After every breach, you hear the same mantra from the attacked company: "We take security and privacy seriously." It's lost all its meaning. But...

How to Be a Security Vendor CISOs Can’t Ignore

There are vendors that CISOs can't look away from. Who are they and what did they do to get so much attention from CISOs? This...

I Pity the Fool Who Builds a Homogeneous Cyber A-Team

If you want to build a successful cybersecurity team, you need to be diverse, mostly in thought. But that diversity in thought usually is...

The Cybersecurity Hamster Wheel of Getting Nothing Done

What are signs your team is getting burnt out? It's not an imbalance of work and family, it's feeling you're having no impact. That...

09-22-22: Join Our Live Audience Recording of CISO Series Podcast in Santa Monica, CA

ISSA-LA will be hosting me at their annual ISSA-LA Information Security Summit XII. Come to this fun event where Spark will be joined by...

09-20-22: Join Our Live Audience Recording of CISO Series Podcast in Mountain View, CA

We did it before the pandemic and it's now time to do it again. ISSA Silicon Valley and San Francisco will be hosting David...

Who Do You Need to Trust When You Build a Zero Trust Architecture?

Uggh, just saying "zero trust" sends shivers down security professionals' spines. The term is fraught with so many misnomers. The most important is who...

The Best Interview Questions and the Answers You Want to Run From

You want an awesome job in cybersecurity, and you want to ask the right questions. What are the right answers, and which ones are...