Please join us on Friday August 8, 2025 for Super Cyber Friday.
Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking Toxic Culture: An hour of critical thinking about how and why we poison the well in cybersecurity.”
Joining Rich Stroffolino, producer of CISO Series for this discussion will be:
- Mike Lockhart, CISO, EagleView
- Ross Young, CISO-in-residence, Team8
Got feedback? Join the conversation on LinkedIn.
In preparation for our discussion, think about the following:
- What are the early warning signs that team culture is heading in the wrong direction?
- How do you create an environment where team members feel comfortable reporting mistakes or near-misses?
- How do you balance the urgency of security work with sustainable team practices?
- What’s the most effective way you’ve seen to onboard new security team members?
- How do you foster collaboration between security and other departments without creating an “us vs. them” mentality?
- What role should mentorship play in developing a positive security culture?
- How can security leaders model the behavior they want to see in their teams?
- How do you maintain team morale during extended incident response or busy periods?
- How do you design processes that support both security outcomes and team wellbeing?
- What role should professional development play in maintaining a healthy team culture?
- What would you want new CISOs to know about building healthy team culture?
It all starts at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM Pacific. At the end of the hour [2 PM Eastern/11 AM Pacific] we’ll switch gears to our meetup where everyone will get a chance to chat face to face.
ALSO…
- Best bad ideas get first responses in “Department of YES” or “Beat the Bad Idea”.
- The BEST bad idea wins an award and a really awesome CISO Series jacket. Also, if you register early by the Tuesday (5pm PT) of that week’s video chat, you will be entered into a raffle where one lucky register will win a jacket (Winners must be US residents. Repeat winners get a $25 Amazon gift card).
Super Cyber Fridays are open discussions where all viewers and listeners are welcome to become participants. Before the scheduled event, connect your webcam and microphone (avoid Bluetooth). During the discussion, if you have a question or comment, let it be known in the chat room and our producer will do his best to get as many of you into the conversation. We look forward to you joining us.