Join Us 6-27-25 for “Hacking the Internal Politics of Cybersecurity” – Super Cyber Friday

By
Rich Stroffolino
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Please join us on Friday June 27, 2025 for Super Cyber Friday.

Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking the Internal Politics of Cybersecurity: An hour of critical thinking about why being right doesn’t mean you’ll win.”

REGISTER FOR 6-27-25 Super Cyber Friday

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Joining David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series for this discussion will be:

In preparation for our discussion, think about the following:

  • What strategies help security leaders build effective partnerships with other departments instead of adversarial relationships?
  • How can CISOs better translate technical security needs into business language that resonates with executive peers?
  • How do you navigate when the CEO’s pet project violates security best practices but you’re told to “make it work”?
  • What happens when other departments weaponize compliance requirements against the security team?
  • Why do CISOs get overruled on security decisions they’re supposedly hired to make?
  • How do you handle the IT director who sees security as a threat to their domain?
  • When should you pick your battles versus dying on every security hill? What does that framework look like?
  • How do you build political capital so you avoid becoming the “department of no”?
  • Why does “risk acceptance” often mean “security takes the fall if something goes wrong”?
  • What are the unwritten rules about who actually owns cyber risk in most organizations?
  • How do you manage up when leadership wants “military-grade security” on a shoestring budget?
  • What’s the smartest way to handle vendors who go around you to pitch directly to the C-suite?

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.