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How to Uncover Security Concerns When Customers Won’t Tell You

“What are your security concerns?” It’s the one question all security vendors want to know from potential customers. It’s also the one question potential customers…

Best Responses to “Should you Market to the CISO’s Direct Reports?”

Who within an organization should a security firm select to pitch their product? Should they go to the top of the food chain, or start…

Should you Market to the CISO’s Direct Reports?

I challenge the argument that the best targets for security marketing are CISOs and CSOs. Sure, CISOs are making business decisions, but are they the…

Best Responses to “The ’15 Minutes of Your Time’ Request”

The request of “15 minutes of your time” is seen as a gamble hoping that the CISO/CSO will be “nice to you.” Maybe that’s not…

The “15 Minutes of Your Time” Request

As I mentioned in the first issue of this series on the CISO/security vendor relationship, almost all B2B security vendors want to reach CISOs and CSOs…

Best responses to the article “Do CISOs Fall for Obvious Sales Ploys?”

Should security vendors use the same fear tactic on a CISO that they use to scare my mom? Here is my feedback to your feedback…

Do CISOs Fall for Obvious Sales Ploys?

Every time I engage with a new security client, I always ask, “Who do you want to reach?” Inevitably, I get the obvious answer, “We…