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CISO Series Podcast

CISO Series Podcast

By: David Spark Mike Johnson and Andy Ellis
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Discussions, tips, and debates from security practitioners and vendors on how to work better together to improve security for themselves and everyone else.2018-2025 CISO Series Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Secure by Design. Ignored by Default.
    Aug 18 2026

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    This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis, principal of Duha. Joining is Julie Davila, president, Security Tinkerers.

    In this episode:

    • Two paths, one dead end
    • One size fits nobody
    • Own it or orphan it
    • The agent you should worry about

    A huge thanks to our sponsor, Guardsquare

    Guardsquare delivers mobile app security without compromise, providing advanced protections for both Android and iOS apps. From app security testing to code hardening to real-time visibility into the threat landscape, Guardsquare solutions provide enhanced mobile application security from early in the development process through publication. Learn more about how to protect your app at Guardsquare.com/CISO.

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    38 mins
  • Why Solve Your Problems When We Can Just Scare You?
    Aug 11 2026

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    This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining us is Nada Noaman, SVP and CISO, Estee Lauder Companies.

    In this episode:

    • Skipping the apprenticeship
    • Privileged users nobody manages like one
    • Findings without the authority to fix them
    • Security was always behavioral

    A huge thanks to our sponsor, Native

    The Cloud Security Control Plane. Native helps enterprises turn built-in cloud security controls into active, operational defenses across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and OCI, so teams can enforce secure-by-design architecture at the source, preview impact before rollout, and keep guardrails aligned as cloud environments change. Learn more at native.security.

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    41 mins
  • See, Our Compliance Framework Includes a Checkbox for Resilience
    Aug 4 2026

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    This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Khush Kashyap, senior director of GRC at Vanta.

    In this episode:

    • Running up the token meter
    • Some risks resist a price tag
    • Resilience isn't a vacation policy
    • Compliance is the wrong finish line

    A huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta

    Still stuck on the quarterly audit treadmill? Meet Calm-pliance. Vanta combines compliance, risk, and proof on one Agentic Trust Platform—and continuously monitors your controls, keeping you audit-ready all year round. Find your Calm-pliance here.

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    44 mins
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