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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
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  • Do You Think These Compliance Boxes Check Themselves? (LIVE in Clearwater, FL)

    Do You Think These Compliance Boxes Check Themselves? (LIVE in Clearwater, FL)
    Mar 31 2026
    All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Pam Lindemoen, CSO, vp of strategy, Retail and Hospitality-ISAC. Joining them is Jason Mayor, deputy CISO, Raymond James Financial. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the National Cybersecurity Alliance's Convene conference in Clearwater, Florida. In this episode: Coaching securityPlanned security theaterMaking "nothing bad happened" a compelling storyGetting security teams to think like the business A huge thanks to our sponsor, Adaptive Security Sponsored by Adaptive Security – the first security awareness platform built to stop AI-powered social engineering. AI impersonation and deepfakes have made trust the new attack surface. Adaptive runs social-engineering simulations and instantly turns threats, policies, and compliance needs into interactive, multilingual training. Trusted by Fortune 500s. Learn more at adaptivesecurity.com. A huge thanks to our sponsor, Zepo Zepo Intelligence transforms employee behavior into measurable security capability. Moving beyond check-box compliance, our human risk management platform uses hyper-personalized simulations to turn your workforce into a proactive defense layer. We don't just improve human behavior; we enable mastery against modern social engineering threats. Learn more at zepo.ai. A huge thanks to our sponsor, KnowBe4 KnowBe4 empowers workforces to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by over 70,000 organizations worldwide, we help strengthen security culture and manage human risk. Our comprehensive AI-driven HRM+ platform includes modules for awareness and compliance training, cloud email security, real-time coaching, crowdsourced anti-phishing, AI Defense Agents, and more. As the only global security platform of its kind, KnowBe4 utilizes personalized and relevant cybersecurity content, tools, and techniques to keep the modern workforce—both humans and AI agents—cybersafe from phishing, vishing, deepfakes, and all forms of social engineering. Learn more at knowbe4.com.
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    44 mins
  • Why Highlight Diversity When We Can Just Hope You Don't Notice?

    Why Highlight Diversity When We Can Just Hope You Don't Notice?
    Mar 24 2026

    All links and images can be found on CISO Series.

    This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining is Julie Myerholtz, CISO, Brunswick Corporation.

    In this episode:

    • Your cloud, your problem
    • Kill your sacred cows
    • AI broke your vendor math
    • Feedback is a gift. Open it.

    A huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta

    Risk and regulation ramping up—and customers expect proof of security just to do business. Vanta's automation brings compliance, risk, and customer trust together on one AI-powered platform. So whether you're prepping for a SOC 2 or running an enterprise GRC program, Vanta keeps you secure—and keeps your deals moving. Learn more at vanta.com/ciso.
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    38 mins
  • They're Less "Best Practices" and More "Sounds Good on LinkedIn"

    They're Less "Best Practices" and More "Sounds Good on LinkedIn"
    Mar 17 2026

    All links and images can be found on CISO Series.

    This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis, principal of Duha. Joining us is Rebecca Harness, CISO, Deltek.

    In this episode:

    • Let it fail
    • The CIO seat is empty. Now what?
    • Design for how people actually work
    • "We found 23 issues. That'll be $15,000."

    Huge thanks to our sponsor, Strike48

    Strike48 is the Agentic Log Intelligence Platform that actually puts AI agents to work, combining full log visibility with AI agents that investigate, detect, and respond 24/7. With pre-built agent clusters for security and a no-code agentic workflow builder, it's easy to get started. Learn more at strike48.com/security.
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    42 mins
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