Giving Slack Slack Will Lead Your Teams to Discord

Published: Sept. 5, 2023, 10 a.m.

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Even before the pandemic, we've been increasingly living in online collaboration apps. So why are organizations still making basic security mistakes with them? Is this a case of shadow IT or do these apps present unique challenges?

This week\u2019s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Rich Dandliker, chief strategist, Veza.

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In this episode:

  • We've been increasingly living in online collaboration apps. So why are organizations still making basic security mistakes with them?
  • Is this a case of shadow IT or do these apps present unique challenges?
  • Startups are by nature a risky business, most fail. Why do they?