Podcasts Technology Defense in Depth Vendor CISOs

Vendor CISOs

Published: March 11, 2021, 11 a.m.

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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series

https://cisoseries.com/defense-in-depth-vendor-cisos/

It\'s hard to be a CISO. But, what\'s it like to be a CISO at a security vendor, doing the hard work while carrying the stigma of being a "vendor"?

Check out\\xa0this post\\xa0for the basis for our conversation on this week\\u2019s episode which features me,\\xa0David Spark\\xa0(@dspark), producer of CISO Series, guest co-host Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn, and our sponsored guest Allan Alford (@AllanAlfordinTX), CTO/CISO, TrustMAPP, and host of The Cyber Ranch Podcast.

Thanks to our podcast sponsor, TrustMAPP

TrustMAPP

Does your board want to see yet more heat maps? No, they do not. They want to see that security investments align with business goals, and that their costs are objectively justified. TrustMAPP\\u2019s data visualization helps you communicate with your board in a way they can understand \\u2013 and approve.

In this episode

  • How to balance being an advocate, an evangelist and an operator
  • Are there really "stigmas" to being a security vendor?
  • What\'s unique to practicing security while being a security vendor?
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