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Defense in Depth

David Spark, Steve Zalewski, Geoff Belknap

Defense in Depth promises clear talk on cybersecurity"s most controversial and confusing debates. Once a week we choose one controversial and popular cybersecurity debate and use the InfoSec community"s insights to lead our discussion.

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All Episodes

27:46

Improving the Responsiveness of Your SOC

Defense in Depth ·

2024/03/21

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining me is our sponsored guest, Spencer Thompson, CEO, Prelude. In this episode: Why does it take so long to integrate new tools and get them up to speed? Are we always in a state where we are always lacking readiness? What should we be

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29:22

The Demand for Affordable Blue Team Training

Defense in Depth ·

2024/03/14

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining me is our guest, Ron Gula, president and co-founder, Gula Tech Adventures. In this episode: Why is it so darn expensive to get any training on the defender side? Why is there a mountain of free education for red teaming? Shouldn’t

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33:04

Why are CISOs Excluded from Executive Leadership?

Defense in Depth ·

2024/03/07

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining me is our guest, Ben Sapiro, head of global cyber security services, Manulife. In this episode: Why do we see a dearth of CISOs listed in executive leadership? Is this just a factor of company reporting

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30:44

What Is Your SOC's Single Search of Truth?

Defense in Depth ·

2024/02/29

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Matt Eberhart, CEO, Query. In this episode: Isn't the whole point of a single pane of glass making sense of your data? But when these dashboards are limited to a single platform, how useful are they? Does it

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34:49

When Is Data an Asset and When Is It a Liability?

Defense in Depth ·

2024/02/22

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining me is my guest, Mario Trujillo, staff attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation. In this episode: Data is the life blood of an organization but what happens when you collect too much? Do you put risk on

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34:01

Tracking Anomalous Behaviors of Legitimate Identities

Defense in Depth ·

2024/02/15

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. The Verizon DBIR found that about half of all breaches involved legitimate credentials. It’s a huge attack surface that we’re only starting to get a handle of. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining me is our guest, Adam Koblentz, field CTO, Reveal Security. In this episode:

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31:43

Why Do Cybersecurity Startups Fail?

Defense in Depth ·

2024/02/08

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining me is our guest, Mike Levin, deputy CISO, 3M. In this episode: Why do security startups fail? All startups are an inherently risky proposition, but what are the specific challenges for startups in our

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33:33

Is "Compliance Doesn't Equal Security" a Pointless...

Defense in Depth ·

2024/02/01

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining me is our guest, Derek Fisher, Executive director of product security, JPMorgan. In this episode: A security program shouldn't stop at compliance, but that doesn't mean we should undervalue it, right? Why

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30:33

CISOs Responsibilities Before and After an M&A

Defense in Depth ·

2024/01/25

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining me is our guest, Alexandra Landegger, Executive Director and CISO, Collins Aerospace. In this episode: Why do mergers and acquisitions always present challenges to an organization? When it comes to

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31:34

Use Red Teaming To Build, Not Validate, Your Security...

Defense in Depth ·

2024/01/18

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Richard Ford, CTO, Praetorian. In this episode: When did we all agree that red teaming was about validating security? Does it seem like increasingly red teaming is a catch all term for a whole lot of testing

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31:36

The Do's and Don'ts of Approaching CISOs

Defense in Depth ·

2024/01/11

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining us is our guest, Adam Glick, CISO, PSG. In this episode: Vendors need to reach out to CISOs, but what does a successful approach look like? Do vendors often spray and pray with outreach, rather than doing a bare minimum of research?

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30:30

Doing Third Party Risk Management Right

Defense in Depth ·

2024/01/04

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining me is our guest, Erik Decker, CISO, Intermountain Health. In this episode: Why are we all struggling trying to manage third-party risk? Why do the hated questionnaires seem like compliance checkbox efforts

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33:07

Warning Signs You're About To Be Attacked

Defense in Depth ·

2023/12/14

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining me is our sponsored guest, Trevor Hilligoss, senior director of security research, SpyCloud. In this episode: What are the things that raise red flags that you're about to experience an attack? What signals set off your Spidey sense that

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30:48

Do We Have to Fix ALL the Critical Vulnerabilities?

Defense in Depth ·

2023/12/07

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining me is our guest, David Christensen, VP, CISO, PlanSource. In this episode: How do you actually focus your patching efforts on the vulnerabilities that are seen as universally holding the most risk? With

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32:38

Mitigating Generative AI Risks

Defense in Depth ·

2023/11/30

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining us is our guest, Jerich Beason, CISO, WM. In this episode: Does generative AI come with a new set of risks? How can we address these risks to take advantage of its benefits? How do we approach a much

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29:57

Building a Cyber Strategy for Unknown Unknowns

Defense in Depth ·

2023/11/16

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Himaja Motheram, Censys. In this episode: How can one create a security program around unknown problems? Don’t we know a lot of the things we lack visibility into that can cause

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33:23

Responsibly Embracing Generative AI

Defense in Depth ·

2023/11/09

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Russell Spitler, CEO and co-founder, Nudge Security. In this episode: Are businesses walking a tightrope with generative AI? How can organizations implement generative AI responsibly? What can we learn from

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30:35

People Are the Top Attack Vector (Not the Weakest Link)

Defense in Depth ·

2023/11/02

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. In increasingly complex technical defenses, threat actors frequently target the human element. This makes them a top attack vectors, but are they actually the weak leak in your defenses? Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining us is our guest,

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31:11

What's Entry Level in Cybersecurity?

Defense in Depth ·

2023/10/26

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. We often talk about the contradiction of seemingly entry-level security jobs requiring years of experience. But maybe that's because entry-level jobs don't actually exist. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining us this week is our guest Jay Wilson,

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35:57

New SEC Rules for Cyber Security

Defense in Depth ·

2023/10/19

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. The Securities and Exchange Commission issued new cyber rules. What do these new rules mean for CISOs and will they ultimately improve our cybersecurity posture? Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining us is our guest, Jamil Farshchi, CISO, Equifax. Thanks to our podcast

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