Defense in Depth

Recommendations to Reboot the Security Vendor Pitch

Defense in Depth

Show Notes

All links and images can be found on CISO Series Check out this post by Val Tsanev of CyberRisk Alliance, for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week's episode co-hosted by David Spark, the producer of CISO Series, and Edward Contreras, senior evp and CISO, Frost Bank. Joining is Jill Rhodes, svp, CISO, Option Care Health. In this episode: The ten-minute test Relevance beats format Price the problem or lose the room Whose meeting is it, really A huge thanks to our sponsor, Teleskope

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