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CISO Series Podcast

CISO Series Podcast

Written 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
Episodes
  • Why Solve Your Problems When We Can Just Scare You?
    Aug 11 2026

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    This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining us is Nada Noaman, SVP and CISO, Estee Lauder Companies.

    In this episode:

    • Skipping the apprenticeship
    • Privileged users nobody manages like one
    • Findings without the authority to fix them
    • Security was always behavioral

    A huge thanks to our sponsor, Native

    The Cloud Security Control Plane. Native helps enterprises turn built-in cloud security controls into active, operational defenses across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and OCI, so teams can enforce secure-by-design architecture at the source, preview impact before rollout, and keep guardrails aligned as cloud environments change. Learn more at native.security.

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    41 mins
  • See, Our Compliance Framework Includes a Checkbox for Resilience
    Aug 4 2026

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    This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Khush Kashyap, senior director of GRC at Vanta.

    In this episode:

    • Running up the token meter
    • Some risks resist a price tag
    • Resilience isn't a vacation policy
    • Compliance is the wrong finish line

    A huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta

    Still stuck on the quarterly audit treadmill? Meet Calm-pliance. Vanta combines compliance, risk, and proof on one Agentic Trust Platform—and continuously monitors your controls, keeping you audit-ready all year round. Find your Calm-pliance here.

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    44 mins
  • Why Don't You Tell Me Which Metrics Sound Most Impressive?
    Jul 28 2026

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    This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis, principal of Duha. Joining is Pavi Ramamurthy, Global CISO and CIO, Blackhawk Network.

    In this episode:

    • Numbers that make the board feel good and nothing else
    • The audit is not the same thing as the truth
    • Receipts aren't a strategy
    • Stop blaming the human, fix the system they're standing in

    A huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker

    ThreatLocker delivers Zero Trust Network Access and Zero Trust Cloud Access that verifies both user and device before granting access to specific applications. No broad access, nothing exposed, and no reliance on credentials alone. It's a smarter way to control access and reduce risk. Learn more at ThreatLocker.com/CISO.

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    48 mins
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