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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining them is Johann Balaguer, Global CISO, Hard Rock Hotels and Casinos.

In this episode:

• Understanding the why
• Own your digital self
• Invest beyond tenure
• Prepare for dependencies

Thanks to Louis Zhichao Zhang, AIA Australia for contributing this week's "What's Worse?!" scenario.

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Guardsquare

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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis, principal of Duha. Joining them is Sara Madden, CISO, Convera.

In this episode:

• Hold developers accountable
• Credibility through candor
• Be strategic with AI deployment
• Resources don't guarantee security

Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker

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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Matthew Southworth, CSO, Priceline. Joining them is sponsored guest, Saket Modi, CEO, Safe Security. This episode was recorded live at FAIRCON25 in NYC.

In this episode:

• AI won't stay broken
• Identity before intelligence
• People decide risk appetite
• Automate with oversight

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Safe Security

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All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Matt Southworth, CISO, Priceline. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Leslie Nielsen, CISO, Mimecast.

In this episode:

• Automating dysfunction
• Leading without dominating
• Unglamorous wins
• Code without comprehension

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Mimecast.

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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Brett Conlon, CISO, American Century Investments. Joining them are Ryan Barras, CISO, Mount Sinai Medical Center.

In this episode:

• Nobody understands what we do
• Someone else should fix this
• Make the audience care
• Speaking CEO

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Dropzone AI

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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining them is their sponsored guest, Danny Jenkins, CEO, ThreatLocker.

In this episode:

• AI for AI's sake
• Stop selling, start protecting
• Stop calling everything sophisticated
• Least privilege, rebranded

Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker

ThreatLocker makes Zero Trust practical. With Default Deny, Ringfencing, and Elevation Control, CISOs get real control that's easy to manage and built to scale. Stop threats before they execute and reduce operational noise without adding complexity. See how simple prevention can be at ThreatLocker.com/CISO.

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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 John Barrow, CISO, JB Poindexter & Co.

In this episode:

• Building unicorns, not hunting them
• Cold War frameworks for modern threats
• Trading dollars for stories
• Mirror, mirror on the wall

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta

Vanta automates key areas of your GRC program—including compliance, risk, and customer trust—and streamlines the way you manage information. A recent IDC analysis found that compliance teams using Vanta are 129% more productive. Get back time to focus on strengthening security and scaling your business at vanta.com/ciso

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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), principal of Duha. Joining them is Richard Rushing, CISO, Motorola Mobility.

In this episode

• Mindset over tools
• When hygiene becomes risk
• Systems for actual humans
• Conversations over compliance

Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker

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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), principal of Duha. Joining them is our sponsored guest, Nathan Hunstad, director, security, Vanta.

In this episode:

• Metrics that matter
• Testing for real
• AI as an assistant
• Intelligence without context

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta

Vanta automates key areas of your GRC program—including compliance, risk, and customer trust—and streamlines the way you manage information. A recent IDC analysis found that compliance teams using Vanta are 129% more productive. Get back time to focus on strengthening security and scaling your business at vanta.com/ciso

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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Jeff Steadman, deputy CISO, Corning Incorporated. Joining them is Quincey Collins, CSO, Sheppard Mullin. This episode was recorded live at the ISSA LA Summit in Santa Monica, California.

In this episode:

• The foundational debate
• Strength over breadth
• Beyond traditional backgrounds
• Keeping perspective on risk

Huge thanks to our sponsors, Adaptive Security and Dropzone AI

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Dropzone AI autonomously investigates every security alert—no playbooks needed. This AI SOC analyst queries your CrowdStrike, Splunk, threat intel feeds, and 60+ other tools to build complete investigations in 5 minutes. Unlike black-box automation, it shows every query, finding, and decision. See it work yourself—explore the self-guided demo at dropzone.ai.

All links and images can be found on CISO Series.

This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), principal of Duha. Joining us is Sara Madden, CISO, Convera.

In this episode:

• Optimizing for reality, not idealism
• Engineering governance instead of monitoring compliance
• When AI finds what humans miss
• The measurement problem

Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker