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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is Alex Hall, CISO, Gensler.

In this episode:

• Evaluating secure messaging beyond the app
• Reframing compliance as a business enabler
• Incremental security investment vs. crisis response
• Why culture, not punishment, drives secure behavior

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta

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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis, partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Sam Curry, global vp, CISO at Zscaler. This episode was recorded at a Zscaler event in Boston, MA.

In this episode:

• Guardrails for decision making under fatigue
• Preparing for quantum threats
• Strategic use of generative AI
• Reassessing outdated knowledge
  
  

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Zscaler

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This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is Alexandra Landegger, global head of cyber strategy & transformation, RTX.

In this episode:

• A cybersecurity fast-track?
• When Ambition Becomes a Liability
• Giving the CVE Program the Credit It Deserves
• Elevating human cyber talent with AI

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Vanta’s Trust Management Platform automates key areas of your GRC program—including compliance, internal and third-party risk, and customer trust—and streamlines the way you gather and manage information. And the impact is real: A recent IDC analysis found that compliance teams using Vanta are 129% more productive.

Get started at Vanta.com/ciso.