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Check out this post by Dr. Chase Cunningham, CSO at Demo-Force, for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week's episode co-hosted by me, David Spark, the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap. Joining us is Brett Conlon, CISO, American Century Investments.

In this episode:

• The experience paradox
• Who benefits from the narrative
• Kitchen sink job postings
• The aggregation problem

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Check out this post 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 them is their sponsored guest, Rob Allen, chief product officer, ThreatLocker.

In this episode:

• Getting permissions right
• The fundamentals that still fail
• Know what you have
• Simple controls, outsized impact

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Check out this post by Patrick Garrity of VulnCheck 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 Steve Zalewski. Joining them is Tom Doughty, CISO, Generate:Biomedicines.

In this episode:

• The 3Ms of product clarity
• Buzzwords work because buyers aren't experts
• Investor pressures distort messaging
• Threading the needle

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