Mike Mello

Hello, audience.

Great to be here with you today.

He really means it.

I mean it.

Just like I'm one of your favorite in that there's only like three of us.

Correct.

Yeah, the ones that you're describing, I'm numb to them.

I don't even notice them anymore.

I understand why vendors do these, and I understand why that there are CISOs out there who enjoy them.

They use them to validate their own investments.

Yes.

This is proof that I did the right thing or that we're doing the right thing.

Good point.

The types of reports that are useful are the ones that are by independent labs or they are by non-security vendors.

That is an example of one that is impartial.

And that's really where I was headed is the best ones are the ones that are impartial.

They don't have an agenda other than to share the information or to share the research that they've spent a lot of time on.

The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report is really one of my favorite for that reason.

And it's been consistent consistently.

gosh, for decades now.