CISO Series Podcast

How Much Risk Would a CISO Risk if a CISO Could Risk Risk? (LIVE in Boca Raton)

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Brett Conlon, CISO, Ameri...

I'm Worried That We're Not Worried About the Right Worries With AI

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivia...

You Can't Fall Behind in AI if You Never Start

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 Mike Johnson, CISO, R...

Why Architect for Human Error When We Can Make People Feel Really Bad About It?

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), pr...

Are You Implying This Line Graph Isn't a Compelling Cybersecurity Narrative?

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), pr...

Our CISO Certainly Puts the Tool in Multi-Tool (LIVE in LA)

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Jeff Steadman, deputy CISO...

I Don't Just Guess About Effectiveness, I Make Educated Guesses!

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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)...

It's a Little Hard to Evaluate New Solutions When You're Screaming "AI" at Me All the Time (Live in Houston)

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Jerich Beason, CISO, WM....

Dear Abby: Why Should I Trust a Vendor Selling Me Zero Trust?

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Dan Walsh, CISO, Datavant...

The Difference with AI Red Teaming is We Added the Word AI

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis, principal of...

Don't Worry, We'll Get to Solving Your Problem on Slide 87

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), p...

Time to Choose a Security Vendor: Dart Board or Spin the Wheel?

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivi...

Now That You Mention It I HAVE Heard Some Hype Around These AI Tools

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivia...

Wait, SMS Doesn't Stand for "Super Mega Secure?"

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis, principal of ...

We All Agree That Prevention Is the Best Advice We're Never Going to Follow

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis, principal of ...

We're All for a Responsible AI Rollout as Long as It Goes as Fast as Possible

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivia...

New Study Finds No Email Has Ever "Found You Well"

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 Mike Johnson, CISO,...

I Just Can't Communicate With the Business. I've Tried Condescension AND Derision.

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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),...

Impressive! Our AI is Approaching "One 9" of Accuracy.

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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)...

They Can't Hack All Our Tools If We Keep Buying New Ones

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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  Mike Johnson, CISO...

Cosmo Quiz! 23 Ways to Make Your Vendors Obsessed With Your Security Standards

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 Mike Johnson, CISO, R...

We'll Worry About Recovering From the Attack Once We Ace This Audit

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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)...

Once You Memorize the Manual, Our User Interface is Very Intuitive

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 (@csoan...

Not Enough Hallucinations? Let's Outfit Your LLM with Another LLM

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 Edward Contreras, sen...

We Require 3-5 Years of Experience to Qualify for the Cyber Skills Shortage

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week's episode...

We Can Either Build Resilience or Just Always Be Perfect

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 Edward Contreras, sen...

We Checked the "Yes" Box for Cybersecurity. What Else Do We Have to Do?

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis ...

Aside From Text, Images, and Videos, GenAI Can't Fool Me (Live in Boston)

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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, partner, ...

AI Isn't Going to Take Your Job, It's Going to Eliminate It! (LIVE at BSidesSF)

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All images and links can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ell...

I Can't Choose. I Love All My Assets Equally.

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Elli...

Why Learn Security Fundamentals When We Could Just Chase Our Tails?

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. I host this week's episode, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Jes...

I'm Not Looking Down at You, I'm Looking Down at What You're Doing

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Ser...

They're Not AI Mistakes, They're Happy Little Incidents

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series, and An...

Get ALL the Challenges of Cybersecurity AND Fewer Resources

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series, and Mi...

Data Minimization Means We Don't Tell You What We're Collecting

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series, and And...

Welcome to Cybersecurity: Where Everything Is Made Up and the Points Don't Matter

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and And...

With AI, Don't Think Like a Hacker, Think Like the Whole of Society

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and And...

This Security Control Is So Good We Don't Even Have to Turn It On (LIVE in Clearwater, FL)

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Chr...

The Security Incident Has Been Upgraded From "Ouch" to "Boiiiing" (LIVE in Orlando, FL)

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Tri...

How to Best Maintain a Healthy Work-Work Balance in Cybersecurity

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark, producer of CISO Series and Andy...

Our CISO Might Be Virtual, But the Lack of Respect Is Genuine

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

All Cybersecurity Problems Are Easy to Fix… With Unlimited Time and Budget

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series.   This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Se...

Every Failed Startup Starts as a Dream for a Single Pane of Glass

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Fix it? Let's Just Get Rid of It.

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Zero Trust Purple Team DevSecOps Mesh: A CASB Journey Through the Identity Fabric

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Our Developers' New Motto is "LLM Take the Wheel"

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

As Long as We Keep Moving the Goalposts, We Have a Great Security Culture (LIVE in Dallas, TX)

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Serie...

4th Party Data Breach? We Can Barely Catch the 1st Party Ones!

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

I Support Open Source as Long as I Don't Have to Invest in It

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Ewww! How Long Has This Router Been in the Fridge?

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Why Bother Helping Users When We Can Complain About Them?

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Can't Our Employees Just Go Back to Stealing Pens?

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

We Take Software Security Seriously, As Long As It Ships on Time

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Aww, Your Cybersecurity Concerns Are So Adorable (LIVE in La Jolla)

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Once You Show Me Your Diploma, I'll Explain Why We Don't Gatekeep

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Serie...

Wait, We Can Prioritize Data Privacy Before an Incident? (LIVE at Stanford University)

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Luckily, We Haven't Had to Adapt to Any New Technologies Before AI

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

We Need to Hire a Unicorn But We Only Have Budget for a Donkey

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Heart of Low Code/No Code? (LIVE in Los Angeles)

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Once the Panic Subsides You'll Appreciate This Phishing Test (LIVE in Houston, TX)

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Does Burying Your Head in the Sand Count as a Security Posture? (LIVE in Boca Raton, FL)

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

We're Lowering the Requirement for Entry Level to Just 8 Years of Experience

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

… And the Business Listened to the CISO and Everyone Lived Happily Ever After

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Our Guardrails Only Fail When You Try To Go Around Them (LIVE in Seattle)

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode was recorded in front of a live audience in Seattle as part of ...

Our Cybersecurity Journey Starts With a Single Overworked Staffer

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Red Flag? My Vendor Just Asked for My Mother's Maiden Name

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Well, I Think My Relationship With the CIO Improved When I Took Their Job

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

I Said I Was Technically a CISO, Not a Technical CISO

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Why Are Fortune 500 Companies Swiping Right on 3-Person Startups?

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

We Make Threat Actors Read Our Resiliency Policy Before Attacking Us

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Incident Response Is So Important We Might Try Getting Good At It

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Everyone Has a Zero-Trust Plan Until They Get Punched in the Face

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

I Don't Want Insider Risk. You Take It.

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

How to Get the Most for Yourself Through Altruism

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series an...

Who Owns AI Risk? NOT IT!

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

How About This? Only Attack the Endpoints We Configured

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

The Post-it Note Clearly Says "Don't Share" Right Under My Password

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Who You Gonna Call? LEGAL COUNSEL!

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

I'm Rewarding Your Successful Use of the Security Budget by Giving You Less of It

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Ransomware? Why'd It Have to Be Ransomware? (Live in San Francisco)

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

You Can't Leak What You Don't Collect

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Our Help Desk Plaque Reads "Over 100,000 Threat Actors Served"

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Can't Talk, I'm Onboarding My Kids To Their First Soccer Practice (Live in Mountain View, CA)

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

I Really Shouldn't Have Agreed to Variable Rate Technical Debt

30 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

We'll Invest in Resilience as Soon as the Ransom Payment Clears

23 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

We Could Lower Risk If We Shrunk Our Business

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Our Benefits Include Medical, Dental, and Burnout

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Your Biggest Threats Don't Get a Ransom Payment, They Get a Paycheck

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

A Stressed CISO Is a Happy CISO

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

BREAKING: "Department of No" Upgraded to "Department of Slow"

19 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

A Threat Actor Just "Liked" My Dashboard Screenshot

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

We Can't Fail at API Security If We Never Even Try

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

I'm Stuffed, I Just Couldn't Take Another Credential

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Is There a Konami Code For Cyber Talent?

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

It's Like a Trust Fall, But We Know You'll Hit the Floor

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

How Can We Apply Our Shadow IT Failings to Botch Our AI Policy? (LIVE in Clearwater)

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

Maybe If You Worked Harder Your Burnout Wouldn't Be Such a Liability

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

For CISOs, It's Less of a Golden Parachute and More a Pair of Brown Pants

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Seri...

Elvis Is Alive and He's Reusing Your Passwords

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...

SSO No You Didn't (LIVE in La Jolla, CA)

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series...