We Turn Our Backs on Cybersecurity Rock Stars

<p><em>CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast and Series has moved to <a href= "https://cisoseries.com/">CISOSeries.com</a>.</em></p> <p>We're no longer buying their albums because we've had enough of the "can do no wrong" toxic culture of cybersecurity rock stars. On this episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast we are elevating the little known indie InfoSec professionals.</p> <p>This show, like all the previous ones is hosted by me, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidspark/">David Spark</a> (<a href="http://twitter.com/dspark">@dspark</a>), founder of <a href="http://sparkmediasolutions.com/">Spark Media Solutions</a> and <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikevj/">Mike Johnson</a>, CISO of <a href="http://lyft.com/">Lyft</a>. Our guest this week is independent analyst, <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyshortridge/">Kelly Shortridge</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/swagitda_">@swagitda_</a>). Follow her musings at <a href="https://swagitda.com/">Swagitda</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://vulcancyber.com/"><img class= "aligncenter size-full wp-image-1406" src= "https://cisoseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/vulcan-cyber-banner-ad.png" alt="" width="600" height="110" /></a><em>This episode is sponsored by <a href="http://vulcancyber.com/">Vulcan Cyber</a>, your automated vulnerability remediation solution. Put an end to manual-only patch management and reduce vulnerability risk with a cloud-based solution that bridges the vulnerability remediation gap. Automate and orchestrate the vulnerability remediation process with Vulcan Cyber.</em></p> <p>On this episode:</p> <h2>Why is everybody talking about this now?</h2> <p>We do a health check on where we are in terms of security enabling the business. What have been the greatest strides and where are we falling behind? We <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6464028952070549504">reference a post</a> by CISO of Mitel, Allan Alford.</p> <h2>Please, Enough. No, More.</h2> <p>We discuss the <a href= "https://w