Why it’s Critical for CISOs to Proactively Engage with Vendors

<p>This is a bonus episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast with former guest, <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/allanalford/">Allan Alford</a>, CISO of <a href="http://mitel.com/">Mitel</a>, who was also the subject of a story I wrote in September entitled <a href= "https://cisoseries.com/one-cisos-grand-experiment-to-engage-with-security-vendors/"> "One CISO's Grand Experiment to to Engage with Security Vendors."</a> At that end of that discussion, Alford and I agreed that I would follow up with him in a month to see how the experiment went. This conversation is that story.</p> <p>Find the full article <a href= "https://cisoseries.com/why-its-critical-for-cisos-to-proactively-engage-with-vendors/"> here</a>.</p> <p><img class="size-full wp-image-1254 aligncenter" style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://cisoseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AllanAlford_Skype.jpg" alt="" width="483" height="250" /></p>