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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 me, David Spark, the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap. Joining us is Steve Knight, former CISO, Hyundai Capital America.

In this episode:

• Streamlining vendor evaluations
• Moving beyond compliance theater
• The scorecard skeptics
• Finding the right balance

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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 Mike Johnson, CISO, Rivian. Joining is Hanan Szwarcbord, vp, CSO and head of infrastructure, Micron Technology.

In this episode

• Embracing growth
• An urgent need for creativity
• Get the business context
• Embrace your inner theater kid

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Check out this post by Justin Pagano at Klaviyo 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 Jesse Webb, CISO and svp information systems, Avalon Healthcare Solutions.

In this episode:

• Align the incentives
• The feature and enforcement disconnect
• Putting the right people in the right place
• A need for transparency

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