If We Can't Do Better, at Least Do It Faster

About this episode

This episode discusses the challenges of risk management in cybersecurity and the importance of proactive measures.

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 Duha. Joining them is Vikas Mahajan , vp and CISO, American Red Cross . In this episode: Questionnaires aren't risk management The good old days were worse Buying or building your SOC Start the conversation, not the checklist Huge thanks to our sponsor, Adaptive Security Sponsored by Adaptive Security—the first cybersecurity company backed by OpenAI. AI impersonation and deepfakes have made trust the new attack surface. Adaptive runs realistic social-engineering simulations and instantly turns threats, policies, and compliance needs into interactive, multilingual training. Trusted by Fortune 500s. Learn more at adaptivesecurity.com .

People in this episode

Hosts: David Spark, Andy Ellis

Guest: Vikas Mahajan

Topics covered

• risk management
• cybersecurity
• SOC
• social engineering
• training

Keywords

• risk management
• SOC
• cybersecurity
• social engineering
• training

Sponsors

Adaptive Security

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Red Cross, OpenAI

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