Our Theoretical Controls Work Great Against Hypothetical Attacks
From CISO Series Podcast by David Spark, Mike Johnson, and Andy Ellis
April 14, 2026 · 43 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the effectiveness of theoretical controls against hypothetical attacks and the challenges in cybersecurity practices.
Our Theoretical Controls Work Great Against Hypothetical Attacks 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 is David Nolan , former CISO, Asurion. In this episode: Influence, not control The initiative gap Skip the framework, patch the server Confident code with no owner A huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker ThreatLocker makes Zero Trust practical. With Default Deny, Ringfencing, and Elevation Control, CISOs get real control that's easy to manage and built to scale. Stop threats before they execute and reduce operational noise without adding complexity. See how simple prevention can be at ThreatLocker.com/CISO .
People in this episode
Hosts: David Spark, Andy Ellis
Guest: David Nolan
Topics covered
- theoretical controls
- hypothetical attacks
- influence
- initiative gap
- Zero Trust
- cybersecurity
Keywords
- cybersecurity
- theoretical controls
- hypothetical attacks
- Zero Trust
- ThreatLocker
- CISO
- frameworks
Sponsors
ThreatLocker
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Organizations: CISO Series, Asurion
Products: Zero Trust
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