About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of the saying 'Attackers Only Need to Be Right Once' in the context of cybersecurity.

All links and images can be found on CISO Series 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 George Finney, CISO, University of Texas System. Joining is Sean Walls , CISO, Bob's Discount Furniture . In this episode: Asymmetric accounting Sometimes it really is that easy The spirit of the saying The cheapest way in A huge thanks to our sponsor, Native Security Native is the Cloud Security Control Plane. It helps enterprises enforce secure-by-design architecture across multi-cloud environments by translating security intent into the cloud provider's built-in controls, previewing impact before rollout, and keeping enforcement aligned as the environment changes.

People in this episode

Host: David Spark

Guests: George Finney, Sean Walls

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• cloud security
• asymmetric accounting
• attack strategies
• security architecture

Keywords

• attackers
• cybersecurity
• cloud security
• asymmetric accounting
• security controls
• CISO
• security architecture

Sponsors

Native Security

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CISO Series, University of Texas System, Bob's Discount Furniture

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