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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 (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining me is our guest, Sasha Pereira, vp of infrastructure and CISO, WASH.

In this episode:

• Is working the help desk a great place to get entry level cyber security skills?

• So why is it so often overlooked or even looked down upon?

• What kind of experience do you need?

• What is the ideal path to break into the cybersecurity industry?

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All links and images for this episode 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 (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining us is our guest, Russ Ayers, svp of cyber & deputy CISO, Equifax.

In this episode:

• Are we seeing AI and LLM rapidly push into what was science fiction into production?

• What happens as our ability to generate realistic sound, video, and images opens the obvious door for indistinguishable fakes from the real thing?

• How do we keep up as security professionals?

• What are the security implications for this tech hitting the consumer market?

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All links and images for this episode 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 (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining us is our sponsored guest, Vivek Ramachandran, founder, SquareX.

In this episode:

• Are secure web gateways still an effective tool in the enterprise?

• As the browser has changed a lot in the last decade, are Secure Web Gateways - SWGs still keeping up?

• Why is this a problem?

• Does anyone have a better solution?

Thanks to our podcast sponsor, SquareX

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