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This week's podcast episode

Our All White Male Panel Discusses Diversity in Cybersecurity

What you'll learn:

On this week's podcast, co-host Mike Johnson, CISO, Lyft, and our guest Tomer Weingarten, CEO of SentinelOne, discuss the following:

• Why are Microsoft Office macros still the number one vector for malware attacks? It's all about legacy software. While Microsoft turns macros off by default, many enterprises turn them back on and it's creating a huge vulnerability. This goes to our recurring theme that you need to cover your basics first.

• What's the real value of diversity? Before you tell me we're three white men talking about diversity, I'm letting you know ahead of time we're three white men talking about diversity. We have no shame! But we do recognize that when people from the same backgrounds work together, they fall into group think which creates unconscious bias. And THAT limits creative and technical thinking.

• We play a round of "What's Worse?!" Two scenarios of seemingly equal horribleness drove a split decision between Tomer and Mike. It was such an intense divide that we're reaching out to listeners to let us know which one they think is worse.

• Endpoint security should cover more than just Windows systems. To have true endpoint security you need to cover all possible endpoints and that includes an annoyingly long list of varying operating systems. If you're only covering one platform, you're definitely not covering all the endpoints.

• Does complicating security infrastructure make us safer? While no security professional would protect a network with a single protection layer, they're also aware that every security implementation brings about brand new vulnerabilities. What's the right balance?

Special thanks to our sponsor, SentinelOne, for supporting this episode and the podcast. Learn more about their autonomous endpoint protection.

This week's video for the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Series

Best Responses to "How and When Do You Trust a Security Vendor?"

The article, which offers no answers and only questions, drafted great insights from the InfoSec community. Trust is a HUGE conundrum for both buyers and sellers. Sellers are always fearful that one of their actions will destroy trust, and buyers aren't really sure how they can quantify and qualify trust. Regardless, trust is critical for cybersecurity sales. This video highlights my favorite LinkedIn comments about the piece.

CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Roundtable Webinar

Four enter.Four leave.NOBODY GETS HURT!

Next Monday! Monday! Monday!CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Round Table SMACKDOWN! Two CISOs. Two Vendors. And lots of DISCUSSION!Our contenders:

• Tyson A. Martin, CISO of Orvis, AKA "The Human Firewall"

• Alex Wood, CISO, Pulte Mortgage, AKA "The Malware Marauder"

• Rick McElroy, Head of Security Strategy, Carbon Black, Inc., AKA "The Endpoint Threat Executioner"

• Filip Kaliszan, CEO, Verkada, AKA "The Pummeling Predictor"

Who will come away with the MOST TALKING POINTS? Join us for this first ever BATTLE ROYALE webinar where all four CISOs and Vendors leave victorious!Huge thanks to both Verkada and Carbon Black for sponsoring this webinar.Event is next Monday, 9/24 at 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern

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