# Defense in Depth Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616.md RSS feed: https://defenseindepth.libsyn.com/rss Official site: https://cisoseries.com/ Author: David Spark Episodes: 366 ## Resource Defense in Depth, hosted by David Spark, Steve Zalewski, Geoff Belknap, and Edward Contreras, promises clear talk on cybersecurity's most controversial and confusing debates. Once a week we choose one controversial and popular cybersecurity debate and use the InfoSec community's insights to lead our discussion. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/defense-in-depth-427616 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616.md ## Episodes - [Humans Are Bottleneck in a Machine-Speed World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/humans-are-bottleneck-in-a-machine-speed-world) — 2026-07-09T10:00:00+00:00 - [Even With All These Security Vendors We Still Have Glaring Gaps](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/even-with-all-these-security-vendors-we-still-have-glaring-gaps) — 2026-07-02T10:00:00+00:00 - [Is the "Attackers Only Need to Be Right Once" a Misnomer?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/is-the-attackers-only-need-to-be-right-once-a-misnomer) — 2026-06-25T10:00:00+00:00 - [What It Takes To Be Successful in Cyber Media](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/what-it-takes-to-be-successful-in-cyber-media) — 2026-06-18T10:00:00+00:00 - [CISOs Buy For Selfish and Politically Risk-Averse Reasons (Not Because Your Product is the Best)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/cisos-buy-for-selfish-and-politically-risk-averse-reasons-not-because-your-product-is-the-best) — 2026-06-11T10:00:00+00:00 - [Has Cybersecurity Become a Cult?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/has-cybersecurity-become-a-cult) — 2026-06-04T10:00:00+00:00 - [What Does the Next Generation of Cloud Security Look Like?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/what-does-the-next-generation-of-cloud-security-look-like) — 2026-05-28T10:00:00+00:00 - [The Dangers of Picking the Wrong Vendor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/the-dangers-of-picking-the-wrong-vendor) — 2026-05-21T10:00:00+00:00 - [Why Cyber Startups Need CISO Advisors](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/why-cyber-startups-need-ciso-advisors) — 2026-05-14T10:00:00+00:00 - [Breaking the Reactive Cycle of Cybersecurity](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/breaking-the-reactive-cycle-of-cybersecurity) — 2026-05-07T10:00:00+00:00 - [How Do You Know If Your Backups Will Survive a Ransomware Attack?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/how-do-you-know-if-your-backups-will-survive-a-ransomware-attack) — 2026-04-30T10:00:00+00:00 - [What Makes a Successful Security Vendor Demo?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/what-makes-a-successful-security-vendor-demo) — 2026-04-23T10:00:00+00:00 - [Should You Use Native or 3rd Party Cloud Management Tools?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/should-you-use-native-or-3rd-party-cloud-management-tools) — 2026-04-16T10:00:00+00:00 - [How Should We Measure the Performance of a CISO?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/how-should-we-measure-the-performance-of-a-ciso) — 2026-04-09T10:00:00+00:00 - [How to Be Less Busy and More Effective in Cyber](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/how-to-be-less-busy-and-more-effective-in-cyber) — 2026-04-02T10:00:00+00:00 - [How to Engage With a CISO When They Express Interest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/how-to-engage-with-a-ciso-when-they-express-interest) — 2026-03-26T10:00:00+00:00 - [Who is Responsible for the Conflict Between Security and Developers?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/who-is-responsible-for-the-conflict-between-security-and-developers) — 2026-03-19T10:00:00+00:00 - [Are Your Security Tools Creating More Work for Your Team?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/are-your-security-tools-creating-more-work-for-your-team) — 2026-03-12T11:00:00+00:00 - [Why Overpromising is a Dangerous Sales Tactic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/why-overpromising-is-a-dangerous-sales-tactic) — 2026-03-05T11:00:00+00:00 - [Should You Phish Your Employees or Not?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/should-you-phish-your-employees-or-not) — 2026-02-26T11:00:00+00:00 - [How Much Autonomy Should You Give AI Agents in Your SOC?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/how-much-autonomy-should-you-give-ai-agents-in-your-soc) — 2026-02-19T11:00:00+00:00 - [Cybersecurity's Broken Hiring Process](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/cybersecurity-s-broken-hiring-process) — 2026-02-12T11:00:00+00:00 - [Simple Security Solutions That Deliver a Big Impact](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/simple-security-solutions-that-deliver-a-big-impact) — 2026-02-05T11:00:00+00:00 - [When Cybersecurity Marketing Fails to Reach the Buyer](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/when-cybersecurity-marketing-fails-to-reach-the-buyer) — 2026-01-29T11:00:00+00:00 - [How Best to Prepare Your Data for Your Tools](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/how-best-to-prepare-your-data-for-your-tools) — 2026-01-22T11:00:00+00:00 - [Don't Try to Win with Technical Expertise. Win by Partnering.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/don-t-try-to-win-with-technical-expertise-win-by-partnering) — 2026-01-15T11:00:00+00:00 - [What Makes a Successful CISO?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/what-makes-a-successful-ciso) — 2026-01-08T11:00:00+00:00 - [How Should CISOs Talk to the Business](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/how-should-cisos-talk-to-the-business) — 2025-12-18T11:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. A page view does not automatically enqueue transcription.