# How to Be Less Busy and More Effective in Cyber Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/how-to-be-less-busy-and-more-effective-in-cyber Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/how-to-be-less-busy-and-more-effective-in-cyber.md Podcast: [Defense in Depth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616) Published: 2026-04-02T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://defenseindepth.libsyn.com/how-to-be-less-busy-and-more-effective-in-cyber Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/defenseindepth/Defense_in_Depth_04-02-26.mp3?dest-id=1020683 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/defense-in-depth-427616/episodes/how-to-be-less-busy-and-more-effective-in-cyber Duration seconds: 1588 ## Resource 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 David Spark , the producer of CISO Series , and Ross Young , co-host, CISO Tradecraft . Joining them is Dan Walsh , CISO, Datavant . Be sure to check out Ross's book Cybersecurity's Dirty Secret: Why Most Budgets Go to Waste. In this episode: Patterns hiding in plain sight Activity vs. advancement The human cost Frameworks about frameworks A huge thanks to our sponsor, Fenix24 Fenix24 is the world's leading breach recovery firm, providing rapid ransomware restoration, full asset visibility, and threat informed hardening. Alongside expert recovery services, Fenix24 delivers ongoing managed protection that secures backups, infrastructure, and critical controls, helping organizations stay resilient, recoverable, and prepared for modern cyber threats. Learn more at fenix24.com . ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/defense-in-depth-427616/episodes/how-to-be-less-busy-and-more-effective-in-cyber/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-in-depth-427616/how-to-be-less-busy-and-more-effective-in-cyber.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.