Marisa Fagan - Measuring Security Culture

The Application Security Podcast · Aug 5, 2025 · 50m

Security champions programs rarely fail because the idea is bad; they fail because organizations launch without management support, meaningful incentives, or a plan to prove value. Marisa Fagan, Head of Product at Katilyst and a veteran security-culture practitioner, shares a practical blueprint for piloting and scaling a program that lasts. She explains how to recruit and motivate champions using status, access, power, and stuff, why a pilot should produce both learning and a business case, and which anti-patterns quietly destroy trust. Marisa and the hosts also examine metrics for security…