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CISO Tradecraft®
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Episodes
CISO Tradecraft®The CISO Operating System | Todd Fitzgerald - #305
What Does It REALLY Take to Become a Successful CISO? Todd Fitzgerald reveals the 7 essential elements of cybersecurity leadership that can make or break your…
CISO Tradecraft®How Great CISOs Negotiate: Budgets, Ransomware, & Salaries | Mark Rasch - #304
What if the reason your cybersecurity budget keeps getting cut isn't your security strategy, but how you negotiate? Every CISO negotiates. Whether you're…
CISO Tradecraft®Should you get a PhD in Cybersecurity? | Dr Char Sample - #303
Should you get a PhD in Cybersecurity? In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, G. Mark Hardy sits down with Dr. Char Sample at the COSAC security conference in…
CISO Tradecraft®Security Awareness Tips for 2026 - #302
In this episode, we reveal the biggest security awareness mistakes and the creative ways to make cybersecurity training actually fun in 2026. From AI-powered…
CISO Tradecraft®How to Create a Leadership Culture - #301
Most CISOs spend years learning cybersecurity. Almost nobody teaches them how to build a culture people actually want to be part of. In this episode of CISO…
CISO Tradecraft®CISO Health and Accountability Dialogue - #300
The biggest threat to a CISO might not be ransomware, it might be burnout. In this episode, G. Mark Hardy brings on We Hack Health to reveal why brilliant…
CISO Tradecraft®Claude Code Is INSANE, But Is It Safe? - #299
Claude Code Is INSANE… But Is It Safe? AI coding just went from “autocomplete my code” to “give me the entire repository and let me run the company.” In this…
CISO Tradecraft®VCISO Tradecraft | Carlota Sage - #298
Most cybersecurity advice is built for massive enterprises. But what happens when you're a small or medium-sized business and you don't have a 200-person…
CISO Tradecraft®AI's Biggest Security Problem | Jeff Spear - #297
AI can change your network in seconds… but your security approvals still take DAYS. In this episode, Tufin CISO Jeffrey Spear reveals how CISOs can use…
CISO Tradecraft®AI Is Breaking Out and Cybersecurity Isn’t Ready | John Strand - #296
What happens when AI stops behaving like a tool, and starts operating beyond the boundaries we gave it? Live from Black Hat, G Mark Hardy sits down with…
CISO Tradecraft®Is AI Leaking Your Company's Trade Secrets | Lee Kim - #295
What Every CISO Needs to Know Before AI Leaks Your Company's Crown Jewels Your AI policy won't save you if your trade secrets walk out the door. In this…
CISO Tradecraft®Learning from the Hugging Face Incident | Gadi Evron - #294
In this CISO Tradecraft episode, host G Mark Hardy and guest Gadi Evron discuss a recent incident involving OpenAI model testing in an “exploit gym,” where an…
CISO Tradecraft®Legal Developments Every CISO Needs to Know | Larry Dietz - #293
Three major legal changes. One question every CISO should be asking: Is your cybersecurity program ready? Congress let a key FISA surveillance authority…
CISO Tradecraft®The Business Risk Playbook CISOs Use to Win - #292
What separates great CISOs from everyone else? It isn't knowing more about CVEs, ransomware, or the latest security tools. It's understanding the business. In…
CISO Tradecraft®The CISO Mind Map Has Evolved for the AI Era - #291
How has the role of the CISO changed over the last 15 years? In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, G. Mark Hardy interviews Rafeeq Rehman, creator of the CISO…
CISO Tradecraft®Harvest Now, Decrypt Later | Marcus Sachs - #290
Nation-state adversaries are vacuuming up encrypted traffic today, waiting for quantum computers to decrypt it tomorrow. This attack strategy, "Harvest Now…
CISO Tradecraft®#289 - What's the Best Career Move After Being a CISO? (with Gary Hayslip)
On this episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G Mark Hardy talks with Gary Hayslip about cybersecurity career growth beyond the traditional CISO “apex,” drawing on…
CISO Tradecraft®#288 - How to Break Into Cybersecurity Through GRC (with Steve McMichael)
In this CISO Tradecraft episode, host G Mark Hardy interviews Steve McMichael, author of "How to Break into GRC: Mindset, Methods, and Skills," about entering…
CISO Tradecraft®#287 - Cybersecurity Insights You'll Want to Hear (with Michael Hammer)
Want to move from "security expert" to "trusted business leader"? Join G. Mark Hardy and Michael Hammer. The mind behind the core of DMARC, for 40 years of…
CISO Tradecraft®#286 - AI-Native Security (with Nishant Doshi & Saro Subbiah)
What if your next breach isn't caused by a human... but by an AI agent acting exactly as instructed? Cyberhaven's CEO (Nishant Doshi) and SVP of Engineering…
CISO Tradecraft®#285 - Passwordless Authentication (with Nishant Kaushik)
In this discussion, G. Mark Hardy and Nishant Kaushik explore the necessity of moving beyond traditional passwords, which they define as the original sin of…
CISO Tradecraft®#284 - Lessons Learned from SQL Slammer to AI Agents (with Aaron Turner)
What can today’s CISOs learn from the chaos of Code Red and SQL Slammer? In this episode, G Mark Hardy interviews Aaron Turner about what it was like…
CISO Tradecraft®#283 - Leadership Lessons and the Art of the Performance (with Chris Brogan)
In this episode of the CISO Tradecraft podcast, host G Mark Hardy interviews early tech adopter Chris Brogan to explore the intersection of high-performance…
CISO Tradecraft®#282 - Top 10 Agentic AI Attacks (with Rock Lambros)
In this CISO Tradecraft episode, host G Mark Hardy interviews recovering CISO Rock Lambros (Zenity) about securing Agentic AI and the emerging risks beyond LLM…
CISO Tradecraft®#281 - SIEM Secrets They Don’t Tell You (with Anton Chuvakin & Alex Hurtado)
In this CISO Tradecraft episode, host G Mark Hardy talks with Anton Chuvakin and Alex Hurtado about how SIEM programs fail and how organizations overspend when…
CISO Tradecraft®#280 - Mythos and the Future of Vulnerability Operations (with Gadi Evron)
In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G Mark Hardy speaks with Gadi Evron about the paper “The AI Vulnerability Storm Building: A Mythos Ready Security…
CISO Tradecraft®#279 - AI Readiness (with JP Bourget)
On CISO Tradecraft, host G Mark Hardy welcomes back JP Bourgeet to discuss what “AI readiness” means for organizations, framing it as both a data governance…
CISO Tradecraft®#278 - RSAC Takeaways: AI SOC, Agent Security, and What Cyber Marketing Gets Wrong
In this CISO Tradecraft episode, G Mark Hardy, Ross Young, and Andy Ellis share RSAC insights from the vendor floor, including Andy’s effort to visit about 607…
CISO Tradecraft®#277 - From SaaS to AI Agents: Gone in 60 Seconds
In this CISO Tradecraft episode, co-hosts G Mark Hardy and Ross Young discuss how large language models are transforming software development and shifting…
CISO Tradecraft®#276 - How is AI Reshaping Fraud (with Brian Long)
In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G Mark Hardy speaks with Brian Long, CEO and co-founder of Adaptive Security, about how AI is accelerating and scaling…
CISO Tradecraft®#275 - How to Secure Vibe Code (with Shahar Man)
In this CISO Tradecraft episode, host G Mark Hardy interviews Shahar Man of Backslash Security about the rapidly expanding attack surface created by AI-driven…
CISO Tradecraft®#274 - The State of Stress in Cyber (with Steve Shelton)
In this CISO Tradecraft episode, host G Mark Hardy interviews Steve Shelton (https://www.linkedin.com/in/greenshoesteve/) of Green Shoe Consulting about the…
CISO Tradecraft®#273 - Creating a Wisdom-Led SOC (with Oren Saban)
Your SOC is drowning in alerts, false positives, and static tuning, while attackers evolve faster than your team can respond. Analysts burn out chasing noise…
CISO Tradecraft®#272 - Data Centric Platform Play (with EJ Pappas)
In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G Mark Hardy speaks with EJ Pappas of PKWARE and Ross Young about why AI-driven threats demand a shift from…
CISO Tradecraft®#271 - A Life of Service (with Chris Inglis)
In this special episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G Mark Hardy welcomes Chris Inglis, former National Cyber Director and career public servant, to delve into a…
CISO Tradecraft®#270 - And What is Truth?
Can you still tell what’s true on the internet or does everything feel questionable now? That confusion isn’t accidental. Disinformation, deepfakes, and cyber…
CISO Tradecraft®#269 - Changing Third Party Risk Management (with Nate Lee)
Third-party risk management has become a time-consuming, frustrating exercise. Security teams and vendors alike are buried under long, repetitive TPRM…
CISO Tradecraft®#268 - Zero Trust isn't a product (with George Finney)
Everyone talks about Zero Trust — but very few organizations actually know how to implement it successfully. In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G. Mark…
CISO Tradecraft®#267 - Busy is the New Stupid (with Ross Young)
You’re working longer hours than ever… yet somehow getting less done. Sound familiar? In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, we break down why busy has become the…
CISO Tradecraft®#266 - Why CISOs Miss The Next Big Security Challenge (with Richard Stiennon)
CISOs are expected to anticipate the next major security failure, yet the cybersecurity market is moving too fast, too fragmented, and too noisily for any…
CISO Tradecraft®#265 - 12 CISO Templates (with Ross Young)
In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, hosts G Mark Hardy and Ross Young discuss the extensive redesign at CISO Tradecraft and introduce a series of free…
CISO Tradecraft®#264 - Behavioral Insights (with Dr. Dustin Sachs)
Most cybersecurity programs are built on rigid “best practices” that assume people will behave rationally, consistently, and exactly as policy dictates; even…
CISO Tradecraft®#263 - Stopping Attacks To Your Cloud Office Environment (with Rajan Kapoor)
In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G Mark Hardy welcomes special guest Rajan Kapoor, VP of Security at Material Security, to discuss critical topics in…
CISO Tradecraft®#262 - AI Mastery for CISOs: What You Must Know
Dive into the rapidly evolving world of AI with G Mark Hardy and Ross Young in this episode of CISO Tradecraft. Explore how AI is transforming business…
CISO Tradecraft®#261 - Vibe Coding Security (with Neatsun Ziv)
In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G Mark Hardy is joined by Neatsun Ziv from Ox Security to discuss the evolving landscape of vibe coding and its…
CISO Tradecraft®#260 - Mastering Defense Against Configurations ( with Yuriy Tsibere)
In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G Mark Hardy is joined by Yuriy Tsibere from ThreatLocker to discuss an essential topic for cybersecurity leaders…
CISO Tradecraft®#259 - Transforming Security Operations (with Brian Carbaugh and William Macmillan)
Join host G Mark Hardy in an exciting episode of CISO Tradecraft where we delve into the cutting-edge world of Human AI Security Operation Centers (SOCs). With…
CISO Tradecraft®#258 - From Invention to Entrepreneurship (with Jeri Ellsworth)
In this captivating episode of CISO Tradecraft, hosted by G. Mark Hardy, we delve into the incredible life journey of Jeri Ellsworth—a renowned inventor and…
CISO Tradecraft®#257 - Patch or Perish (with Ross Young)
Imagine stepping into a role and discovering your predecessor had been severely underreporting vulnerabilities, leaving your systems 300 days behind on…
CISO Tradecraft®#256 - Maximize Your Cybersecurity Budgets (with Ross Young)
In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, G Mark Hardy and Ross Young dive into part two of their series on cybersecurity budgets. Continuing from where they left…
CISO Tradecraft®#255 - Maximize the Outcomes Per Dollar in Cyber (with Ross Young)
Welcome to another episode of CISO Tradecraft! Join G Mark Hardy and Ross Young as they dive deep into strategies for maximizing your security budget while…
CISO Tradecraft®#254 - AI, Privacy, & Security Insights (with Aimee Cardwell)
Welcome to another insightful episode of CISO Tradecraft! In this episode, host G Mark Hardy engages with Aimee Cardwell, an accomplished cybersecurity expert…
CISO Tradecraft®#253 - DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge Unveiled (with Andrew Carney)
Dive into an exciting discussion on CISO Tradecraft as host G Mark Hardy engages with DARPA's AI Cyber Challenge director, Andrew Carney. Learn about the world…
CISO Tradecraft®#252 - Master Storytelling for CISOs (with Neal Foard)
Join us in this captivating episode of CISO Tradecraft as host G Mark Hardy sits down with storytelling maestro Neal Foard. Learn the secrets of impactful…
CISO Tradecraft®#251 - AI Just Changed Data Security Requirements (with Ronan Murphy)
Learn how to elevate Data Protection in the Age of AI with Ronan Murphy In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G Mark Hardy and guest Ronan Murphy, Chief…
CISO Tradecraft®#250 - Understanding Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Cybersecurity
Join host G Mark Hardy on CISO Tradecraft as he welcomes Patrick Garrity from VulnCheck and Tod Beardsley from Run Zero to discuss the latest in cybersecurity…
CISO Tradecraft®#249 - Unveiling AI and Crypto Threats with Microsoft's Tomas Roccia
In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G Mark Hardy sits down with Tomas Roccia, a senior threat researcher at Microsoft, to delve into the evolving…
CISO Tradecraft®#248 - A Black Hat Chat with ThreatLocker CEO Danny Jenkins
In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G Mark Hardy sits down with Danny Jenkins, CEO and founder of ThreatLocker, live from the Black Hat conference. Danny…
CISO Tradecraft®#247 - What most leaders don't understand about AI (with Dave Lewis)
In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G Mark Hardy engages in an insightful conversation with Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO from 1Password, about AI…
CISO Tradecraft®#246 - Tim Brown on SolarWinds: What Every CISO Should Know
In this episode of the CISO Tradecraft podcast, host G Mark Hardy speaks with Tim Brown, the CISO of SolarWinds, at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. They…