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Bonus Episode #1: The Top Five Episodes (so far)

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“I believe that they did such a great job of building their team and their business because they were really clear on the types of people they wanted to work with, but they were also heavily invested in the recruitment process, which I think makes a huge difference when you are putting together a team.”

— Claire Pales

The Secure CIO Podcast has been downloaded over 5,000 times!

Over the first two seasons of The Secure CIO Podcast we heard from 21 industry experts, discussing a range of issues currently affecting the cybersecurity industry.

We are now over halfway through another amazing season, and I am looking forward to recording season four.

I am excited to share with you that after just 25 episodes The Secure CIO Podcast has been downloaded over 5,200 times.

To celebrate, I wanted to share this episode with you. It features conversations from the top five most downloaded episodes so far. Hear from Jonathan Werrett, Nick Ellsmore, Anna Leibel, Craig Searle, and Dan Maslin as we discuss all things cybersecurity.

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  • 01:28 - Jonathan Werret on finding a leader that can do it all

  • 02:52 - “Rather than looking for a unicorn, have an idea of what you think the biggest risks are, and what you the most important skills will be in that person and start to optimise for that.” - Jonathan Werrett

  • 03:10 - Nick Ellsmore on the impact of how the first leader in the organisation can shape the perception about security, and if there is an ultimate path to security leadership.

  • 05:00 - "Security knowledge alone isn't often what's going to get the job done. My overall advice would be to find someone pragmatic and someone that can build relationships." - Nick Ellsmore

  • 09:47 - Anna Leibel on how information security is impacting the board

  • 10:42 - "Two and a half years ago we would talk about how much money do I have to spend to spend to be safe, and now we are talking about are we prepared for when we are breached." - Anna Leibel

  • 14.29 - Craig Searle's tips on how they source great people to work at Hivint

  • 16:40 - “One of our big beliefs is that good people attract more good people, and in fact what ended up happening was that ... people wanted to work with other team members in our team. That then attracted more people. It does get easier to recruit on that basis.” - Craig Searle

  • 17:35 - Dan Maslin on insourcing and outsourcing

  • 22:59 - "Sometimes the organisation is not the right fit, or it is not the right time for certain people within that organisation. I would say that is ok, and that does happen, and you need to have that conversation pretty quickly." - Dan Maslin