Podcasts by Pragmatic CSO Podcast

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #23 - Picking the Right Product from 2008-09-25T14:04

This week we'll focus on the 2nd half of Step 6: Buying Security Products, which get down and dirty in picking the product. We've already engaged with a long list of potential vendors (we discus...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #22 - Homework for Buying Security Products from 2008-09-17T13:18

As we jump into Step 6: Buying Security Products, it makes sense to understand what kind of homework we are going to have to do prepare for the process. Remember, it's easy to buy something, it's h...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #21 - Grass Roots Funding from 2008-08-13T12:05

It's time to wrap up Step 5: Selling the Story. We finish the discussion by talking about how to get funding, when the budget monkeys have told you no. Basically we have to take a "grass roots fund...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #20 - The Sales Pitch from 2008-07-30T17:46

July 30, 2008 - This week we talk about the sales pitch. This is the part that most security practitioners hate. Actually having to get in front of folks and ask for money. Although if you've follo...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #19 - Resetting Expectations from 2008-07-02T13:50

This week we continue with Step 5: Selling the Story by reiterating the need to manage expectations appropriately. As you know, this is a common theme throughout the Pragmatic CSO, but when we a...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #18 - Finding the Bags of Money from 2008-06-25T15:24

June 25, 2008 - This week we start into Step 5: Selling the Story by discussing funding scenarios. This is a technique that Pragmatic CSOs use to provide some alternatives and make the scenario we ...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #17 - Back to the Future from 2008-06-18T21:05

Finally we come to the end of the line on building the security business plan. It was a long time coming, but again this is the most important step in effecting long lasting change in your secur...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #16 - Time and Milestones from 2008-06-11T13:53

This week we delve into the art of setting timelines and milestones within your business plan. After we discussed the importance of setting the bar (in terms of service levels), it's the timelines ...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #15 - Setting the bar from 2008-05-28T15:27

This week we talk about service levels within the context of your security business plan. That's right, this is about setting the bar. Too high and you can't get there and you will be viewed upo...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #14 - Architecture vs. Design from 2008-05-22T16:03

Ah the mysteries of architecture. I can remember back to my days in college at Cornell. We had a great architecture school, but those folks seemed like magicians. They weren't around too much and i...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #13 - Digging Deeper into the Business Plan from 2008-05-14T14:10

This week we are going to dig a bit deeper into the business plan and deal with the first two sections of the plan. Initially we need to POSITION our securirty organization. What are we doing and w...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #12 - Why do we need a business plan? from 2008-05-07T15:19

This week we get back into the Pragmatic CSO methodology, and jump into Section 2: Building Your Pragmatic Security Environment. The first step in S2 is Step 4 or Building Your Security Business Pl...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #11 - The Fixer from 2008-04-23T13:44

This week I take another tangential journey to discuss a concept I call "The Fixer." You know, when a senior staffer is airlifted in to "fix" security. The Fixer knows how to get things done in you...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #10 - It's So Easy from 2008-04-16T14:24

April 16 2008 -

Today I go on a bit of a tirade. Basically, just coming back from RSA - I'm a bit sensitive to vendor claims vs. reality. Thus, after I've been pounded by a webcast announ...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #9 - Making Deposits in the Credibility Bank from 2008-03-20T13:12

This week we wrap up our stop in Step 3: Managing Expectations by talking about the long term plan. The first step of the managing expectations presentation is all about providing the context of th...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #8: Triage (or saving the patient) from 2008-03-12T14:20

This week we continue our journey through Step 3: Managing Expectations and talk about how to present the "bad news," as part of your efforts to ensure the senior team knows what you are up to and ...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #7 - Educating the Team from 2008-03-06T13:19

This week we dive into Step 3: Managing Expectations and investigate why one of the most important things a security professional can do is to give the senior team the PERCEPTION that you're i...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #6 - Assessing the Skill Gap from 2008-02-27T14:13

This week we wrap up on Step 2: Taking the Baseline by being candid with ourselves and really understanding if we have a skills gap. This is one of the most brutal parts of being a manager, but it ...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast #5 - Dig (into) the Baseline from 2008-02-13T15:03

This week, we continue our journey through Step 2: Baseline Your Environment. Here are a couple of the topics covered:

1. Finding the holes in your perimeter
2. Looking at...
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Pragmatic CSO Podcast #4 - Wherefore art thou policies? from 2008-02-08T13:21

February 8, 2008:
This week's show starts to delve into Step 2: Establishing the Baseline.

Why you need to do this, what you are trying to achieve, and a little bit on policies (such...

P-CSO Podcast now on iTunes from 2008-01-29T12:22

Now you can take the P-CSO on your iPod with you. This is great news, so now I can haunt you in your car, on an airplane, or even when you are running. Although since all of the podcasts are 6-...

Pragmatic CSO Podcast 3 - Getting Facetime from 2008-01-23T16:24

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Pragmatic CSO Podcast #2 - Whack a Mole from 2008-01-16T15:20

January 16, 2008 -

Today's show talks about Whack a Mole and why it's an appropriate metaphor for information security nowadays.

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Pragmatic CSO Podcast #1 from 2008-01-11T16:02

January 11, 2008 -

Welcome to the Inaugural Pragmatic CSO Podcast. In today's show, I talk a bit about:

1. Why I am doing a podcast (and what to expect)
   
2. The 12-step P...
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