How Can We Improve Recruiting of CISOs and Security Leaders?

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Interviewing for leadership positions in cybersecurity is difficult for everyone involved. There are far too many egos and many gatekeepers. What can be done to improve recruiting of CISOs?

Check out this post and this post for the discussions that are the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn with our guest Ty Sbano (@tysbano), CISO, Vercel.

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In this episode:

• What can be done to improve CISO recruiting?
• Is there a disconnect between HR and what the company actually needs regarding a position?
• How long should the interview process take?