We’re Releasing Security Studies of Made Up Numbers

<p>Since no one ever checks a research study's methodology, why not just make up all the numbers? You're in the risk analysis business, right? Chances are very good they'll never check and research studies are a great way to get free press.</p> <p>This show, like all the previous ones is hosted by me, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidspark/">David Spark</a> (<a href="http://twitter.com/dspark">@dspark</a>), founder of <a href="http://sparkmediasolutions.com/">Spark Media Solutions</a> and <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikevj/">Mike Johnson</a>. Our guest this week is <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/melody-hildebrandt-91094b8/">Melody Hildebrandt</a> (<a href="http://twitter.com/mhil1">@mhil1</a>), CISO of <a href="http://fox.com/">FOX</a>.</p> <p><strong>Thanks to this week's sponsors, Axonius and New Context.</strong></p> <p><a title="New Context" href="http://newcontext.com/"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/24425/New_Context_Banner.jpg" alt="New Context" width="728" height="90" /></a></p> <p><em><a href="http://newcontext.com/">New Context</a> helps fortune 500s build secure and compliant data platforms. New Context created “Lean Security”, a set of best practices designed to help enterprises manage and secure data for critical infrastructure, and offers professional services and a software solution, LS/IQ, to help enterprises build a secure and compliant data platforms for their business.</em></p> <p><a title="Axonius" href= "https://info.axonius.com/ciso-vendor-podcast"><em><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/24425/AxoniusBanner.png" alt="Axonius" width="600" height="108" /></em></a></p> <p><em>Huge congrats to Axonius for their two big wins at RSA this year. They were named Rookie Security Company of the Year by SC Media and they also won top prize at RSA’s Innovation Sandbox. They’ve been touted as the company trying to solve the least sexy part of cybersecurity, asset management. <a href= "h