Why Do We Fire the CISO? Tradition!

<p>All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series</p> <p>(<a href= "https://cisoseries.com/why-do-we-fire-the-ciso-tradition/">https://cisoseries.com/why-do-we-fire-the-ciso-tradition/</a>)</p> <p>Yes, firing the CISO probably won't solve our security issues. But our community has a multi-generational heritage of relying on scapegoats to make them feel good about their decisions.</p> <p>This episode is hosted by me, <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidspark/">David Spark</a> (<a href= "http://twitter.com/dspark">@dspark</a>), producer of CISO Series and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikevj/">Mike Johnson</a>. Our guest this week is <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstendavies/">Kirsten Davies</a> (<a href="http://twitter.com/kirstendiva">@kirstendiva</a>), CISO, <a href="https://www.elcompanies.com/en">Estee Lauder Companies</a>.</p> <p><strong>Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Kenna Security</strong></p> <p><a title="Kenna Security" href= "https://kennasecurity.com"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/24425/kenna-emailBanner_600x150.png" alt="Kenna Security" width="600" height="150" /></a></p> <p><em>With </em><a href="http://kennasecurity.com/"><em>Kenna Security</em></a><em>, companies efficiently manage the right level of risk for their business. Our Modern Vulnerability Management model eliminates the friction between Security and IT teams about what to patch, providing clear prioritization based on real-time threat intelligence and guidance applied to each customer’s unique environment across infrastructure, applications and IoT.</em></p> <p><!-- wp:heading --></p> <h2>Why is everybody talking about this now?</h2> <p><!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>On the <a href= "https://www.reddit.com/r/AskNetsec/comments/krownj/why_do_people_always_get_fired_over_a_breach/"> AskNetSec subreddit</a> one redditor asked, "Why do people always get fired over a breach?" to which one responded, like many others, "it’s just tradition. Military, government, cor