Skip to content
CSO Executive Sessions podcast artwork

PODCAST · technology

CSO Executive Sessions

by Foundry

Bob Bragdon, senior vice president and publisher of CSO, hosts this podcast featuring interviews with top chief information security officers from across the country. Listen in as these tech leaders discuss current security threats, critical IT projects, security skills and careers, and much more.

Publisher-supplied feed metadata · PodParley refreshed Apr 14, 2026 · Source feed

Episodes

  1. Episode 14: How COVID-19 changed security priorities at Bristol Myers Squibb

    After a nearly 21-year career in the FBI, Roberts joined Bristol Myers Squibb in April, 2020, and has spent the past 7 months navigating the pandemic impact on the pharmaceutical giant. For BMS, like many organizations, the rapid shift to wide-scale work from home brought some unique challenges....

  2. Episode 13: Serving up a risk management culture at McDonald's

    In addition to being the largest fast food restaurant in the world, McDonald's is also one of the world's largest employers, real estate companies, and toy companies, thanks to the Happy Meal. It has also been transitioning into a tech company over the past several years, introducing a mobile…

    more
  3. Episode 12: Building board relationships

    Over the past decade, CSOs have had significantly more interaction with their boards of directors, becoming critical partners and driving risk management in many organizations. And cybersecurity, information security and privacy have become key topics of board meetings today, says Mark…

    more
  4. Episode 11: TikTok don’t stop: Data privacy and the transparency imperative

    After 10 years as CSO of payroll and HR solutions provider ADP, Roland Cloutier was looking for a challenge. He found one in his new role as Global CSO at TikTok, the fast-growing social media startup that has found itself in the news over privacy concerns. For Cloutier, who joined TikTok in…

    more
  5. Episode 10: Don’t be Batman: Why CISOs should embrace the sidekick role, Part 2

    In this second half, Akamai CISO Andy Ellis and host Bob Bragdon continue their talk about the good guy/bad guy dynamic in the infosec community and why it can result in you being marginalized in your organization. Ellis’ advice: Don’t try to be the hero; be the sidekick. Produced by IDG...

  6. Episode 9: Don’t be Batman: Why CISOs should embrace the sidekick role, Part 1

    There is a prevailing attitude in the infosec community that security pros are the good guys and the bad guys are, well, just about everyone else — users, developers, senior leadership. This good guy/bad guy dynamic can result in you being marginalized in your organization, says Akamai CISO Andy...

  7. Episode 8: Healthcare security in a time of crisis

    Balancing security and business needs is challenging in the best of times, but in the midst of a global pandemic it takes on new urgency. For Gary Gooden, CISO at Seattle Children’s, this means protecting patient data while enabling frontline workers to service patients and families using new...

  8. Episode 7: Security in a time of crisis

    The biggest risk from the scramble to move to remote work at scale will likely be an increase in data exposed from misconfigured cloud storage buckets, says Christopher Burgess, a writer and speaker on security issues and former senior security adviser to Cisco. “You can choke a horse on the…

    more
  9. Episode 6: Building security in

    We can all remember a time not so long ago when security was the department of no. “We have moved past that to ‘yes, but,’" says Mike Towers, CSO at Takeda Pharmaceuticals International. For Towers, getting to a place where it is easy for the business to do the secure thing has meant placing a...

  10. Episode 5: In security, soft skills are king

    For Chad Teat, CISO of Atlanta-based specialty retailer Floor & Decor, the secret to balancing risk and business opportunity comes down to reducing friction with the business. To do that, Teat says, the CISO, engineers, and analysts all need to make it their day-to-day job to build relationships...

  11. Episode 4: Reducing risk vs. enabling the business: finding the balance

    "We're [CSOs] all focused on this balance of being able to reduce risk while enabling the business," says Lionbridge CSO & CPO Doug Graham. But, he adds, "There's no real hard-and-fast rules about how much risk and what that recipe is." For Graham, the most concerning part about the CSO role…

    more
  12. Episode 3: Succeeding with security as code

    As more organizations move to the cloud and to continuous deployment, security needs to “follow the ‘as code’ model,” says Marnie Wilking, global head of security & technology risk management at Wayfair. Where historically security engineers and analysts needed to be familiar with tools and...

  13. Episode 2: Security nightmares: Three things that keep Biogen CISO Bob Litterer up at night

    Bob Litterer, VP and CISO of biotech giant Biogen, isn’t a worrier at heart, but there are a few things that keep him up at night. High on that list is the interdependencies in his company’s third-party network; a data breach anywhere in that ecosystem could have a devastating ripple effect. Also...

  14. Trailer: Introducing 'CSO Executive Sessions'

    Join CSO publisher Bob Bragdon for a new audio podcast series, CSO Executive Sessions which will feature conversations with leading security and risk executives from around the country about the challenges faced by their organizations. You'll hear from some of the best minds in security about…

    more

Type above to search every episode's transcript for a word or phrase. Matches are scoped to this podcast.

Searching…

We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.

No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.

Showing of matches

No topics indexed yet for this podcast.

Loading reviews...

ABOUT THIS SHOW

Bob Bragdon, senior vice president and publisher of CSO, hosts this podcast featuring interviews with top chief information security officers from across the country. Listen in as these tech leaders discuss current security threats, critical IT projects, security skills and careers, and much more.

HOSTED BY

Foundry

CATEGORIES

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does CSO Executive Sessions have?

CSO Executive Sessions currently has 14 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.

What is CSO Executive Sessions about?

Bob Bragdon, senior vice president and publisher of CSO, hosts this podcast featuring interviews with top chief information security officers from across the country. Listen in as these tech leaders discuss current security threats, critical IT projects, security skills and careers, and much more.

How often does CSO Executive Sessions release new episodes?

CSO Executive Sessions has 14 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

Where can I listen to CSO Executive Sessions?

You can listen to CSO Executive Sessions on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.

Who hosts CSO Executive Sessions?

CSO Executive Sessions is created and hosted by Foundry.
URL copied to clipboard!