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Life of a CISO with Dr. Eric Cole — 102 episodes

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AI Is Failing Companies and CISOs Need to Speak Up

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Protecting People in a World No One Is Coming to Save | Guest: Eva Galperin

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The AI Hacking Tool So Dangerous They Won't Release It (But You Don't Need to Panic)

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Cyber War Has Already Started… And Your Company Is Next

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Cybersecurity Is About Risk Not Tech | Guest: Carlos Lobato

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Building a Modern CISO Career in Cybersecurity | Guest: Jesse Scott

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AI, Threat Hunters, and the New CISO Playbook | Mary Kotch on the Future of Cybersecurity

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How CISOs Become the Trusted Authority in the Boardroom

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How CISOs Should Prepare for AI and Cloud Risks in 2026 | Matt Lea

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Why CISOs Must Lead the AI Conversation Before It's Too Late

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Why Executive Trust Makes or Breaks a CISO | Guest: Zachary Lewis

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What It Really Takes to Succeed as a CISO | Guest: Matthew Webster

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Why Intellectual Property Is the New Cybersecurity Battleground

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The 2026 Reset for Security Leaders

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How AI, Cloud Outages, and Data Protection Will Define Cybersecurity in 2026

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Understanding the Role of a CISO

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Who You Must Become to Be a World-Class CISO

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Gratitude, Giving & Becoming a World-Class CISO

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CISO Priorities for 2026: Health, Leadership & Risk Mastery

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Relationships Over Firewalls with Attila Torok

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Relationships Over Firewalls with Attila Torok

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When the Cyber Alarms Go Silent

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Lessons in Trust, Training, and Threat Intelligence with Michael Centrella

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From Good to World-Class: Aligning Cybersecurity with Business Success

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From Race Cars to Risk: Dual CISO-CTO Leadership with Ben Wilcox

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The Essential Guide to Becoming a CISO

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Satellite Communications, AI, and the Future of Secure Connectivity with Guest Brett Miller

28

The Journey to Becoming a CISO: Lessons Learned with Azunna Anyanwu

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Cybersecurity, AI, and Communication: Dr. Eric Cole with Dr. Jill Schiefelbein

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Building a World-Class CISO Career with Guest Shannon Brewster

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Communicating Cybersecurity to Executives with Guest Shashank Shekhar

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Cybersecurity Leadership Across the Globe with Chris & Damian

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Simplifying Cybersecurity, Time Management & Strategic Playbooks

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The #1 Skill CISOs Need for Career Acceleration (And How to Master It)

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Building Credibility Before the Crisis: Zachary Lewis on Frameworks & Board Trust

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Back to the Basics: How World-Class CISOs Lock Down External Servers

37

Building Cybersecurity from the Ground Up: A Conversation with Chuck Brooks

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Mastering the CISO Journey with Guest Christophe Foulon

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How a Hacker Became Twitter's First CISO | Michael Coates on Cybersecurity's Future

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The Cyber War Has Already Started – Are You Ready?

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CISO Leadership, Trust & Non-Negotiables with Dan Lohrmann

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From Pen Testing to Purpose: Jane Frankland on Cyber, Burnout, & Reinvention

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Breaking the IT Inertia with Google Cloud's Dr. Anton Chuvakin

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Breaking Into Cybersecurity and Future Trends with Henrik Parkkinen

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Alignment

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CISO Blind Spots

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AI Risks

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Blindspots

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What You Must Master This Year

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Balancing Risk and Innovation

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Data

52

Cybersecurity Metrics

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Where Are You?

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The Mission

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Who is in CONTROL

56

Having a Clear Strategy and Plan

57

AI and Cyber

58

The Role of Cybersecurity

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Let Data Drive Decisions, Not Emotions

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CISOs Must Focus on Root Causes

61

Career Paths in Cyber

62

What is a CISO?

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Why Are You Here?

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How Are You Showing Up?

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Why I Am Here?

66

CISO Year End Review Part 2

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CISO Year End Review

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Being a Balanced CISO Part 2

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Being a Balanced CISO

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Evangelist

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Being a CISO Is More Than a Job

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Cyber and Law

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Security Posture

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Cyber Trends for CISO's Part 3

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Cyber Trends for CISO's Part 2

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Cyber Trends for CISO's

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CISO vs. Security Engineer

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Blueprint for Being a World Class CISO

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CISO v. VCISO

80

World War III CyberWar

81

Cybersecurity Metrics

82

Breaking Down RISK

83

Cyber Security vs Frameworks

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Getting Hired as a CISO (acing the interview) PART 2

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Getting Hired as a CISO (acing the interview)

86

Your WHY of Being a CISO

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Your WHY of Being a CISO

88

A Day In the Life of a CISO

89

Well Rounded CISO

90

Focus On Risk

91

CISO Checklist

92

Lessons Learned From Being a CISO

93

Creating a CISO Roadmap

94

What Do You Really Want (and are you willing to do what it takes)

95

Dr. Cole's Journey Part 3

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Dr. Cole's Journey Part 2

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Dr. Cole's Journey Part 1

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C _ _ O + _ I S _ = CISO

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Lessons Learned

100

Awareness (Strength and Weaknesses)

101

Cyber 101

102

BUSINESS 101