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Best Responses to ‘One CISO’s Grand Experiment to Engage with Security Vendors’

by David Spark on September 20, 2018

This is the story of Allan Alford, CISO of Mitel, who publicly announced on LinkedIn that he was going to reserve two hours each week to meet with security vendors. The security community went ablaze with such a shocking announcement. Did I hear that right? A CISO actually wants to learn from security vendors.

You can find the original article here.

And you can find the LinkedIn discussion here.

— David Spark

David Spark
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David Spark

David Spark is a veteran tech journalist with nine years experience covering cybersecurity. He has partnered with Security Boulevard to continue his popular CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Series. Spark is also the founder of the Spark Media Solutions, a B2B content marketing agency for the tech industry. He's a former standup comic, comedy writer for The Second City in Chicago, and San Francisco tour guide.

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