CISO Stories – Resource Page – Tool Selection
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CISO Stories is a monthly program featuring a series of content powered by the 1,200+ members
of CyberRisk Alliance’s CISO Community. Each month, CISO Stories features a topic selected by
CyberRisk Alliance’s CISO Community and will feature four weeks of content that explores the
topic from a variety of perspectives and in a variety of different formats published here.
Tool Selection Resources
Webcasts
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Beyond the Buzzwords: Choosing Essential Tools for Your Security Stack
The cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving, and CISOs are inundated with new tools and technologies, each promising to be the ultimate solution.
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Building a Resilient Security Stack: Balancing Innovation and Practicality
Innovation is key to staying ahead in cybersecurity, but sometimes chasing the ‘next big thing’ doesn’t lead you to the right destination.
Resources
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Strategic Selection and Optimization of Security Tool Stacks: A one-page guide
By carefully evaluating existing tools, leveraging diverse perspectives, and maintaining a balance between automation and…
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Ten Tips for Tool Stack Optimization
Optimizing your cybersecurity tool stack can often be a daunting exercise fraught with vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and too much or…
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Checklist: Security Tool Stack Selection
This checklist can help security teams take the best possible path to tool selection and optimization for their organizations.
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Trying to tackle tool sprawl? Consolidate at the data source
Sprawl of all types has become a constant, growing problem in enterprises – code sprawl, vendor sprawl, cloud sprawl, and attack surface sprawl. They aren’t just plaguing IT…
CISO STORIES PODCASTVIEW PAST EPISODES
Security Program Controls/Technologies
How important is your relationship with your tool vendors? – Jacob Lorz – CSP #198
Security Program Controls/Technologies
What level of tool rationalization does your company do and why? – LaLisha Hurt – CSP #197
Security Program Controls/Technologies
Have you considered your team’s cognitive biases when selecting tools? – Dustin Sachs – CSP #196
Tokyo DriftSec: Who is going First? Who is going Smooth? – Lisa Landau – CSP #195
What are your pet peeves when it comes to tool selection? – Timothy Ball – CSP #194
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