Wrong Answers to Revealing Interview Questions

CISO Series Podcast

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Security leaders will often ask challenging or potentially gotcha questions as barometers to see if you can handle a specific job. They're looking not necessarily for a specific answer, but rather a kind of answer and they're also looking to make sure you don't answer the question a specific way. Don't get caught in the trap.

This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Our guest is Quincy Castro, CISO, Redis.

Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Okta

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In this episode:

• What parts of cybersecurity can you comfortably outsource? What parts of cybersecurity do you want to outsource, but can't?
• One of the major arguments for outsourcing is "Finding cyber talent is really tough." Do you agree with that rationale to outsource?
• When building a security program for a startup, how do you establish scope and requirements?