We're fed up with vendors who think they can detect any breach, but we're not fed up with breach detection. On this week's episode: • Are millennials excited or not excited about working in security? Supposedly, nine percent of all millennials are interested in a job of security. Is that good news/bad news/misrepresented news? ( Read the story • ) • Haroon Meer's amazingly open story of the money Thinkst spent at RSA 2018. Was it worth it? Great advice for anyone else sponsoring a big tech conference. ( Read the story • ) • Are you sponsoring Black Hat or another big tech conference? Pick up my book, Three Feet from Seven Figures: One-on-One Engagement Techniques to Qualify More Leads at Trade Shows • . • We talk about breach detection and the use of deception devices. • When a breach happens, should you or shouldn't you blame the victim? • How should security sales managers pump up their team for sales? Is letting people know that they're the only ones to fix their customers' problems the right tactic?

This episode is sponsored by Thinkst, makers of Canary deception devices. Read how much their customers love their product here. As always, the show is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), founder, Spark Media Solutions and Mike Johnson, CISO, Lyft. Our guest this week is Haroon Meer (@haroonmeer), founder and researcher of Thinkst. We Want Your Input and Critiques For every episode we want input from listeners! Please contact me here or on LinkedIn and send me the following: • “Ask a CISO” question. • A vendor pitch you want us to critique. • A hot security discussion (please provide a link). • A quick security tip. • A big industry story and what it means to security professionals. In all cases, we can or can’t mention you and your company name or keep you anonymous. Just let me know what you want. Listen and Subscribe to the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast So many ways to connect and listen to the podcast. iTunes Google Play Stitcher RSS Feed Sponsor the Podcast If your company would like to sponsor this podcast, please contact David Spark at Spark Media Solutions.