The Department of Know: Vercel breach, a “Contagious Interview,” and ghost breaches
Release Date: 04/24/2026
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This week’s Department of Know is hosted by , with guests , CISO, , and , Head of IT & Security, . Missed the live show? Check it out The Department of Know is live every Friday at 4:00 p.m. ET. Join us each week by registering for the open discussion at . Get the show notes here: Thanks to our episode sponsor, Guardsqaure Attackers are treating your mobile app like an open book. Sixty-three percent of security leaders recently detected app tampering, cloning, or unauthorized modifications. When your code runs in an untrusted environment, you need runtime...
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The Department of Know: Vercel breach, a “Contagious Interview,” and ghost breaches
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Link to This week’s Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests , CISO, , and , former CISO, New York State Gaming Commission. Missed the live show? Check it out The Department of Know is live every Friday at 4:00 p.m. ET. Join us each week by registering for the open discussion at . Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker is extending Zero Trust beyond endpoint control. With their recent release of Zero Trust Network Access and Zero Trust Cloud Access, access isn’t based on credentials alone, it requires the right user, the...
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This week’s Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Brett Conlon, CISO, American Century Investments, and Michael Bickford, former CISO, New York State Gaming Commission.
Missed the live show? Check it out on YouTube.
The Department of Know is live every Friday at 4:00 p.m. ET. Join us each week by registering for the open discussion at CISOSeries.com.
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