Should CISOs Be More Empathetic Towards Salespeople?

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Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining me is our guest, Emily Heath, general partner, Cyberstarts.

In this episode:

How do CISOs feel about sales pitches?
Do they have legitimate complaints?
When do these legitimate complaints cross the line to sounding entitled?
Do CISOs need to show a little more empathy to sales?

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