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The New CISO Podcast Ep. 140 - Manuel Ressel | The Four Cs: Why a Schoolteacher Makes a Great CISO

In this episode of The New CISO, host Steve Moore speaks with Manuel "Manu" Ressel, CISO at SAUTER Group, about his unconventional journey from classroom teacher to cybersecurity leader—and why the "Four Cs" of modern education provide a powerful framework for building effective security programs. Drawing from years as both a teacher and school principal in Germany, Manu introduces Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity as essential leadership skills that fundamentally challenge how the industry approaches awareness training and incident response.

Decoding the 2025 MITRE ATT&CK Evals: A Call for Clarity and a Guide for Analysts

The latest MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Evaluations are out, featuring scenarios that emulate sophisticated actors like Scattered Spider and Mustang Panda. While every release of the findings is a significant event for the security community, this year’s evaluation highlights both new and recurring concerns for security professionals.

The New CISO Podcast Ep. 139 - Alex Rice | Safety Third: Why Security Shouldn't Be Your Top Priority

In this episode of The New CISO, host Steve Moore speaks with Alex Rice, Founder, CTO, and CISO at HackerOne, about challenging one of cybersecurity's most deeply held beliefs—that security should be the top priority. Drawing from his journey building security programs at Facebook and founding HackerOne, Alex introduces the "safety third" philosophy and explains why accepting that security is never first can actually make you more effective as a leader.

Exabeam Introduces First Connected System for AI Agent Behavior Analytics and AI Security Posture Insight

Industry leadership expanded with connected capabilities that not only uncover AI agent activity, but centralize investigation, and deliver measurable AI security posture insights.

Model Context Protocol Server: The Universal Remote for AI Agents

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is emerging as a foundational interoperability layer for agentic AI, embraced by major platform providers. MCP simplifies how AI models connect to external tools and data. Think of it as a universal remote for security platforms: Instead of building fragile, one-off integrations, MCP allows AI to discover and use capabilities dynamically. For SIEM and detection providers, this shift is significant.