Department of Know: CISO hiring warning, critical threat actor law, Microsoft Defender outage

Dec 9, 2025

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This week’s Department of Know is hosted by Sarah Lane with guests Jason Shockey, CISO, Cenlar FSB, and Mike Lockhart, CISO, Eagleview

Thanks to our show sponsor, Adaptive Security

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