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The CISO Dilemma: Risk Management vs. Security Engineering
This post argues that quantitative risk management (QRM) in cybersecurity is a deceptive comfort mechanism that lets executives rationalize insecurity, urging CISOs to reject financialized “risk buy-downs” and instead demand true security engineering and systemic architectural integrity.
Hosts:
Jerry Perullo (Founder, https://adversarial.com/)
Sounil Yu (Founder, https://www.knostic.ai/)
Mario Duarte (Founder, stealth startup)
Producer: Tillson Galloway (Founder, http://githoundexplore.com/)