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# Ep 50: Security is more than a cost center with Dave Stapleton

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Dave Stapelton Chief Information Security Officer at Cyber GRX (Global Risk Exchange) details his journey from accounting to cybersecurity. He discusses how the role of CISO has evolved, why security programs are stigmatized as cost centers, and ways the cost center narrative can be changed.

 

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