Defense in Depth Do You Have a Functional Policy or Did You Just Write One?
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Aug 21, 2025 Pukar Hamal, founder and CEO of SecurityPal, shares insights on aligning security with business objectives. He discusses the challenges cybersecurity teams face with compliance and the importance of executive support. The conversation highlights how to navigate security policies amidst business needs while transforming barriers into growth opportunities. Listeners discover innovative strategies for enhancing compliance and fostering a proactive security culture. Hamal emphasizes simplifying security frameworks to focus on business expansion and bridge the cybersecurity talent gap.
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Deliver Incremental Assurances
- Start with what you can deliver and offer incremental deliverables to keep momentum.
- Partner with the business to set realistic timelines and deliver partial assurance quickly.
Last-Minute 200-Page Review Killed A Deal
- Pukar described losing a major deal when a 200-page security review arrived at the last minute.
- That experience motivated him to build SecurityPal to solve scalable assurance problems.
Translate Questions To Real Concerns
- Many scary questionnaire items map to reasonable underlying business concerns.
- Ask the question behind the question to provide focused, meaningful assurance.