Allan is joined by Rafal Los, industry innovator, strategist, and personality. His career spans 20+ years while working inside companies from the Fortune 10 to a firm of less than 10. Additionally, Rafal is a founder and host of the Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast - an industry podcast delivering a weekly take on cybersecurity since 2011. Join Allan and Rafal as they discuss cyber security centers of excellence, metrics, marketing and acceptance in this conversation between two friends.

Key Takeaways:

01:56 Bio

04:27 Goals for Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (CoE)

06:44 How do you birth a Cybersecurity CoE?

09:45 Selling your service

15:18 Cost - who pays in the end and how?

17:10 Getting management on board

24:22 It’s not all about cost – but it is.

26:37 Metrics

31:05 Quality metrics

34:33 Your mess for less

38:02 What is something outside cyber that helps on the inside?

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