Pragmatic CSO Podcast #22 - Homework for Buying Security Products

As we jump into Step 6: Buying Security Products, it makessense to understand what kind of homework we are going to have to doprepare for the process. This is homework you need to do, so I don't want to hear any excuses about the dog eating your homework. Remember, it's easy to buy something, it'shard to buy the right thing at the right time for the right price.

So this week we discuss the first 4 steps of the BuyingSecurity Products process I published back in 2006. The first step isto understand the business drivers for your project, then you assemblethe team, then you educate YOURSELF on the market (don't let thevendors educate you), and only then are you ready to engage with a longlist of vendors that can potentially meet the need.

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Running time: 7:14

Intro music is Jungle and I finish it up with the Beatles "Can't buy melove" because at the end of the day that little statement should keepeverything in context. 

Direct Download: 22_Pragmatic_CSO_Podcast_22.mp3

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