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?
 
Links:
Follow <a href='https://allanalford.com/'>Allan</a> on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/allanalford/'>LinkedIn</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/AllanAlfordinTX'>Twitter</a>
Follow Rafal Los on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmlos/'>LinkedIn</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/Wh1t3Rabbit?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor'>Twitter</a>
Check out his <a href='http://podcast.wh1t3rabbit.net/'>podcast</a>
Purchase a Cyber Ranch Podcast T-Shirt at the <a href='https://store.hackervalley.com/'>Hacker Valley Store</a>
Learn more about <a href='https://hackervalley.com/'>Hacker Valley Studio</a> and <a href='https://hackervalley.com/cyberranch'>The Cyber Ranch Podcast</a>
Sponsored by our good friends at <a href='https://axonius.com/'>Axonius</a>

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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...

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?
 
Links:
Follow Allan on LinkedIn and Twitter
Follow Rafal Los on LinkedIn and Twitter
Check out his podcast
Purchase a Cyber Ranch Podcast T-Shirt at the Hacker Valley Store
Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio and The Cyber Ranch Podcast
Sponsored by our good friends at Axonius

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