The Adversarial Podcast Ep. 17 - 2025 CISO Compensation Survey, Okta layoffs and employee value, TLS inspection

⬇️ See below for timestamps/summaries/references for each topic

00:00 Highlight/theme

00:37 Intro

1:21 Hitch Partners survey of CISOs

13:34 Dangling S3 buckets

24:35 Update on Cybersecurity Innovation Executive Order

32:58 Cyber stocks - NET and CRWD at all-time highs

44:07 Okta lays off 180 employees, including security engineers

55:47 Is anyone actually doing TLS inspection?

1:03:21 Is a SOC2 certificate enough to pass TPRM?

Hitch Partners survey of CISOs

The 2025 CISO Security Leadership Survey by Hitch Partners highlights key trends in CISO compensation, reporting structures, and industry disparities. Public company CISOs see higher cash compensation and equity growth, with a 6.1% increase year-over-year, while private company CISOs face tighter  ...