Ross Young joins Evgeniy Kharam to talk about his new book Cybersecurity Secret: Why Most Budgets Go to Waste — and how the industry can do better. From optimizing spend and retiring underperforming tools, to writing a book using AI and creating onboarding frameworks for developers, Ross shares insights every cybersecurity leader can use.

Topics Covered:

• Why cybersecurity spending often fails
• Who the book is for (CISOs, CFOs, vendors, and tech writers)
• The “Murder Board” framework to evaluate tool usage
• Total Cost of Ownership in cyber planning
• AI and ChatGPT for authorship + productivity
• Developer onboarding as a security risk
• Why Ross self-published and what’s next

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Guest: Ross Young

Host: Evgeniy Kharam

Resources:

https://www.cisotradecraft.com/freetemplates

https://www.cisotradecraft.com/course-master-the-budget-game-in-cybersecurity