Small-Medium Businesses Are Hackers' Path of Least Resistance | Royce Markose, CISO, Vistrada

12/11/2025 36 min
Small-Medium Businesses Are Hackers' Path of Least Resistance | Royce Markose, CISO, Vistrada

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Royce Markose, CISO at Vistrada, shares his journey from breaking apart computers as a kid to leading cybersecurity for billion-dollar organizations. He dives into why hackers are shifting from endpoints to SaaS and browser attacks, how AI is transforming security risks, and how vendors should best pitch to CISOs and pull them into the conversation.00:00 Leading a security team with limited resources10:21 The mistake vendors make when selling to CISOs16:07 Building cybersecurity strategies at Vistrada25:10 The browser is the new battleground for breaches29:41 Redefining the CISO’s role as a business partner🔔 Follow Royce and Aleksandra on:https://www.linkedin.com/in/royce2020/https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandra-melnikova-1012/ 🔥 Powered by SquareXDeployed as a lightweight extension, SquareX turns any browser, on any device, into a secure enterprise browser. Find out more about SquareX at https://hubs.la/Q03rPcbf0

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