"We all know that it’s a core responsibility of the job to take the bullet— an excellent CISO who does everything right will not prevent all breaches, and if inevitable breeches become an issue, the CISO is the designated sacrifice. This has even proven true in cases where breeches were due to product team issues, even where the CISO raised issues well in advance of a breach."

Breeches are... Inevitable. They will happen one leg at a time.

A few weeks ago, it seemed like everyone in the tech industry was glued to Mudge’s congressional testimony. Not only is he one of the most irreproachable people in the security space, the drama around Twitter is fun, partially because Elon Musk plays almost like a cartoon villain.

While most eyes were on Mudge, at exactly the same time, there was actually testimony being given across the country in a California court, involving a well-respected CISO, involving a 2016 breech at Uber, that was mostly ignored (even though it got some coverage in early 2017).