{"id":6949,"date":"2017-03-21T10:11:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T10:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clone4.10pearls.com\/?p=6949"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:31:09","slug":"10pearls-cso-asks-why-is-the-security-industry-failing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/blog\/10pearls-cso-asks-why-is-the-security-industry-failing\/","title":{"rendered":"10Pearls CSO Asks \u2018Why is the Security Industry Failing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Hesse, 10Pearls\u2019 Chief Security Officer, has <a href=\"https:\/\/securitytoday.com\/articles\/2017\/03\/17\/why-is-the-security-industry-failing.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">contributed an article to Security Today<\/a> entitled, \u201cWhy is the Security Industry Failing?\u201d Drawing from the discussions he had at a recent event featuring a panel of former White House advisors, Peter shares his perspective on why we continue to see so 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