Why Cybersecurity Marketers Are Prime Security Targets
Episode Summary:
Cat Allen, Senior Product Marketing Manager at SpyCloud, brings a rare mix of technical grounding and ethical clarity to cybersecurity marketing. Her path into the industry was unconventional, shaped by psychology, hands-on technical training, and a deep interest in privacy, surveillance, and responsible data use.
The conversation focuses on what it means to market security products responsibly, especially in an industry where marketers are frequent targets and data collection can quietly introduce risk. Cat shares how her technical background helps her bridge engineering and go-to-market teams while keeping trust, accuracy, and transparency at the center.
The episode also explores tougher questions about workplace ethics, the limits of compliance, personal responsibility for data privacy, and the broader implications of AI.
About Cat:
Cat Allen is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at SpyCloud, working on product messaging, enablement, and go-to-market support for cybersecurity teams. She has held senior product marketing roles at Cloudflare and Everfox (formerly Forcepoint).
She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Cybersecurity and brings a technical foundation into her work, partnering closely with product, engineering, and revenue teams.
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