How Cybersecurity Buyers Are Influenced by Marketing: The Surprising Truth About CISO Buying Decisions and Where Your Cybersecurity GTM Spend is Wasted - Emily Matthews Principal NOLA Marketing

Emily Matthews, founder and principal of NOLA Marketing, partnered with the Ponemon Institute to ask CISOs directly how vendor marketing influences their buying decisions. The resulting State of Cybersecurity Marketing Influence Report 2026 holds some surprises: webinars beat CISO dinners, hands-on workshops build the peer references buyers trust most, and the first visitor to your website is…