SSCP: Gliding into a New Security Career
3rd December 2019
How many paragliding instructors do we have out there? Okay, not a lot. But what if you were one looking to make a career change into cybersecurity? Take it from this former paragliding instructor, here’s the way to glide into a new cybersecurity career. Before I found out about the SSCP certification, the landscape of…
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Can You Hear Me Now?
21st November 2019
Here is a sentence you have probably never heard: “Alexa, send our company banking credentials to a cyber-criminal.” Nobody, of course, would deliberately invite their smart speaker to share confidential information with bad actors. And the software itself (Alexa, Google Home, etc.) is not designed to do bad things. But, that doesn’t mean bad things…
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3 Tips to Make Your Vulnerability Report Pop
6th November 2019
Have you ever been the victim, I mean, read a vulnerability report? It looks like the world is about to end with all of the red tens and lots of numbers all over the place. Technical humans trying to make sense of the information mumble things like, “I guess we have to patch” or “um,…
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Sales troubles? Call the cybersecurity specialist!
29th October 2019
It is so non-intuitive. Yet, each time I try to explain it, I get puzzled looks. This is usually how it goes…. “I help business leaders create a cybersecurity program and story to unblock sales.” “Huh?” But it is true. More often than not our clients make the decision to hire us because they are…
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How many organizations have access to my email?
11th September 2019
Here’s a scenario: You are sending a confidential email to an employee at another company that’s based overseas. You need to share the information with the person at that company, but you don’t want the information to get out beyond that connection. How many organizations will have access to that email? Answer: More than you…
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25 months in: What I’ve learned starting a cybersecurity company
31st July 2019
This is the second part in a series. If you haven’t read the 18 month one, you should. It’s here: https://fractionalciso.com/18-months-in-what-ive-learned-starting-a-cybersecurity-company/ After re-reading my 18-month blog post I couldn’t believe how much has changed with our business and with me in just six months. Okay, seven months but I started writing this post at the…
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vCISO video
8th July 2019
Have you ever wondered what a vCISO is or why you should hire one? Now in just 71 seconds with this vCISO video you can learn everything you have ever wanted to about what a Virtual CISO is and how they can help your organization. Want to watch the vCISO video on YouTube? Check it…
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IoT Platforms: The Top Six
30th May 2019
I recently finished a small consulting engagement where the client asked me about if they should build an IoT platform. I’ll give you the same advice I gave them, but for free. “Don’t do it.” Let’s talk about the underlying challenges with today’s IoT platforms. It’s a very weird market. Think of it this way:…
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Fractional CISO in the news
3rd April 2019
We’ve gotten some great first quarter 2019 press exposure covering a range of cybersecurity topics. First, our article covering the Four Signs You’re Ready for a Virtual CISO was published by the Security Ledger in February. We walk you through the key reasons for choosing a vCISO including because of customer input, regulatory requirements, mergers…
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