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7th January 2021

Multi-Factor Authentication: One Security Control you can’t go Without!

Multi-factor authentication, frequently referred to as MFA, is a universal security control that everyone can benefit from and should use.

29th December 2020

Top Fractional CISO Blogs of 2020

From Zoom bombs to Russians targeting Tesla, 2020 was full of cybersecurity headlines. We take a look at the top blogs we published in 2020.

22nd December 2020

Should you hide your Wi-Fi SSID?

Hiding your SSID might feel like a good idea at first glance, but it’s really about as effective as hiding behind a curtain.

17th December 2020

Three Lessons from The Ticketmaster Breach

In the wake of the Ticketmaster breach of 2018, the company set a stellar example of what NOT to do to prevent and respond to a cyber attack.

10th December 2020

Why you should NOT be using xfinitywifi hotspots.

Xfinitywifi hotspots can be seen almost everywhere, but public WiFi is a security nightmare that should generally be avoided.

3rd December 2020

SOC 2 Compliance is Cybersecurity Customized, not Prescribed.

Does this sound familiar to you? The Sales team at your company keeps getting pushback from potential customers, particularly the larger ones. They insist on asking lots of invasive pre-sales questions about your company’s security practices, and it’s bogging down the process and you’re losing deals. The Director of Sales notices that many of the…

24th November 2020

Free Cybersecurity Training: Good, but not Great.

An employee at a company gets an email that looks like it’s from their boss, asking them to open a link or download an attachment for a project. The employee performs the task as requested, only to later discover their account was compromised! This employee was the victim of a social engineering phishing attack, where…

19th November 2020

Three Keys to a Great Internal Audit

I don’t remember much about middle school. It was the 80s, though, and things were certainly different back then. We had real chalk boards (with erasers that needed periodic clapping), gender-separated gym classes, and junk food and soda in the vending machines. One memory, in particular, has stayed with me. It happened in science class…

12th November 2020

Password Hints: Could your ex guess your password?

The first passwords I used as a kid all featured my first and favorite Pokémon, Mudkip. Sometimes I would include a number (mudkip96), or a number, uppercase, and a special character (Mudkip96!), but the passwords all featured my favorite fictional axolotl nonetheless. It was easy to remember and if I ever did forget, the password…

10th November 2020

Announcing the First vCISO Cybersecurity Scholarship Winner!

UPDATE (January 2021): The information presented in this article is out-of-date for the round of scholarship applications taking place in 2021. For up-to-date information on the scholarship, please visit this page. The original article appears unaltered below. ~~~ The world gets a little more digital every day, opening more and more cyber vulnerabilities for bad…

15th October 2020

When SIMPLE Simply Isn’t

Our company is growing. Last year at this time, we were, collectively, three humans and two plants. Today, we are five humans, four plants, and a dog, and are in search of two more humans (and maybe some cats). And so I sat down last month with Jon Bicknell, our terrific financial planner, to help…

30th September 2020

My Fintech Cybersecurity Journey – Out of the Bubble

I’ll admit it – when I joined Fractional CISO earlier this year, I had no idea what it would really be like as a Virtual CISO. I knew that my new position — providing cybersecurity leadership to clients across all sorts of industries — would be very different than my previous eight years as a…

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