Rob Black, CISSP

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

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Education

Kellogg School of Management

MBA in Marketing & Finance

Washington University in St. Louis


B.S. in Computer Science

B.S. in System Science & Engineering

Rob founded Fractional CISO in 2017 and has helped dozens of companies improve their security posture as a Virtual CISO. Rob, also known as the “IoT Security Guy,” has held product security and corporate security leadership positions at PTC ThingWorx, Axeda and RSA Security. He consults, speaks, and writes on quantitative risk management, cyber insurance, and cybersecurity.

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