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Can You Be a vCISO If You've Never Been a CISO?

Can You Be a vCISO If You've Never Been a CISO?

Defense in Depth · David Spark

December 8, 202228m 40s

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Show Notes

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Why are there so many vCISOs who have never been a CISO? Isn't it difficult to advise on a role you've never done? Do organizations feel comfortable hiring an inexperienced vCISO as their CISO?

Check out this post for the discussions that are the basis of our conversation on this week's episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. We welcome our guest Steve Tran, CSO, DNC.

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In this episode:

  • Why are there so many vCISOs who have never been a CISO?
  • Isn't it difficult to advise on a role you've never done?
  • Do organizations feel comfortable hiring an inexperienced vCISO as their CISO?
  • If the person has the requisite background, why does it matter what the title they had before is?