Free “vCISO Clinic” offers Resource-Constrained InfoSec Leaders a Helping Hand

Leaders in the InfoSec field face a strange dilemma. On the one
hand, there are hundreds of thousands of resources available to
find online to read (or watch) if they have questions – that’s a
benefit of a digital-first field. On the other hand, most leaders
face challenges that – while not entirely unique each time – tend
to require a specific touch or solution.

For most, it would be great to have a sympathetic ear or a fresh
perspective that has faced similar challenges. Where does the tip
of the spear turn to for a helping hand?

One popular avenue is to turn to a virtual CISO (or vCISO), an
external consultant who can offer strategic advice, suggestions and
help find insights that can be instrumental in building better
security systems.

For many organizations, having the benefits of a CISO, even on a
temporary basis, can be incredibly helpful and valuable.

With that in mind, Chris Roberts, Cynet’s chief security
strategist, is offering a new program (you can learn more here^[1]) to give InfoSec leaders
a new avenue for support, advice, and valuable insights.

The program, known as the vCISO Free Clinic, will let security
professionals book a one-on-one meeting with Roberts, completely
free of charge. Roberts is a long-time vCISO and consultant in
cybersecurity, as well as a well-known counter threat intelligence
and vulnerability researcher.

The drive for the new free clinic is to give InfoSec leaders and
professionals an additional tool they can use to help gain
knowledge, find solutions to their problems, and improve their
organization’s security and defenses.

More importantly, it’s always valuable to have someone in their
corner who has been there, can offer a unique perspective, and call
on decades of experience in the field.

This is also part of a larger drive by Roberts, and Cynet, to
give InfoSec leaders and professionals greater access to the
knowledge they need and a community that can support their goals
and provides value.

A few weeks ago, Roberts launched an InfoSec Leaders Community
on slack with the goal of sharing knowledge and insights, and more
recently, the company launched a CISO Challenge to help
professionals test their knowledge, find gaps in it, and start
filling them.

With the vCISO Clinic, Roberts hopes to also help in providing a
readily available, and valuable, source of knowledge to the
security community. As part of the program, registrants can
schedule a zoom session with Roberts to discuss a variety of topics
related to the challenges they face. Some topics that might be
discussed include:

• Roadblock in security roadmaps that are difficult to resolve on
  a limited budget
• How to get around resource constraints when building effective
  security systems
• A different perspective on a seemingly “intractable”
  problem

With this new initiative, the company hopes to provide an
additional valuable tool to security leaders and professionals who
find themselves outside the Fortune 2000. The clinic opened its
virtual doors on May 12th, and registrations for a free consult are
already open. You can register for a one-on-one session at the
vCISO Free Clinic here^[2].