Important Consideration When Trying To Be a vCISO
Ayman explains the mindset shift required when transitioning from a full-time CISO to a fractional or virtual CISO, emphasizing the additional responsibilities such as accounting, scheduling, and client management. He discusses the different types of vCISOs, the challenges in the market, and the importance of customer success in running a vCISO business.
Transcript
One of the biggest things that's important to understand when becoming a fractional CISO is the difference in mindset. When you're a full-time person, you go and you work for a company and you get a paycheck. But when you are a self-employed person, whether that's a contractor or you're going the solopreneur route or even the entrepreneur route, There's the difference. There's a different mindset. And so you're responsible for the accounting, the bookkeeping, the scheduling of clients, delivery, making sure customer success, your clients are happy, everything. 0:32 So there's the work itself, and then there's everything else around it, around the work and the delivery of running a fractional CISO business. So we're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about all different parts. What is it like to be a fractional CISO? What different kinds of fractional CISOs or vCISOs are there? What does it mean to be a vCISO? What are some pitfalls in the vCISO market? And what's the future? So come and check out this talk.