Ayman Elsawah: When, Why, & How to Become a Fractional CISO - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 10

Ayman Elsawah is a Fractional CISO (vCISO) for Cloud Security Labs. They specialize in providing CISO services to Start-Ups and Scale-Ups. After graduating with a Computer Science degree, his career progressed from Network Engineer to Cybersecurity Engineer to Cybersecurity Architect to Cloud Cybersecurity Consultant to Fractional CISO. He now provides coaching services, advisory services, and authors books and instructional courses online.

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Website: https://coffeewithayman.com/
Fractional CISO Course: https://securitycafe.thinkific.com/courses/vciso-fractional-ciso-course

Timestamps:
2:25 - Favorite Movie & Music
4:45 - Coffee
8:17 - Ayman's Book & Podcast
9:22 - What He's Learned from Podcasting
11:52 - Top 5 Ways to Break into Cybersecurity
13:42 - How Ayman Landed in Cybersecurity
15:30 - Becoming Fractional
17:44 - Should You Go Fractional?
23:34 - Best Parts of Being Fractional
30:59 - Why Fractional is Becoming so Popular
40:26 - Social Selling
43:10 - BD Strategies for Landing Fractional Clients
45:34 - What's Happening in Cyber?
47:19 - Can Cyber Issues Be Solved with Hiring?
49:24 - Opportunities for American Workers
50:16 - What's Up with Ghost Job Postings?
54:41 - What He Does For Fun

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