Ask Me Anything: vCISO Strategy, IR, and Cyber Leadership | DailyCyber 281 ~ Watch Now ~ In this AMA edition of DailyCyber, I answer questions cybersecurity leaders face every day — from rebuilding income after a layoff to navigating account compromise scenarios. This episode is packed with insights on mindset, leadership, communication, and technical decision-making.
Ask Me Anything: vCISO Strategy, IR, and Cyber Leadership | DailyCyber 281 ~ Watch Now ~
In this AMA edition of DailyCyber, I answer questions cybersecurity leaders face every day — from rebuilding income after a layoff to navigating account compromise scenarios.
This episode is packed with insights on mindset, leadership, communication, and technical decision-making.
🔥 Topics Covered
1️⃣ How I Rebuilt Income After a Layoff
• Turning a setback into a strategy
• Building momentum when everything restarts at zero
• Leveraging relationships without “selling”
• Mindset shifts for resilience in cybersecurity careers
2️⃣ How I Rebuilt My Cybersecurity Consulting Business
• The vCISO model and packaging expertise
• How to identify ideal clients
• Retainer building & predictable revenue
• Why trust, clarity, and specialization win
3️⃣ How To Sell a SIEM To Your Board — Quantify Downtime
• Boards buy business outcomes, not logs
• Framing SIEM value in terms of downtime, legal exposure, and financial impact
• Metrics that resonate with executives
• How to turn risk language into business language
4️⃣ Immediate Actions After an Account Compromise — And Why
• Session invalidation
• Identity isolation
• MFA & token checks
• Reviewing cloud logs and lateral movement indicators
• Rebuilding trust in the identity
5️⃣ When Fortinet Looks Like a Cyber Threat
• Why some Fortinet behavior resembles attacker traffic
• Logging quirks that cause SOC confusion
• Detecting real threats vs benign appliance behavior
• How to improve tool context for analysts
👤 Host:
Brandon Krieger — CEO & vCISO Advisor
🔗 www.linkedin.com/in/brandonkrieger
📺 Watch the episode: youtube.com/BrandonKrieger
🎧 Listen: DailyCyber.ca
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