On this week's Throwback Thursday from April 12, 2022, Chris Bedel, President and CEO of Bedel Security (bedelsecurity.com) talks about how the virtual CISO fits in to, compliments, and enhances financial institutions' information security program and posture. He also touches on history and future of the virtual CISO. If you're a virtual CISO for financial institutions or are interested in how a virtual CISO benefits financial institutions, this is a must-see episode packed with useful information!

Steve Mallard has over 20 years in Information Technology; is a Master Teacher in Information Technology/Infrastructure Management and

More Pegasus, Chrome extension steals emails and creds, increase of critical infrastructure attacks, Robin Banks PhaaS, more Log4Shell, and top security news websites.

Arrests in nuclear plant attack, RaaS providers adjust business plans, new cybersecurity House legislation passes with significant bipartisan support, how to make risk assessments better, PrestaShop critical vulns exploited, new CMMC AB draft assessment guide, why it's a good idea to establish a solid relationship with a recruiter (e.g. it may reduce chance of being ghosted).

On his week's Throwback Thursday from April 5, 2022, Bob Quandt, owner of Bullseye Compliance (https://bullseyecompliance.com) joins VCM for a conversation that ranges from issues and trends in SMB security, entrepreneurship and making a difference, fitness and stress management, application of military experience to infosec, and more!

In this special Wednesday episode, from the CU Intersect Conference in Houston Texas July 19, 2022, vCISO Services, LLC Principal Greg Schaffer discusses how credit unions and other small and midsized businesses can optimize their vCISO to maximize their information security posture.

Anthony Scarola is an IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) expert; has many years in cybersecurity; is a U.S. Army veteran; holds the CISSP; and is a virtual CISO. And he's writing a security book! Listen to his wisdom as it pertains to risk management and learn one mistake many may make when discussing risk with the c suite and board of directors.

Rogers outage cause, 54 million Twitter accounts' information for sale for $3K, ransomware update, Entrust breached, an startups without a CISO are at a disadvantage - plus statistics, and why you need to both understand their context and source, using a well-known example of an information security "statistic" in the last article.

Ransomware infections and payments decline, CISO urges patching Windows 11 patch bug, more Chrome fixes, stress in cybersecurity, possibly regulating BGP, and commentary on the CU Intersect conference.