Category: The New CISO Series

EPISODE 21: Syncing with Danger

πŸ”’ Title: Episode 21: “Syncing with Danger” πŸ”“ Introduction: A Perilous Link Following a recent security breach, an internal threat surfaces as an employee’s personal email, compromised by attackers, is synced with the company’s cloud. Jordan and the Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) team are mobilized to tackle the emerging [...]

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EPISODE 20: The Deceptive Call

πŸ”“ Introduction: Into the Heart of Manipulation The recent security breach still fresh, Jordan, our vigilant CISO, fortifies the company’s human firewall against social engineering threats. Despite increased awareness, the enemy adapts, launching a more insidious form of attack targeting the company’s call center staff. A routine day turns precarious [...]

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EPISODE 19: Diving For Data

πŸ”“ Introduction: Unveiling a Covert Operation After fortifying their digital defenses, Jordan, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), alongside the Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) team, uncovers a clandestine operation. It emerges that competitors have orchestrated a scheme, deploying operatives to sift through the company’s waste disposal areas. These “dumpster [...]

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EPISODE 18: Hidden Paths

πŸ”“ Introduction: Internal Network Breach Following a recent security upgrade, Jordan, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), and the Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) team are confronted with an internal challenge. The IT department has bypassed the established network protocols to establish their own network for downloading games and anonymizing [...]

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EPISODE 17: Rogue Waves

πŸ”’ Episode 17: “Rogue Waves” πŸ”“ Introduction: The Covert Challenge After strengthening their defenses in the wake of a BYOD policy breach, Jordan, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), and the Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) face a new, stealthy challenge. A rogue Wi-Fi network, meticulously disguised as the company’s [...]

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EPISODE 16: The BYOD Breach

πŸ”’ Episode 16: “The BYOD Breach” πŸ”“ Introduction: A Vulnerable Change Following the resolution of a significant security threat in Episode 15, Jordan, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), together with the Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), introduces a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy to enhance workplace flexibility. However, [...]

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EPISODE 15: The Shadow Network

πŸ”’Episode 15: “The Shadow Network” Following the dramatic close of digital espionage in Episode 14, Episode 15 sees Jordan, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), alongside the Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), confronting a new challenge: an endpoint within the network has been compromised due to the download of cracked [...]

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EPISODE 14: The Digital Espionage

πŸ”’Episode 14: “The Digital Espionage” The episode kicks off on a seemingly ordinary evening that quickly escalates when Jordan, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), receives an anonymous email with a dire warning: “Sensitive data from your company has been leaked. Act now to mitigate the damage.” Realizing the gravity [...]

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EPISODE 13: The Deceptive Technician

πŸ”’ Episode 13: “The Deceptive Technician” The episode opens with a technician, posing as an employee from a reputable support company that regularly does business with Jordan’s company, arriving for a scheduled maintenance check. He carries a USB drive, discreetly hidden in his toolkit. The scene sets a tone of [...]

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