CPF-Coaching

04/06/2026

How do I keep pace with the hyper-speed changes in Cybersecurity and AI while running a business and coaching? I don't read everything. I read TLDR.
It’s my daily filter. Instead of jumping into 20 different tabs, I spend five minutes every morning getting the essential signal from the noise. It turns 'keeping up' from a multi-hour chore into a 300-second strategic advantage.
If you're a leader struggling with information overload, this is the most efficient filter I’ve found.
Join me here: https://buff.ly/cAlYkrD

03/06/2026

Cyber insurance carriers now proactively scan your systems before approving your policy renewal.
Securing coverage requires more than a completed questionnaire. SMBs must demonstrate a mature security posture by implementing six fundamental controls. These controls satisfy carrier requirements and actively protect your business operations.
Technical Verification: Carriers want proof of active technical controls, not just written policies.
Faster Renewals: Proactive implementation accelerates underwriting and renewal.
Business Resilience: These baseline controls form the foundation of your overall operational stability.
I outlined the exact expectations for 2026 and the six controls you need to prioritize.
Read the full breakdown here:

Cyber insurance carriers are now scanning your systems before writing a policy. Here are the 6 controls SMBs must have in place before their next renewal.

24/05/2026

The SEC's new cyber disclosure rules aren't just a Wall Street problem.

If you do business with any publicly traded company, you are now inside their compliance perimeter. Most SMB owners don't realize it yet.

Here's what changed: the SEC now requires public companies to disclose material cybersecurity incidents within 4 business days and report on their security governance in every annual filing. That's the public company's burden. But when those companies start auditing their vendors' security posture, the pressure lands directly on you.

What this means in practice:

1. Vendor risk assessments are accelerating. Public companies need to demonstrate control over their supply chain. If you can't show basic security hygiene on paper, you risk losing contracts.

2. Four days is a brutal detection-to-disclosure timeline. It assumes the ability to detect an incident, scope it, confirm materiality, and notify within a week. Most SMBs have no incident response plan. That gap is now a contract liability.

3. Board-level accountability is now documented. When cyber governance appears in annual filings, boards ask harder questions of every vendor they rely on.

You don't need a full security team to get ahead of this. You need a clear incident response plan, documented security policies you can share, and answers ready for the vendor questionnaires that are coming.

The businesses that scramble to answer these questions mid-contract renewal lose business. The ones with answers ready win it.

If you're not sure where your security documentation stands, that's the first thing worth addressing.

It's just clarity on where you stand.

23/05/2026

Cybersecurity in 2026 is no longer just about firewalls; it is about human vulnerability, legal compliance, and the dawn of autonomous AI threats. This week's executive briefing breaks down the most critical events affecting business operations: the active exploitation of mobile device management systems, the dual-use nature of Anthropic's new Claude Mythos AI, and the devastating financial impact of California's wave of privacy litigation over website tracking pixels. Security is a business continuity imperative. Dive into the complete analysis for actionable checklists, executive templates, and risk mitigation strategies tailored for modern leadership.

23/05/2026

I built something unusual for hiring managers evaluating me for a vCISO or security leadership role.

Paste in your job description. The tool pulls my LinkedIn, Substack, YouTube, and website in real time - then scores how well my profile matches your specific requirements and shows you exactly where the gaps are.

No resume ping-pong. No waiting on a recruiter. You get an honest fit analysis in minutes.

If you're looking at a security leadership hire right now, try it before our next conversation. Link in the first comment.

22/05/2026

Most candidates hand you a PDF and hope for the best.

I've spent years publishing on LinkedIn, writing on Substack, coaching on YouTube, and documenting frameworks on my website. That's not a resume - that's a queryable body of work.

Hiring managers evaluating me for a vCISO or security coach role can now run my entire professional footprint against their job description and get a scored analysis back immediately.

Send this to whoever is leading your next security leadership search. Link in the first comment.

21/05/2026

National Cyber Innovation Forum 2026 at the Capitol

21/05/2026

Security leadership hires go wrong when the evaluation is too shallow.

A resume tells you titles and dates. It doesn't tell you how someone thinks about risk, how they communicate with a board, or whether their experience actually maps to your environment.

I built a tool specifically for this. Drop in your job description and it runs a gap analysis against my real body of work - not a curated summary, the full picture.

If you're hiring a vCISO or security coach and want to pressure-test the fit before a first call, this is worth 5 minutes. What would you want to know before that conversation? Drop it in the comments.

20/05/2026

The technological landscape of May 2026 has irrevocably altered how SMBs must approach risk. From the 275-million-user Instructure Canvas breach to the introduction of the federal SECURE Data Act and state-level bans on surveillance pricing, the margin for error in cyber and privacy governance has vanished.
This exhaustive briefing breaks down the exact mechanics of recent APT campaigns, the regulatory expectations surrounding SEC Rule 13a-15, and provides deployable templates for SaaS Risk Assessments and AI Acceptable Use Policies.

Read the full strategic analysis to ensure organizational resilience.
https://buff.ly/0mmrJ5B

Navigate May 2026's critical cybersecurity threats, privacy regulations, and AI governance mandates. Equip the enterprise with our strategic frameworks.

18/05/2026

Six months ago: a founder I work with was handling
security questions from enterprise prospects himself.

Copy-pasting answers into security questionnaires at midnight. Guessing at which compliance frameworks applied to his stack. Losing deals because procurement flagged gaps he didn't know existed.

He wasn't negligent. He was a technical founder doing what technical founders do - carrying everything.

Today he has a vCISO in his corner.

Every enterprise security questionnaire gets handled. His risk posture is documented and defensible. He closed two deals last quarter that stalled on security before.

The difference wasn't a bigger tool budget. It was having someone accountable for the security function - not just the security tools.

That's what CPF Coaching's Retained Services delivers. Ongoing vCISO access, risk oversight, and the documentation that enterprise buyers and auditors actually want to see.

Engagement starts at a fraction of a full-time hire.

If your security program lives in your head or on a spreadsheet, let's talk. DM me directly or hit the link in the comments.