CISSPs from Around the Globe: An Interview with Chris Clinton

CISSPs from Around the Globe: An Interview with Chris Clinton

The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification is considered to be the gold standard in information security. This is so because of all the doors that certification opens to a CISSP professional. Those doors lead to many different types of positions and opportunities, thus making the information security community dynamic and multifaceted.


In support of this, (ISC)2 has launched a series of interviews to explore where CISSP certification has led security professionals. Last time we heard from Melissa Parsons. This installment features Chris Clinton. He is CTO and co-founder of Naq Cyber, he is an advocate of helping small business owners protect themselves against digital threats.


What job do you do today?


I am the co-founder of a start-up called Naq Cyber. We are on a mission to protect small businesses from cyberattacks.


What problems does your job/company solve?


We work exclusively with small- and medium-size businesses (typically consisting of 10-50 employees) that are offering professional services such as law firms and accounting practices. We offer a broad range of services to protect our clients. Our services consist of scanning, training, documentation and instant response.


We started because we didn’t really see anything out there taking care of small businesses in a holistic way. We want to be the last vendor our customers ever speak to in their quest for security.


Initially, we get them to a good baseline. Many SME’s don’t have anyone specialising in cybersecurity due to ..

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