Howdy, y'all, and welcome to The Cyber Ranch Podcast!  Our guest is Andrew Wilder, Retained CISO at Community Veterinary Partners, Member of the Board of Directors at Washington University in St. Louis, Advisory Board Member, former Global CISO, former Regional CISO... He's got a real history in this game.  What we're talking about today is retained, fractional, virtual, and part-time CISOing...Topics addressed:Challenge of vCISO - do i have a job 6 months from now?Marketing and sales - building pipelineOR work for someone else - they get a big cut?Life insurance in the US is normally employment-based, and paid time off is a thing.  Allan's cancer scare brought all of those risks to light.Tax benefits to 1099Work/Life balance - or should that be life/work balance?Two fulltime vCISO roles at the same time?  Possible...Fractional, one-offs, consultationsSEC and SolarWinds - a vCISO is not an officer of the companyAndrew calls himself 'retained CISO' - he got that term from our friend Steve ZelewskiFractional vs. virtual vs. retainers - everyone says retainer is the path to victory, but how does that really work?