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Cybersecurity Governance, Risk & Compliance

Digital marketing professional developing expertise in cybersecurity risk assessments, security controls, and compliance through a vCISO Services externship and independent projects.

Work samples

A portfolio of practical cybersecurity risk assessment tasks completed during the vCISO Cybersecurity Risk Assessment externship with vCISO Services.

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    vCISO Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Externship

    Be a junior security consultant. Find a company's weak spots, score them on NIST and create a deck for senior leaders.

    Website Security TestingSecurity Policy ReviewIncident Report AnalysisNIST CSF 2.0 Gap Analysis

About me

Digital marketing professional developing expertise in cybersecurity risk assessments, security controls, and compliance through a vCISO Services externship and independent projects.

I am Nickaila Daley. I have started my career and am exploring a change, currently completing a vCISO Cybersecurity Risk Assessment externship with vCISO Services to build practical security assessment experience.

Externships

vCISO Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Externship

In progress

Experience

Client Operations Specialist, SEO (Contract)

AME CREATIVES · Jul 2026 - Present

Project Coordinator, SEO & Content (Contract)

AQUENT STUDIOS · Mar 2025 - Jun 2026

SEO Content Specialist

SHOPIFY · Apr 2023 - Mar 2025

SEO Strategist

TOMBRAS GROUP · Sep 2021 - Nov 2022

Skills

Cybersecurity risk assessmentvCISO externship experienceSecurity documentationAudit and compliance basics

✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress

vCISO Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Externship

Be a junior security consultant. Find a company's weak spots, score them on NIST and create a deck for senior leaders.

Website Security TestingSecurity Policy ReviewIncident Report AnalysisNIST CSF 2.0 Gap Analysis

Overview

The work assessed a client's security posture, mapping gaps to the NIST framework and producing a leadership-facing presentation. The assessment combined control scoring, risk aggregation, and prioritized remediation notes, which were compiled into a slide deck for senior stakeholders.

vCISO Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Externship

What I've accomplished

I carried out an end-to-end risk assessment, from initial client engagement to scoring controls and assembling findings into a presentation for leadership.

Project breakdown

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