The CISO Life Is Half as Good Lora Vaughn was at a crossroads -- and that was before mandated pandemic lockdowns came into play. Here's her story of how life got sweeter after she stepped away from the CISO job. (Image: Gajus via Adobe Stock) The painting propped up behind Lora Vaughn is only half-done. Like so many things undertaken in the past 12 months, it was interrupted by unforeseen misfortune. In the painting's case, a torn rotator cuff first disrupted operations. A broken ring finger caused another hiccup. Yet neither Vaughn nor the painting seem terribly concerned about the delay or the mishaps because in a year spiked with great changes, Vaughn has come through better than ever.