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The vCISO Playbook : How Virtual CISOs Deliver Enterprise-Grade Cybersecurity to Small and Medium Businesses
Protect Your Data with a vCISO Working for Your Business
The vCISO How Virtual CISOs Deliver Enterprise-Grade Cybersecurity to Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) is a practical guide for business owners, executives, and virtual CISOs (vCISOs) seeking to strengthen cyber defenses and maintain operational resilience. The book introduces an innovative proprietary program to implement cybersecurity measures in a cost-effective and operationally efficient manner. The Guidebook helps small and midsize businesses (SMBs) understand today’s threat landscape and the role of a vCISO in building a cyber-resilient culture or preparing for future challenges. This Guidebook delivers actionable advice for businesses of all sizes, as well as their trusted advisers such as attorneys, financial advisers, and risk managers.
The authors of this Guide have focused on two principal Small and Midsized Businesses (SMBs) and Virtual Chief Information Security Officers (vCISOs). vCISOs in this context may also be referred to as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). By extension, we include in our audience trusted professional advisers to SMBs, such as attorneys, investment bankers, and financial consultants.
Our combined experience in cybersecurity and small business matters spans over 50 years, and we have concentrated on the intersection of the needs of SMBs with the capabilities of vCISOs. We are versed in the growing necessity of SMBs in the supply chains of critical infrastructure to demonstrate that they have taken steps to assure their ability to prevent or recover from cyber-attacks.
Typically, SMBs have experienced a fundamental conflict between the importance of managing the risk of cyber attacks and the cost of having a full time Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
Unfortunately, the myth persists that SMBs are too small to be targets for cyber criminals. On the contrary, they are often low-hanging fruit, with a combination of lax cybersecurity measures making them subject to existential threats by such attack modes as ransomware.
The potential adverse impact of a ransomware attack or data breach can be devastating. It has been observed that it would have a similar effect on a company in the critical infrastructure supply chain as a provider of services requiring security clearances for employees. If a vital employee suffered an identity theft incident, they would be unable to access the government secure facility to carry out their work.
This intersection of SMB needs and vCISO capabilities is at the heart of this Guide. Our mission is to assist both sets of readers in maximizing the value and efficiency of the provision of cybersecurity services to the organizations in greatest need.
The vCISO How Virtual CISOs Deliver Enterprise-Grade Cybersecurity to Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) is a practical guide for business owners, executives, and virtual CISOs (vCISOs) seeking to strengthen cyber defenses and maintain operational resilience. The book introduces an innovative proprietary program to implement cybersecurity measures in a cost-effective and operationally efficient manner. The Guidebook helps small and midsize businesses (SMBs) understand today’s threat landscape and the role of a vCISO in building a cyber-resilient culture or preparing for future challenges. This Guidebook delivers actionable advice for businesses of all sizes, as well as their trusted advisers such as attorneys, financial advisers, and risk managers.
The authors of this Guide have focused on two principal Small and Midsized Businesses (SMBs) and Virtual Chief Information Security Officers (vCISOs). vCISOs in this context may also be referred to as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). By extension, we include in our audience trusted professional advisers to SMBs, such as attorneys, investment bankers, and financial consultants.
Our combined experience in cybersecurity and small business matters spans over 50 years, and we have concentrated on the intersection of the needs of SMBs with the capabilities of vCISOs. We are versed in the growing necessity of SMBs in the supply chains of critical infrastructure to demonstrate that they have taken steps to assure their ability to prevent or recover from cyber-attacks.
Typically, SMBs have experienced a fundamental conflict between the importance of managing the risk of cyber attacks and the cost of having a full time Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
Unfortunately, the myth persists that SMBs are too small to be targets for cyber criminals. On the contrary, they are often low-hanging fruit, with a combination of lax cybersecurity measures making them subject to existential threats by such attack modes as ransomware.
The potential adverse impact of a ransomware attack or data breach can be devastating. It has been observed that it would have a similar effect on a company in the critical infrastructure supply chain as a provider of services requiring security clearances for employees. If a vital employee suffered an identity theft incident, they would be unable to access the government secure facility to carry out their work.
This intersection of SMB needs and vCISO capabilities is at the heart of this Guide. Our mission is to assist both sets of readers in maximizing the value and efficiency of the provision of cybersecurity services to the organizations in greatest need.
166 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 2, 2025
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