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Rising CISO Salaries & Tight Budgets Drive Virtual CISO Adoption
by Jeffrey Torrance on November 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Chief Information Security Officers have never been more important to an organization’s success. Their responsibilities span far beyond traditional security operations and now include risk governance, digital transformation, compliance strategy, incident readiness, and cross-functiona …
Managing Third-Party Vendor Risk without a Dedicated Team
by Donald Mills on September 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
High-profile breaches have shown that attackers often take the path of least resistance—and that path is frequently through a third party. The 2013 Target breach is the textbook example: attackers used a compromised HVAC vendor to access Target’s network, leading to a massive payment …
How Does a Virtual CISO Help with Cybersecurity Risks?
by Tommy Todd on September 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In today’s threat landscape, where ransomware, phishing, and data breaches make headlines regularly, companies of all sizes are realizing that cybersecurity can no longer be an afterthought. A Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) offers a flexible and scalable way to bui …
Security Questionnaires: How to Streamline Responses & Save Time
by Alexander Magid on September 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
As vCISOs serving organizations across the country, we spend a significant amount of time on both sides of the security questionnaire process. We respond to them on behalf of our clients, and we also issue them as part of vendor risk management programs. The reality is the same in eit …
Higher Education’s Push Toward a Virtual CISO Approach
by Alexander Magid on July 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
In recent years, higher education institutions have faced an increasingly complex cybersecurity landscape. From ransomware attacks that disrupt learning environments to rising compliance obligations under federal mandates, colleges and universities—especially small and mid-sized ones— …
Why the ‘CISO’ in Virtual CISO Services Shouldn’t Scare You
by CJ Hurd on July 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
For many small and midsize businesses, the term Virtual CISO (or vCISO) can be a little off-putting. It sounds big, corporate, and expensive—like something built for Fortune 500 companies, not organizations with lean teams, tight budgets, and practical day-to-day needs. After all, the …