vCISO
5 Signs Your Business Needs a vCISO
Most businesses don’t wake up one day and decide they need a vCISO. It’s usually a slower realization — a compliance deadline that got met by luck rather than process, a client’s security questionnaire that raised questions nobody could confidently answer, or simply the nagging sense that “good enough” cybersecurity isn’t actually good enough anymore.…
PolinRider Supply Chain Attack Explained for SMBs
Here’s a sentence that sounds like it has nothing to do with your business: North Korean hackers have planted more than 100 malicious packages across major open-source software platforms. Here’s why it actually does — almost every piece of software your business relies on, from your website to your accounting tools to your customer portal,…
Medusa Ransomware Targets Healthcare: What SMBs Should Know
Security researchers reported earlier this year that operators linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group have started using Medusa ransomware in attacks against U.S. healthcare and nonprofit organizations. If that sentence sounds like it belongs in a spy thriller rather than a conversation about your business’s IT budget, we understand — but the underlying lesson applies…
vCISO vs Fractional CISO: What’s the Difference?
If you’ve been researching security leadership options for your business, you’ve likely noticed two terms that seem to describe the same thing: vCISO and fractional CISO. You’re not imagining it — they’re used interchangeably across the industry, and the confusion is common enough that it’s worth clearing up once and for all. vCISO and Fractional…
What Does a vCISO Do?
If you’ve spent any time researching cybersecurity for your business, you’ve probably run into the term vCISO and wondered exactly what it means — and whether it applies to a company your size. The short answer is yes, and the role is simpler than the acronym makes it sound. A vCISO, or virtual Chief Information…
What Is Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM)? What Every Business Needs to Know
Your organization’s cybersecurity is only as strong as the weakest link in your vendor ecosystem. At Cyberstone, third party risk management is one of the most frequently overlooked gaps we find when working with small and mid-sized businesses — and increasingly, it is the gap that attackers exploit first. If you share data with vendors,…
vCISO vs. Full-Time CISO: Which Does Your Business Actually Need?
If you have been researching cybersecurity leadership options for your business, you have probably come across the term vCISO — short for Virtual Chief Information Security Officer. At Cyberstone, we work with small and mid-sized businesses every day who know they need stronger security leadership but are not sure whether a vCISO or a full-time…