The worlds largest organizations invest millions of dollars in order to optimize their cybersecurity posture. These efforts are typically driven by the organization’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Qualified and effective CISOs are rare and expensive (2022 CISO base compensation > $500k). Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), Middle Market companies, and other small businesses cannot afford a CISO. However, these organizations still must adopt an appropriate security posture to prevent a cybersecurity breach which would cause material harm to their business (ie business interruption, data loss, ransomware, funds transfer fraud, etc). To tackle the challenges of cybersecurity, many organizations attempt to embed the function within IT. However the company’s IT resources are ill-equipped to effectively manage risk associated with constantly evolving cyberthreats. Cybersecurity is its own discipline which must be led by experienced experts, it cannot be treated as the side-gig of an IT administrator. So how can small businesses address their cybersecurity risk? CyberVigilance’s Virtual CISO (vCISO) services provide fractional CISO services to small business who lack a CISO or lack specific niche capabilities in their security organization.