Cybersecurity Strategy & Planning

Helping you ensure that your network and data are as secure as they can be.

vCISO (Virtual Chief Information Security Officer)

The landscape of information security changes every day and it is nearly impossible to keep up to properly protect your organization without someone with the expertise and experience of having done this for years. Most small and medium size organizations do not have the financial resources to hire a full time CISO and that is where a vCISO can save the day.

A vCISO will be able to right size cyber security for your organization to ensure that you are protected from the threats most common to cause interruption to your organization. In addition to being there when you have questions, a vCISO will perform several activities proactively to help your organization stay secure. Some of the services include:

Annual security assessment
Security policy development
Security questionnaire review
Cyber liability insurance application and policy review
Security recommendations that are sized appropriately for your organization

If you do not have a full time CISO on staff, a vCISO could be the answer to helping your organization stay secure and protect your data and assets from cyber breach.

Policies

Does your organization have all the proper technology and cyber security policies in place to protect your organization? If you do have a written policy, has it been properly implemented and enforced? If you can not be 100% sure of the answer to these questions, you might consider having an expert give you some help.

We help organizations understand what policies they need to have in place and how to properly implement them to protect their operation. Some of the policies we help develop are:

Access control policy
Asset management policy
Removable media policy
Acceptable use policy
Anti-virus guidelines
Clean desk policy
Disaster recovery plan policy
Password protection policy
Remote access policy
Removable media policy
Software installation policy
Technology equipment disposal policy
Employee internet use and monitoring policy
Social engineering & awareness policy
Password construction guidelines

Which policies are right for your organization? Let one of our experts discuss this with you to determine what you need to properly protect your operation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does a vCISO actually do day to day?

A vCISO develops and owns your security strategy — setting policy, prioritizing risk remediation, reporting to leadership, and coordinating with your IT team and vendors — without being a full-time hire. Michael Giuffrida leads Kyber’s vCISO practice, providing that leadership on a fractional basis.

How is a vCISO different from Kyber's Managed IT team?

Managed IT handles execution — helpdesk, monitoring, patching, day-to-day operations. A vCISO operates one level up, setting the strategy and priorities that Managed IT and MDR/SOC then execute against: which risks to remediate first, what policies to put in place, and what to report to leadership. Most clients run both together.

What's included in a cybersecurity risk assessment?

A structured review of your environment’s threats and vulnerabilities, current controls, and gaps — producing a prioritized remediation roadmap rather than just a list of findings. For regulated industries, this assessment is often a required input for HIPAA, CMMC, or FTC Safeguards Rule compliance work.

Do we need a vCISO if we already have an internal IT person or a Managed IT provider?

Often, yes — it’s a distinct role from either. An internal IT hire or a managed IT provider executes day-to-day security operations; a vCISO sets the strategic direction, policy, and leadership-level reporting neither typically has the bandwidth or mandate to own on their own.

What kind of security policies does Kyber help develop?

Written information security policies covering acceptable use, incident response, access control, data handling, and vendor management — the documented policy foundation auditors and regulators expect to see, not just the technical controls behind them.

How often should our cybersecurity strategy be reassessed?

At least annually, and after any significant change — a new compliance requirement, a business expansion, a past incident, or new regulatory guidance. A strategy built once and never revisited tends to drift out of alignment with the business it’s supposed to protect.