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A New Service for Smaller Organizations

Holistic Cybersecurity for small and medium businesses became attainable as a result of a new methodology articulated in the August 2024 ISE magazine article and on this site Now this has become a unique service with the inclusion of our Cybyr-AI^TM Expert-Guided AI software.

Intention Of The VCSO Service.

Every small and medium size organization is protected from attack.

Cybyr.com Virtual CSO Service
Initial Engagement
1	Information Gathering Inventory of existing assets, IT and network strategy. Evaluation using our Cybyr-AI^TM Expert-Guided AI software investigation of 50-100 potential vulnerabilities providing prioritized recommendations & risk rating Creation of outline list of prioritized risk reduction actions
2	Executive Orientation (2 hrs) – This is a required commitment of the service Discussion of outcomes, oversight, responsibilities and alignment with organizational goals and constraints Description of the program structured as 10 layers of defense

Risk Reduction Deliverables – Executing the Created Plan
3	Development/amendment of custom Holistic Security Policy – with 10 principal categories – for executiove approval Asset curation and automation plan Resilience/Recovery Plan Supply chain delegation training and contractual plan Cybersecurity action & training plan for 10-12 departments, including HR, Finance & Admin, IT etc.. Cybersecurity policy statement for insurance & clients Basic cybersecurity software protection 5 part plan*
4	Threat tolerance evaluation of financial risk/rewards and defense of implementing actions (requires 2 above) Quarterly Security Execution Plan. This is effectively set of actions being the ongoing execution of the Security Policy to continually reduce risk as conditions change. It includes risk measurement and update for the next quarter. (requires 3 above)

Ongoing Cybersecurity Review and Update Subscription Service
5	Ongoing Monitoring and Cybyr-AI Review of Cybersecurity implementation of 1, 2, 3 and 4 above Update to Quarterly Risk Reduction Plan, includes risk improvements and plans for the following period. Includes executive level presentation The Service is offered on a quarterly basis the Service is also offered on a monthly basis if required during the early stages of the project. Annual subscription is available. Initial Engagement includes the first quarterly review.

Other Services
6	Cybersecurity awareness (on-demand via cybyr.com, Industry rapporteur service, included in the service) Expertise training to enable ongoing self-sustaining Provision of future guidance, support and sharing of feedback

Subject to Payment Terms.

Service Pricing and Subscriptions
Service	Price	Comments
Initial Virtual CSO Services Engagement	$2,000	Plus, travel if on-site required
Risk reduction deliverable creation – See sections 3 and 4 above	Hourly Rate	Estimates for each task provided
Quarterly Reviews	Hourly Rate	Minimum hours per quarter Phone support included
Monthly Reviews	Hourly Rate	Minimum hours per quarter Phone support included
Ongoing cybersecurity awareness, expertise training and rapporteur services	–	Included in Review Service

What’s in a name?

Our VSCO Service is principally a virtual serivce to keep costs down. “Fractional Security Services” which are typically part-time or temporary apointments are mostly on site at considerably higher rates plus expenses.

Payment Terms

- - - Initial Engagement 50% on order, 50% on completion
    - Hourly rate service – on completion of work
    - Electronic payment only.