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vCISO Explainer Part 7 - From Security Controls to Business Risk: Translating Cyber for Executives

There is a specific skill at the centre of cyber governance that does not get enough attention.

vCISO Explainer Part 6 - Why Cyber Risk Without Ownership Always Becomes a Board-Level Problem

Risk does not wait for an owner to be appointed before it starts accumulating. That is perhaps the most important thing to understand about the governance gap.

vCISO Explainer Part 5 - SOC, MSS, Compliance — And the Governance Gap Nobody Talks About

If your organisation has a managed security service, you are in reasonable company. The majority of UK SMEs now outsource at least some element of their security operations — and...

vCISO Explainer Part 4 - Who Actually Owns Cyber Risk in Your Organisation?

Here is a question worth pausing on.

vCISO Explainer Part 3 - Cyber Essentials Achieved - What Most Organisations Think That Means (And Why They're Wrong)

Cyber Essentials is genuinely useful. That needs to be said clearly, because this article is about its limits - and those limits only matter in the context of something worth...

vCISO Explainer Part 2 - Cyber Tools vs Cyber Risk: Why “Good Security” Can Still Mean High Exposure

There is a phrase that comes up in almost every conversation about cyber risk with business leaders: 'We've got that covered.'

vCISO Explainer Part 1  - Why Cyber Security Reports Don't Make Sense to Most Business Leaders

You sit in the quarterly review. The slide deck is full of numbers. Patch rates. Vulnerability scores. Incident counts. The person presenting knows exactly what it means. You nod.