Liberating organizations from the archaic 'project model' approach to cybersecurity and compliance
CISØ (/ˈsiːsoʊ ˈziːroʊ/, SEE-so ZEE-ro) is an idea as much as it's a service, as much as it's a brand. When a word is suffixed with "zero," it typically conveys the idea of a starting point, a new beginning, or the baseline from which things are measured. The term often implies a moment of significant change, rebirth, or reset.
With that, what are we saying by naming our core offering CISØ? Are we suggesting that the current CISOaaS model is broken? Or that the concept of the vCISO is grossly misinterpeted?
Or, is it just a way for a group of wily-eyed cybersec experts to whisper through a bullhorn, conveying to the world that a framework isn't going to save your ass anymore?
The global threat landscape is far too dynamic and unrelenting for security efforts to be driven by cadenced GRC requirements or event-based responses.
History shows that organizations typically reassess their security posture using one of two approaches: proactive or reactive. Traditionally, those taking a proactive approach were celebrated, while the reactionaries were condemned for only taking security seriously during audit season or in response to an incident.
XIVX's CISØ proposes an alternative motion: interactive.
We strive to lead a movement that redefines cybersecurity as a strategic asset rather than a cost center for the c-suite or an inconvenience for the end user. Our focus is on aligning our passion and precision with our clients' mission and vision, empowering them to build robust defenses rooted in a security-first approach, not baseline minimums.
Stripped down to its core, cybersecurity is a risk management program—a high-stakes balancing act on a razor’s edge, hinging on one brutal truth: the cold, clinical bedrock of the risk assessment.
Is there anything more sobering than policy creation? It happens slowly. You dig through files, poke at shadows, peel back layers of apparent neglect, and then you feel it—a low, creeping dread, this gnawing feeling in the back of your mind whispering, “How did this get missed?” It's visceral, and it's only just begun.
Our calibrated approach focuses on taking inventory, ensuring visibility, and putting safeguards in place—because you can’t manage what you don’t know about, and simply relying on a vendor to do the right thing in a timely manner isn’t good enough.
Penetration testing is a sanctioned act of digital warfare, a highly engineered onslaught aiming to expose the soft tissue of a system before something real comes along to rip it open.
Catalog all the ways things can go wrong—a quiet inventory of inevitable disasters waiting to happen.
These exercises toss you into the frying pan of a simulated cyberattack, where your plans are tested, your team's unity is tried, and procedural gaps are exposed. Our IRP TTX aren't a graded exercise—it’s not about passing or failing; it’s an opportunity to improve.
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