Virtual CISO & Cybersecurity Practice Lead

CMMC Registered Practitioner (RP) or Certified CMMC Assessor (CCA) — the Southern California defense industrial base is a priority vertical

Additional certifications: CISM, CRISC, OSCP, GPEN, or SANS GIAC credentials

Experience running a cybersecurity consulting practice, MSSP, or vCISO firm — either as founder or practice lead

Background in incident response or digital forensics

Familiarity with AI-driven security platforms and willingness to integrate emerging AI tooling into service delivery

Experience with cyber insurance underwriting requirements and risk assessment frameworks

Existing professional network in the Southern California cybersecurity community

You've built something before, a practice, a team, a firm, and you want to do it again with resources and infrastructure behind you

You can explain a zero-day exploit to a board member and a budget justification to a CFO in the same meeting

You're not just a technician who moved into management, you genuinely enjoy the client relationship and advisory aspects of the work

You see AI as a force multiplier for your expertise, not a threat to it

You'll have an existing client base to cross-sell into from day one. You'll have AI-powered tooling that handles the repetitive analytical work so you can focus on the high-value advisory that clients actually pay for. And you'll have a leadership team that understands professional services, client management, and scaling consulting practices. because that's what we've done for over two decades.

If you want to build a cybersecurity practice with the autonomy of a founder and the support system of an established firm, this is it.