Security Leadership.
Without the Full-Time CISO.
Customers, insurers, and executives are asking harder security questions. Small businesses need a dedicated security leader who owns the answers. Not another tool in the stack.
- Go from “we’ll figure it out later” to a clear, accountable security program.
- Answer security questionnaires and compliance requirements with confidence, not scrambling.
- Work with a vCISO who knows your environment, your risk, and your roadmap.
Stop Guessing
About Security.
Most small businesses make security decisions on the fly. A password policy here, an MFA requirement there, but nobody owns the full picture. Then a deal stalls on a security questionnaire. An insurance renewal gets complicated. Someone asks who’s responsible. Phylaxion exists so that answer is never “nobody.”
- Small and growing businesses are now facing enterprise-grade security questionnaires on key deals.
- Cyber insurers are tightening requirements and raising premiums when basics like MFA, EDR, and incident response plans aren’t in place.
- Most successful attacks on small businesses still start with phishing, credential theft, or business email compromise.
- Security decisions are made ad hoc, by whoever has bandwidth
- No one owns the roadmap, the risk register, or the IR plan
- Every insurance renewal and security questionnaire is a scramble
- A named security leader owns your program, roadmap, and decisions
- Documented policies, risk register, and IR plan, maintained and ready
- Security questionnaires and renewals answered with facts, not hope
AI Has Raised the Stakes.
Attackers Are Using It Too.
AI changed how businesses operate. It also changed how attackers find and target them. Small businesses are no longer protected by obscurity. You need someone who understands how the threat landscape is shifting and keeps your policies, controls, and training ahead of it.
- Near-perfect phishing and BEC. Attackers generate messages that mimic your tone, your executives, and your vendor relationships. Without strong controls and training, these are indistinguishable from the real thing.
- Deepfake voice and video.“Urgent” wire transfer and password reset requests now arrive as AI-generated audio and video. The attacker doesn’t need technical sophistication. Your team needs to be trained for it.
- Faster scanning and exploitation. AI helps attackers find misconfigurations, exposed credentials, and unpatched systems faster than most teams can respond. Baseline security hygiene is no longer optional.
- Shadow AI leaking your data. Your team is probably already using AI tools that touch customer data, financials, and proprietary information. Without policy and governance, those tools are an uncontrolled pathway out of your organization.
Assess. Govern. Lead.
Every engagement follows a simple model. Start with a baseline, build the program, then lead it forward.
- Independent security assessments and architecture reviews that show you where you stand and what to fix first
- Find where AI tools and shadow AI are already touching your data, and where policies are missing
- Cyber insurance readiness and vendor/customer questionnaire preparation
- Turn findings into a roadmap, risk register, policies, and compliance readiness with a named owner
- Set clear rules around AI use: what can be shared, what can’t, and how to monitor it
- Incident response plan built and maintained from day one
- Put a vCISO in the room for leadership decisions, incidents, and multi-framework compliance
- Keep your roadmap and awareness program current as AI-powered attacks evolve, so deepfake and AI-crafted phishing are scenarios your team has trained for
- MDR/SIEM coordination, executive protection, and security testing governance
Programs That Grow
With Your Business.
vCISO-led security programs for different stages of maturity. Every program includes a named advisor, documented deliverables, and a clear path forward.
For early-stage teamsmaking their first real security investment. You know you need a program. You just haven’t had the right person to build one.
- Baseline security review to show where you stand and what’s missing
- Environment review, email authentication, and foundational policy library
- Cyber insurance readiness and vendor/customer questionnaire prep
- Identify where AI tools and shadow AI are already touching your data
For growing businesseswhere security is affecting deals, audits, and leadership conversations. A checklist isn’t enough anymore. You need a program with an owner.
- 12-month security roadmap with prioritized actions and monthly tracking
- Risk register, full policy library, and compliance framework readiness
- Incident response plan built in the first 90 days, then maintained ongoing
- Clear rules around AI use: what can be shared, what can’t, how to monitor it
For small companies with high stakes: regulated data, brand exposure, or executive risk that demands security at the leadership level.
- Dedicated vCISO time in your leadership cadence
- Multi-framework compliance governance and MDR/SIEM coordination
- Executive protection, security testing governance, and IR leadership
- AI-powered attack readiness: deepfake and phishing scenarios your team actually trains for
Not sure which program fits? Most clients start with a conversation.
Let’s TalkBuilt for Small & Growing Businesses
With Real Risk and No Security Leader.
Phylaxion is for organizations caught in a gap: not ready to hire a full-time CISO, but too exposed to keep winging it.
SOC 2 on the roadmap, security questionnaires blocking deals, enterprise buyers asking hard questions. Your engineers are already using AI tools. You need guardrails before IP and customer data walk out through prompts.
Client data, financials, and sensitive communications where a breach costs relationships as much as revenue. AI-crafted email and voice deepfakes make BEC and wire fraud harder to spot than ever. Your team needs to be ready.
HIPAA isn’t optional. You need documented policies, risk management, and the evidence regulators actually look for. AI-enhanced phishing and data-leakage risks only raise the bar.
Wire fraud, BEC, and transaction data exposure can destroy client trust overnight. AI-generated impersonation makes every wire instruction and access request a higher-stakes decision.
Security Leadership.
Not Everything Else.
- vCISO and security program leadership for small and growing businesses without a full-time CISO
- Strategy, roadmap, risk management, policy library, security awareness, and compliance guidance
- A long-term partner who keeps your program ahead of evolving threats, including AI-powered attacks
- A generic IT helpdesk, MSP, or tool and software reseller
- A SOC/MDR vendor, SIEM provider, or penetration-testing firm
- An “AI security product.” We address AI risk through leadership, policy, and training. Not a platform.
Every Engagement Starts with Understanding Where You Are.
Our Initial Security Risk Assessment covers ten domains mapped to NIST CSF 2.0. It gives you a clear, prioritized view of your security posture and the roadmap to improve it.
Your Business Deserves
a Security Leader.
A quick conversation is all it takes. No slides, no pitch deck. Just a realistic view of where you are and what should come first.
On our first call, we’ll recommend whether your best starting point is a Security Assessment, a Security Architecture Review, or going straight into a vCISO program like Sentinel or Guardian.