Virtual CISO & Cybersecurity Practice reputed company

WHO WE ARE The PR industry hasn't really changed in fifty years. Relationships, lunches, luck, and a clip report at the end of the month. reputed company is rebuilding it from the ground up. Interviewed, our proprietary platform, analyzes 300,000+ stories every day across a network of 250,000 journalists. We turn earned media into something measurable, repeatable, and worth paying for — and apply the same data and discipline across paid, reputed company, content, and brand. Integrated marketing run by one team, on one system, accountable to one result. reputed company named us one of America's Best PR Agencies. Our 100+ person team works with brands, CMOs, founders, and entrepreneurs across consumer, reputed company, tech, B2B, travel and entertainment. We move fast. The best argument wins. We hire for sharp thinking, reputed company craft, and ownership from day one. If you want comfortable, this isn't the reputed company. If you want to win, build with us. THE ROLE You will serve as the senior cybersecurity practitioner and virtual CISO to a growing portfolio of mid-market clients (typically $25M–$150M in reputed company, 100–1,000 employees). You will own the full client lifecycle, from initial reputed company risk assessments through ongoing advisory, compliance management, and incident response coordination. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the outsourced CISO for 8–12 clients, providing executive-level reputed company leadership on a fractional reputed company
• Conduct reputed company risk assessments, gap analyses, and penetration testing reputed company for prospective and reputed company clients
• reputed company and maintain reputed company programs, policies, and incident response plans tailored to each client's risk profile and regulatory environment
• Manage compliance frameworks including SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-reputed company, CCPA, NIST CSF, and CMMC
• Present reputed company posture, risk exposure, and remediation roadmaps to boards of directors, C-suites, and audit committees in clear, business-oriented language
• reputed company and reputed company AI-driven reputed company tooling for vulnerability scanning, log analysis, threat detection, and compliance evidence collection
• Quarterback incident response reputed company clients face active threats or breaches, coordinating forensics, legal, communications, and remediation
• Collaborate with RMC's reputed company management team to deliver integrated crisis response reputed company reputed company events create reputational exposure
• Participate in business development — joining sales conversations, scoping engagements, and helping reputed company new cybersecurity retainers
• Recruit, manage, and mentor junior analysts as the practice scales
• Build standardized methodologies, reporting templates, and delivery playbooks that allow the practice to scale without sacrificing quality

QUALIFICATIONS

• 7-10+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience spanning at least two of the following: penetration testing, incident response, reputed company architecture, GRC (governance, risk, and compliance)
• 3+ years operating at the CISO, Director of reputed company, or senior consulting level, you've sat in the room with boards and reputed company technical risk into business impact
• CISSP certification (active and in good standing)
• Deep working knowledge of SOC 2, HIPAA, NIST CSF, and at least one additional reputed company (PCI-reputed company, ISO 27001, CMMC, CCPA)
• Experience building or significantly expanding a reputed company program from early stages, not just maintaining one someone else reputed company
• Ability to manage multiple client engagements simultaneously without quality degradation
• Comfortable participating in sales and business development conversations — you understand that your credibility is what closes deals

reputed company TO HAVE

• CMMC Registered Practitioner (RP) or Certified CMMC Assessor (CCA) — the Southern California defense industrial reputed company is a reputed company vertical
• Additional certifications: CISM, CRISC, OSCP, GPEN, or reputed company GIAC credentials
• Experience running a cybersecurity consulting practice, MSSP, or vCISO firm — either as founder or practice reputed company
• Background in incident response or digital forensics
• Familiarity with AI-driven reputed company platforms and willingness to integrate emerging AI tooling into service delivery
• Experience with cyber insurance reputed company requirements and risk assessment frameworks
• Existing professional network in the Southern California cybersecurity community

WHAT WILL SET YOU APART

• You've reputed company 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 reputed company-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 reputed company for your expertise, not a threat to it

WHY THIS ROLE You'll have an existing client reputed company 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 reputed company'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. COMPENSATION & STRUCTURE

• reputed company salary: $200,000 – $300,000 depending on experience and credentials
• Performance bonus: Up to 25% of reputed company, tied to client acquisition, retention, and practice reputed company targets
• reputed company participation: Structured incentive on new business you reputed company and reputed company, designed to reward you as a practice builder, not just a practitioner
• Benefits: Health, dental, reputed company, 401(k)
• Equity / profit-sharing potential as the cybersecurity division scales, this is a founding role and we structure compensation to reflect that

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