Strategic Security Leadership: Without the Full-Time Cost

OnyxHorizon: vCISO & Cyber Risk Advisory

OnyxHorizon Lite

CyberOnyx Security will provide strategic cybersecurity governance and continuous cyber posture visibility through the OnyxHorizon Lite program. This service is designed for organizations that require executive-level cybersecurity guidance, structured risk visibility, and long-term strategic planning without the operational overhead of a full compliance or security validation program.

OnyxHorizon Lite delivers an ongoing cybersecurity advisory framework centered around continuous posture assessment, risk-based analysis, governance development, and strategic security planning. The service enables organizations to understand their current cybersecurity maturity, identify operational and technical risks, prioritize remediation efforts, and establish a long-term roadmap for improving organizational resilience.

This engagement is advisory and governance-focused rather than operationally intensive. CyberOnyx functions as a strategic cybersecurity partner, helping leadership understand organizational exposure, improve decision-making, and build a structured cybersecurity program aligned with business priorities and realistic operational goals.

The service includes continuous cyber posture assessments, quarterly cyber risk reporting, policy development support, recurring reporting updates, and the creation of a 12 to 18 month strategic cybersecurity roadmap designed to guide future modernization and risk reduction initiatives.

Value to the Business

OnyxHorizon Lite provides executive-level cybersecurity visibility without the cost or operational burden of building a dedicated internal governance team. The program helps organizations understand where they currently stand from a cybersecurity maturity perspective and provides a structured path toward long-term improvement.

The continuous cyber posture assessment process gives leadership ongoing visibility into operational risk, technology weaknesses, and organizational exposure areas. Rather than relying on one-time assessments or reactive decision-making, organizations receive continuous insight into their cybersecurity maturity and evolving risk profile.

The strategic roadmap component helps organizations prioritize cybersecurity investments based on business impact, operational risk, and realistic implementation timelines. Policy development services help formalize foundational cybersecurity governance practices, ensuring that critical operational and security expectations are documented and communicated throughout the business.

Quarterly cyber risk reporting provides leadership with business-focused insight into organizational security posture, emerging risks, and strategic priorities, allowing cybersecurity discussions to move beyond technical conversations into measurable operational and financial impact. This service transforms cybersecurity from a reactive technical concern into a structured governance initiative that supports long-term operational stability and organizational maturity.

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Key Services:

Continuous Cyber Posture Assessment

Continuous cybersecurity posture monitoring through the OnyxHorizon platform, evaluating maturity, identifying risk areas, and tracking changes over time. The assessment focuses on: organizational cybersecurity maturity; operational risk exposure; identity and access management maturity; endpoint and infrastructure visibility; governance and policy readiness; security control effectiveness; administrative exposure and operational weaknesses; risk trending and posture scoring.

Policy Development and Governance Support

CyberOnyx will develop or review up to two cybersecurity policies annually. Policies may include: Acceptable Use Policy; Password Policy; MFA Policy; Remote Access Policy; Endpoint Security Policy; Incident Response Policy; Access Control Policy; Security Awareness Policy.

Risk-Based Cybersecurity Assessments

Structured risk assessments focused on identifying operational, technical, and governance weaknesses. Assessments include: identification of high-risk operational gaps; review of organizational security maturity; risk prioritization based on business impact; identification of operational weaknesses; strategic remediation recommendations; long-term cybersecurity improvement planning. This service is risk-driven rather than compliance-driven.

Quarterly Cyber Risk Reporting

Quarterly executive-level cyber risk reports summarizing posture, key risk areas, emerging concerns, and strategic recommendations. Reports may include: cyber posture trend analysis; organizational maturity observations; risk scoring summaries; operational exposure findings; strategic remediation priorities; governance observations; leadership-focused recommendations.

Cybersecurity Roadmap Development

A strategic 12 to 18 month cybersecurity roadmap tailored to the organization's goals, risk profile, and technology environment. The roadmap includes: prioritized remediation initiatives; security maturity milestones; governance improvement recommendations; operational security enhancements; infrastructure and identity improvement planning; long-term modernization guidance; budgetary and strategic planning considerations.

Key Services:

What is Covered

Continuous cyber posture assessment; risk-based cybersecurity assessments; quarterly cyber risk reporting; monthly reporting updates; quarterly strategic review meetings; two cybersecurity policies written or reviewed annually; 12 to 18 month cybersecurity roadmap development; governance and strategic cybersecurity advisory services.

Deliverables

  • Continuous cyber posture assessment reports
  • Monthly posture and reporting updates
  • Quarterly cyber risk reports
  • Quarterly strategic review meetings
  • Up to two written or reviewed cybersecurity policies annually
  • 12 to 18 month strategic cybersecurity roadmap
  • Strategic remediation recommendations
  • Governance-focused advisory documentation
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OnyxHorizon Insights

CyberOnyx Security will provide advanced cybersecurity governance, continuous exposure intelligence, compliance alignment, and offensive security validation through the OnyxHorizon Insights program. This service is designed for organizations that require executive-level cybersecurity oversight combined with continuous technical visibility into vulnerabilities, sensitive data exposure, compliance readiness, and real-world attack surface validation.

OnyxHorizon Insights expands beyond traditional advisory services by integrating governance, compliance alignment, vulnerability intelligence, sensitive data analysis, ransomware-focused penetration testing, and continuous operational exposure monitoring into a unified cybersecurity intelligence program. It enables organizations to continuously understand and measure their cybersecurity exposure across both technical and operational domains while improving governance maturity, compliance readiness, and strategic security planning.

OnyxHorizon Insights combines continuous cyber posture management with offensive validation techniques and business-impact-focused risk intelligence, helping organizations identify not only where vulnerabilities exist, but how those vulnerabilities could realistically impact operations, sensitive data, financial exposure, and organizational resilience.

Value to the Business

OnyxHorizon Insights provides organizations with continuous cybersecurity intelligence that extends far beyond traditional governance and advisory services. The program enables leadership to understand not only organizational cybersecurity maturity, but also real-world technical exposure, sensitive data risk, operational vulnerabilities, and financial impact associated with security weaknesses.

Continuous internal and external vulnerability intelligence provides ongoing visibility into exploitable weaknesses across the organization's infrastructure, cloud environments, and operational systems, allowing remediation to be prioritized based on actual exposure rather than assumptions or one-time assessments. Sensitive data and PII exposure analysis identifies where critical data exists, how it is exposed, and what operational or financial risks may result from compromise, providing leadership with actionable intelligence tied directly to organizational risk and regulatory concerns.

Compliance alignment services help organizations continuously measure cybersecurity maturity against a selected framework while supporting audit readiness, governance maturity, and insurer expectations. Annual ransomware-ready penetration testing provides real-world validation of the organization's security posture through controlled offensive testing designed to emulate attacker behavior and identify exploitable paths into the environment.

Quarterly executive meetings, monthly tactical updates, tabletop exercises, and expanded policy development services ensure cybersecurity remains integrated into operational planning, governance, and business decision-making throughout the year. This program transforms cybersecurity into a continuous intelligence and validation function that enables organizations to proactively reduce risk, improve resilience, and make informed business decisions supported by measurable exposure data.

Key Services:

Continuous Cyber Posture Assessment

Continuous cybersecurity posture monitoring through the OnyxHorizon platform, focused on: organizational cybersecurity maturity; operational risk exposure; identity and access management maturity; endpoint and infrastructure visibility; governance and policy readiness; security control effectiveness; administrative exposure and operational weaknesses; risk trending and posture scoring.

Compliance Alignment and Readiness Management

Aligns the organization against one selected cybersecurity or compliance framework and continuously monitors maturity. Supported frameworks may include: CIS Controls v8.1; NIST CSF; HIPAA; PCI-DSS; CMMC; GDPR; SOC 2. Services include: framework gap analysis; control mapping; governance recommendations; compliance readiness guidance; remediation prioritization; audit-support preparation guidance.

Internal and External Vulnerability Intelligence

Continuous internal and external vulnerability scanning to identify exploitable weaknesses, misconfigurations, insecure services, and operational exposure areas. Scanning services include: internal vulnerability assessments; external attack surface scanning; configuration weakness identification; missing patch analysis; exposure prioritization; service enumeration; cloud exposure visibility; vulnerability trend analysis. Findings are prioritized based on severity, exploitability, operational risk, and business impact.

Sensitive Data and PII Exposure Analysis

Identifies and analyzes sensitive data exposure risks across on-premises systems and cloud environments, including Microsoft 365 where applicable. Analysis may include: sensitive data discovery; PII exposure visibility; administrative data exposure; cloud storage exposure analysis; excessive permissions identification; financial impact analysis; operational exposure mapping; data risk prioritization.

Annual Ransomware-Ready Penetration Testing

One annual ransomware-ready penetration test that emulates real-world attacker behavior and validates organizational security posture. Testing includes: internal penetration testing; external penetration testing; attack path analysis; privilege escalation testing; lateral movement simulation; ransomware exposure analysis; persistence validation; identity attack simulation; security control effectiveness testing. The test provides realistic visibility into how attackers may gain access to the environment and move throughout the organization.

Tabletop Exercise Facilitation

CyberOnyx will facilitate one annual tabletop exercise to test organizational readiness for cybersecurity incidents. Exercises may include: ransomware response scenarios; business email compromise scenarios; insider threat simulations; data breach response exercises; executive decision-making exercises; incident escalation testing. This helps leadership and operational stakeholders understand roles, responsibilities, and communication workflows during incidents.

Policy Development and Governance Support

CyberOnyx will develop or review up to eight cybersecurity policies annually. Policies may include: Acceptable Use Policy; Password and MFA Policies; Incident Response Policies; Access Control Policies; Remote Access Policies; AI Governance Policies; Vendor Security Policies; Data Classification Policies; Backup and Recovery Policies.

Key Services:

Deliverables

  • Continuous posture assessment reports
  • Monthly cybersecurity intelligence updates
  • Quarterly cyber risk reports
  • Compliance readiness reports
  • Vulnerability intelligence reports
  • Sensitive data exposure reports
  • Financial impact summaries
  • Annual penetration test report
  • Annual tabletop exercise summary
  • Up to eight cybersecurity policies annually
  • 12 to 18 month strategic roadmap
  • Strategic remediation recommendations
  • Governance advisory documentation

What is Covered

Continuous cyber posture assessment; continuous compliance alignment and readiness management; quarterly cyber risk reporting; monthly reporting updates; monthly tactical update meetings; quarterly strategic meetings; internal vulnerability scanning; external vulnerability scanning; sensitive data and PII exposure analysis; financial impact analysis; one annual ransomware-ready penetration test; one annual tabletop exercise; up to eight cybersecurity policies written or reviewed annually; 12 to 18 month strategic cybersecurity roadmap; governance and strategic advisory services.

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Fractional vCTO and

vCISO leadership

Technology and security roadmap development

Compliance guidance

(CMMC, NIST, CIS)

Risk assessment

and management

AI adoption strategy

and governance

Vendor oversight and

technology ROI analysis

Business continuity

recovery strategy