Virtual CISO · Program Management

The security leadership your business needs — without the full-time hire.

Tri State Cyber runs your entire security program as your virtual CISO: setting strategy, closing gaps, meeting compliance, and watching for threats — so you can focus on running the business.

Serving businesses across the NJ · PA · DE tri-state area, and beyond
Frameworks we work in SOC 2 / HIPAA / PCI DSS / NIST CSF / CMMC / ISO 27001
What we do

One partner for your whole security program.

From executive-level strategy down to hands-on fixes, we cover the work most businesses can't staff for in-house.

How we engage

A clear path from unknown risk to a program that runs.

01

Assess

We map your environment, risks, and compliance obligations against a recognized framework.

02

Prioritize

You get a roadmap ranked by real risk and effort — no 200-page report you'll never read.

03

Build

Policies, controls, and defenses get put in place — and we remediate the gaps ourselves.

04

Operate

Ongoing management, monitoring, and reporting. Your security program keeps running.

Why Tri State Cyber

Senior security leadership, on your terms.

Most providers hand you findings and walk away. We stay, we own outcomes, and we do the work — at a fraction of the cost of a full-time CISO.

  • Senior-led — you work directly with experienced practitioners, not handed off to juniors.
  • Outcomes over reports — we fix the gaps, we don't just flag them.
  • Framework-fluent across SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST, and more.
  • Local and responsive across the tri-state region.
Get started

Not sure where your security stands?

Book a free 30-minute consultation. We'll talk through your environment, your obligations, and where the real risk is.

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Services

Security services that meet you where you are.

Engage us for your full program, or bring us in for a specific need. Every engagement is scoped to your business, your risk, and your budget.

Engagement models

Flexible by design.

Security needs aren't one-size-fits-all. Pick the model that fits where your business is right now — and scale it as you grow.

  • Ongoing vCISO retainer — fractional security leadership, billed monthly.
  • Project-based — a one-time assessment, remediation sprint, or compliance push.
  • Advisory hours — on-call expertise for your internal IT team.
Flagship service

Your Virtual CISO.

A Chief Information Security Officer-level partner who owns your security program — strategy, governance, compliance, and day-to-day decisions — on a fractional basis that fits a growing business.

What your vCISO handles

Everything a full-time CISO would — without the six-figure salary.

  • Security strategy & roadmap
  • Policy & governance
  • Risk management
  • Compliance & audit support
  • Third-party / vendor risk
  • Security awareness training
  • Incident response planning
  • Board & stakeholder reporting
  • Security budget guidance
Who it's for

Built for businesses that have outgrown "the IT guy handles it."

Scaling companies

You've hit the size where customers, partners, and insurers start asking hard security questions.

Compliance-bound

SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, or CMMC are on the table and you need someone to own the program.

Lean IT teams

Your IT staff is capable but stretched, and security keeps falling to the bottom of the list.

Post-incident

Something happened, and "never again" needs to become an actual, managed program.

Let's scope your vCISO engagement.

Every program starts with a conversation about your business and your risk. No obligation.

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About

Security expertise, close to home.

Tri State Cyber is an independent cybersecurity consultancy helping businesses across the tri-state area build, run, and defend serious security programs — without the overhead of a full in-house team.

TS

Steven Drzaszcz

FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT

With over 25 years leading technology and security programs across financial, telecommunications, and healthcare industries, I founded Tri State Cyber to give growing businesses the kind of senior security leadership that's usually out of reach. My approach is practical: reduce real risk, meet your obligations, and never drown you in jargon.

Our approach

Less theater, more security.

We believe good security is mostly about doing the fundamentals well, consistently. We won't sell you tools you don't need or reports you won't use. We'll tell you where the real risk is, fix what we can, and keep your program moving.

  • Plain language. Risk explained in business terms, not acronyms.
  • Vendor-neutral. Our advice isn't tied to selling you software.
  • Right-sized. Security scaled to your actual size and risk.
Service area

Proudly serving the tri-state area.

New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware — on-site where it helps, remote where it doesn't.

Insights

Notes from the field.

Practical security thinking for business owners and IT leaders. (These are placeholder posts — replace with your own articles in WordPress.)

vCISO

What a virtual CISO actually does in the first 90 days

A look at how a vCISO engagement starts — and what to expect month by month.

Compliance

SOC 2 without the panic: a practical starting point

The handful of things to get in order before you ever talk to an auditor.

Dark Web

Your employees' passwords are probably already leaked

What credential exposure means for your business, and what to do about it.

Contact

Let's talk about your security.

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NJ · PA · DE tri-state, and beyond
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Mon–Fri, 9am–6pm ET
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