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No. Assessments capture a moment in time. MyCSO Assurance provides an ongoing view of cyber risk, showing what has been completed, what remains, and how risk is being actively managed. It focuses on governance, accountability, and proof rather than point-in-time findings.
No. While MyCSO Assurance is often used in preparation for transactions, it is equally relevant for insurance reviews, board oversight, customer scrutiny, and long-term readiness. Any situation where cyber risk must be demonstrated benefits from this approach.
Proof means being able to demonstrate that a cyber risk program exists, is functioning, and is being actively managed. It includes visibility into current risk, a record of work completed, clear ownership, and evidence that decisions are being made and tracked over time.
No. MyCSO Assurance works alongside existing tools, MSPs, MSSPs, and internal teams. It does not operate technology. Its role is to create clarity, coordination, and defensible evidence of how cyber risk is managed.
Cyber risk is not owned by a single team. MyCSO Assurance brings together the right stakeholders across security, IT, operations, finance, legal, and leadership so everyone necessary is working from the same understanding of risk.
Cyber risk due diligence is the independent evaluation of cyber risk in the context of a financial or strategic decision. It focuses on understanding risk that may affect valuation, timing, liability, and confidence rather than reviewing technical controls in isolation.
Security assessments focus on improving an organization’s defenses. Cyber risk due diligence evaluates risk through the lens of a buyer, investor, or external reviewer. The threshold is higher because findings influence financial decisions, not just remediation plans.
Cyber risk due diligence most often occurs during mergers, acquisitions, investments, and strategic partnerships. In practice, it frequently arrives later than it should, which is why unprepared organizations are often surprised by the outcome.
Buyers care about whether cyber risk is understood, governed, and documented in a way that can be trusted. They look for clarity, ownership, history, and evidence that risk is being actively managed, not just lists of controls or tools.
No. Most diligence findings are not tied to incidents. They are tied to missing proof, unclear accountability, incomplete documentation, or gaps between stated practices and what can be demonstrated.
When cyber risk cannot be clearly evaluated, uncertainty increases. That uncertainty can influence deal structure, timing, and leverage. Even without a breach, unresolved cyber risk often becomes a negotiation factor.
No. Questionnaires collect answers. MyCSO Vision validates them. The service is designed to determine whether vendor cyber risk claims can be supported with evidence and explained in business context.
It means experienced professionals review vendor responses and supporting documentation, interpret risk based on how the vendor is used, and document conclusions in a way that can be defended. Technology supports consistency, but judgment drives outcomes.
No. MyCSO Vision is not a monitoring subscription and it is not built around automated scoring. It is point-in-time validation designed for decision making when assumptions are not sufficient.
MyCSO Vision is used when vendor cyber risk matters to revenue, operations, trust, compliance obligations, or external scrutiny. It is especially useful for higher-impact vendors and situations where vendor risk decisions must hold up under review.
Yes. In certain cases, additional visibility can be added, such as targeted external risk views or limited vulnerability analysis. These are used selectively when the risk warrants it, not by default.
MyCSO Advisor is designed for smaller businesses that need a focused cyber risk assessment aligned to insurer and customer expectations. MyCSO Vision is used by larger organizations to validate cyber risk in vendors and third parties when credible evidence is required.
Cyber risk services focus on understanding, reducing, and managing the business risk created by cybersecurity threats. This includes how risk affects operations, revenue, compliance, transactions, and trust, not just how systems are configured.
Cybersecurity refers to the tools and controls used to protect systems. Cyber risk reflects the impact those threats can have on the business if they are not properly governed, documented, and managed. Cybersecurity reduces risk. Cyber risk determines how the organization is evaluated.
No. Cyber risk services build on cybersecurity work. They help ensure that security efforts are aligned, governed, and translated into outcomes leaders and external reviewers can understand.
Cyber risk services are used by CEOs, CFOs, boards, and leadership teams who need clarity around exposure and accountability. They are also used by organizations preparing for increased scrutiny from customers, insurers, regulators, or investors.
NCX Group combines advisory expertise, structured assessment, and managed services to help organizations improve security, reduce risk, and demonstrate that risk is being actively managed. Human judgment leads the work, supported by disciplined process.
MyCSO is NCX Group’s integrated approach to managing cyber risk across people, process, and technology. It combines advisory guidance with execution support so organizations can reduce risk and demonstrate that it is being actively managed.
No. Organizations engage MyCSO based on where they are today and what they are preparing for. Some need readiness and proof. Others need to improve cybersecurity. Advisors help determine the right path.
Each component addresses a different aspect of cyber risk. Operations and Awareness support ongoing cybersecurity improvement. Assurance focuses on internal readiness and proof. Vision validates cyber risk outside the organization, particularly with vendors and third parties.
MyCSO is not a platform. It is a framework led by experienced advisors and supported by disciplined process. Technology is used where appropriate, but human judgment drives decisions.
