Organizations of all sizes face increasing pressure to demonstrate mature security practices—from regulatory requirements and contractual obligations to customer expectations and board-level scrutiny. For small and growing businesses, hiring a full-time Chief Information Security Officer is often neither practical nor cost-effective, yet the need for strategic security leadership remains critical.
"Fractional CISO" (fCISO) services provide access to senior-level cybersecurity expertise on a flexible, scalable basis. We partner with your leadership team to advise on risk, assist in developing governance frameworks, achieve compliance objectives, and help build a security program aligned with your business goals. The result: enterprise-caliber security leadership at a fraction of the cost, enabling you to protect your organization, satisfy stakeholder requirements, and focus on growth.
Stater Group L.L.C. provides consultation for small businesses that need practical, executive-level information technology leadership without a full-time hire. We specialize in security policy and controls assessments tailored to small business realities, vendor and third-party security risk assessments, and on-demand cybersecurity leadership to guide strategy, compliance, and incident response development. Our focus is helping organizations make defensible, business-aligned security decisions that actually reduce risk.
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Many organizations aren't certain whether they need cybersecurity consulting, a fractional Chief Information Security Officer (fCISO)- or whether their business operations even intersect with information security requirements. Others know they have gaps but aren't sure what addressing them costs, or what ignoring them risks. Both are valid starting points.
Requesting a call, or booking through our direct calendar, with our consulting team is a no-commitment conversation to answer the fundamental question: does your organization actually need this, and is the result worth the process? We'll talk through your situation, identify whether there's a real need, and give you a straight answer.
If there is a fit, our engagement process is straightforward. We execute a mutual NDA and Master Services Agreement before any work begins, ensuring your organization's information is protected from the first exchange of documentation and information. From there, we conduct a fixed-scope onboarding assessment, establish communications channels and cadence, identify the current security posture and gaps, synthesize a security roadmap, and begin!
As Principal Consultant at Stater Group L.L.C. acting as your fCISO, I provide strategic, risk-focused cybersecurity and information technology advisory services tailored to the needs of small and growing organizations. Leveraging advanced industry certifications and hands-on experience across governance, risk management, and secure deployments of integrated technologies, I help businesses translate complex challenges of policy and practice into plain-language, business-aligned solutions. My work emphasizes fractional/ad hoc cyber leadership, policy and control development, compliance readiness, and technology decision support; enabling organizations to strengthen their security posture without unnecessary complexity or a full-time executive hire. I partner directly with leadership teams to deliver clear guidance, measurable improvements, and scalable security programs that support long-term operational resilience and growth.
Master of Science, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
Master of Business Administration
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
CompTIA SecurityX (formerly CASP+), CySA+, PenTest+ Security+, and Network+ certified
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
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