Curated Cyber

Curated Cyber Curated Cyber provides fractional vCISO services to help businesses navigate cybersecurity with confidence.

Led by Brandon Gettert and Heath Stanley, we bring 45+ years of combined experience in balancing security, convenience, and cost. A team of like-minded, subject-matter experts, who specialize in cybersecurity and compliance. A team that aspires to be top of the class and stay forward-thinking. We understand frameworks and what baseline looks like, so we can be prepared for the unexpected and mitig

ate your overall risk. A team that will present the risks and let you make the decision. We are NOT the security team that states, “You can’t do that.” You own the business and business unit. With decades of experience, our team understands small businesses. Your vCISO provides honest and open communication and understands the security priorities of your business.

Two guys walk into a community bank.The vendor list hasn't been updated since 2019.The incident response plan names thre...
07/31/2026

Two guys walk into a community bank.

The vendor list hasn't been updated since 2019.

The incident response plan names three people who no longer work there.

There's an AI tool running in the loan department that nobody approved.

Brandon and Heath don't say anything.

They've seen it before.

They just get to work.

07/29/2026

From the archives:

Approaching cybersecurity for community banks is all about balance

If you lean too far on confidentiality, integrity, or availability, the other two suffer.

The goal is to be ready when it counts.

A plan that's never been tested is a theory.Most community banks find that out at the worst possible time.This week's bl...
07/27/2026

A plan that's never been tested is a theory.

Most community banks find that out at the worst possible time.

This week's blog covers why tabletop exercises are the most underused tool in community bank security programs and what they reveal that documentation never will.

Documented incident response plans fail without rehearsal. Learn how Curated Cyber builds tabletop exercise programs that turn plans into coordinated response.

Your incident response plan is in a shared drive.The person listed as primary contact left eight months ago.The vendor p...
07/24/2026

Your incident response plan is in a shared drive.

The person listed as primary contact left eight months ago.

The vendor phone numbers are from 2022.

The team named in the escalation path has never run through it together.

That's not a plan. That's a document.

Plans become programs when you practice them

07/22/2026

From the archives

We still bring that 30k foot solution to the table, but now we’ve released a new service offering, Vendor Lifecycle Assurance, with our partners from ViClarity, making our vCISO solutions even more comprehensive, with a full vendor management solution ready to go from day one.

https://curatedcyber.com/vendor-lifecycle-assurance

A full-time CISO could cost $150,000-$250,000 a year.Six to twelve months to recruit. Three to six months to ramp. Two t...
07/17/2026

A full-time CISO could cost $150,000-$250,000 a year.

Six to twelve months to recruit. Three to six months to ramp. Two to three years before they leave and you start over.

Most community banks don't need a CISO in the building every day.

They need the right expertise applied at the right time.

That's the vCISO model. Roughly one-third the cost. Proven governance. No turnover cycle.

07/15/2026

From the AI archives

Chatbots and customer service were what we were saying was the most valuable usage for AI in community banks a year….does that still hold true?

You approved the vendor.You didn't approve the vendor behind the vendor.Or the one behind that.Your data flows through s...
07/10/2026

You approved the vendor.

You didn't approve the vendor behind the vendor.

Or the one behind that.

Your data flows through subprocessors you've never seen, can't audit, and didn't choose.

Do you know how you're handling it?

07/08/2026

From the archives

Take a beat….what’s actually going to move the needle?

It isn’t about being 100% all the time. It has to be sustainable, repeatable, and scalable.

Your loan officer is using AI to summarize meetings.Your marketing team is pasting copy into a generative tool.Your risk...
07/03/2026

Your loan officer is using AI to summarize meetings.

Your marketing team is pasting copy into a generative tool.

Your risk analyst drafted a policy with one.

None of it went through vendor review.

Examiners are already asking about it.

The question isn't whether your bank uses AI.

It's whether you can prove you know how AI is being used.

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