For the accidental CISO
You own security now. Start here.
You are a CTO, a VP of Engineering or an IT head, and security landed on your desk. You do not have a team or an enterprise budget. You do have customers asking questions.
Sound familiar?
- A customer questionnaire asks for a recent penetration test and your vulnerability process.
- Scanners produce noise, and nobody owns the results.
- Security tools price per seat, and every renewal costs more.
- You are not sure what you have not tested.
The plan
- First afternoonInstall Cerberon, scan your main repository and your customer-facing web app, and read the findings with their evidence.
- First weekAdd dependency, API and cloud scans, assign the Critical and High findings to owners and let the SLAs run.
- First monthSchedule recurring scans, gate your CI pipeline and send customers a current report.
- Every quarterBring in Cerberon for a human-led test of what matters most.
What you can hand over
| They ask for | Cerberon gives you |
|---|---|
| A recent security test report | Fingerprinted PDF reports from any scan, or a practitioner-led engagement. |
| An SBOM | Signed CycloneDX or SPDX from any dependency scan. |
| A vulnerability management process | SLAs by severity, owners, accepted-risk expiry and an audit log. |
Questions
I am not a security specialist. Can I use Cerberon?
Yes. Each finding explains what is wrong, shows the evidence and says how to fix it, in plain language. The Threat Advisor home page shows what needs attention first.
How much time does it take each week?
Scheduled scans run on their own. New findings and SLA breaches wait for you on the Threat Advisor home page, so a weekly review is usually enough.
See it on your own systems.
A 30-minute demo on your targets, or install it yourself and start scanning this afternoon.