Clear Responsibility
Define who is responsible for cybersecurity decisions, tasks, approvals, and follow-up so important work does not fall between management and technology providers.
Practical Cybersecurity Governance for Small Organizations
SCG helps small businesses determine what needs protecting, who is responsible, what cybersecurity rules employees should follow, and how the business verifies that safeguards are working.
WHAT IS CYBERSECURITY GOVERNANCE?
It is how a business manages cybersecurity—not the technology itself.
Your firewall, backups, antivirus, and IT provider help protect the technology. Cybersecurity governance establishes the policies, responsibilities, safeguards, documentation, and oversight that tell the organization how cybersecurity should be managed.
In practical terms, governance helps a business answer four questions: What are we protecting? Who is responsible? What safeguards should be in place? How do we know they are working?
WHY IT MATTERS
Cybersecurity decisions have business consequences.
Better Documentation
Maintain clear records of policies, safeguards, assessments, and corrective actions when customers, insurers, business partners, or other interested parties ask how cybersecurity is managed.
Practical Priorities
Give management a structured way to identify gaps and decide where limited time, attention, and money should be directed first.
SERVICES
Focused policy and compliance support
Cybersecurity Governance Review
Take a practical look at how the business currently manages cybersecurity, who is responsible, what is documented, and where important gaps or unclear responsibilities may exist.
Policy Development & Review
Create and update clear cybersecurity rules that fit the way the organization actually operates and give employees and management practical direction.
Framework & Control Mapping
Compare the safeguards the business has in place with recognized cybersecurity practices and show management what is addressed and what may be missing.
Control Assessments & Gap Analysis
Check whether selected safeguards are actually in place and working as intended, identify gaps, and document practical corrective actions.
Remediation & Evidence Tracking
Track identified issues, who is responsible for fixing them, target dates, and supporting records so problems do not simply disappear onto a to-do list.
Periodic Governance Review
Periodically revisit policies, safeguards, responsibilities, and documentation so the cybersecurity program keeps pace with changes in the business.
WHO SCG SERVES
Built for organizations that need structure—not another IT department.
SCG is designed for small organizations that need practical cybersecurity governance and compliance support but may not require a full-time cybersecurity compliance professional.
SCG focuses on the management side of cybersecurity: clear rules, defined responsibilities, documented safeguards, assessment, follow-up, and periodic review. SCG complements—not replaces—the technical work performed by internal IT staff or managed service providers.
OUR APPROACH
A straightforward governance process
01
Discovery
Understand the business, information environment, technology, responsibilities, and existing security program.
02
Governance Review
Review policies, controls, framework alignment, documentation, and areas of responsibility.
03
Recommendations
Identify practical priorities, gaps, and a manageable course of action.
04
Implementation Support
Develop documentation, map controls, track remediation, and organize evidence.
05
Periodic Review
Revisit the governance program as business needs, technology, and requirements change.
ABOUT SCG & FOUNDER
New company. Decades of relevant professional experience behind it.
Shaffer Cyber Governance LLC was founded to provide small organizations with practical cybersecurity policy, governance, and compliance support. Founder Kevin Shaffer brings a long professional background spanning information technology and telecommunications, legal-regulatory work, governance, compliance documentation, and policy-oriented responsibilities.
That background shapes SCG’s approach: translate technical and compliance requirements into clear business responsibilities, useful documentation, and a cybersecurity program management can understand and maintain. SCG itself is a new business; its work is built on years of experience organizing complex requirements and responsibilities.
CONTACT
Start with a conversation.
You do not need to know cybersecurity terminology before contacting SCG. Start with your business, your concerns, and how cybersecurity is handled today. We can determine whether governance or compliance support would be useful.
Shaffer Cyber Governance LLC
kshaffer@shaffercybergovernance.com
Remote Cybersecurity Governance & Compliance Support