The missing cybersecurity leader in small business

The article argues that many small- and medium-sized businesses lack senior cybersecurity leadership and recommends wider adoption of virtual or fractional CISOs as affordable, practical solutions; it urges CISA, the SBA, NIST, Congress, and the Treasury to publish buyer guidance, recognize CISO models in frameworks, offer targeted tax incentives, require executive-level cybersecurity oversight in federal contracting, and support workforce training to improve SMB cyber resilience.