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Reduce Cyber Risk LLC., is aΒ Kansas Corporation focused on valuing people, first and foremost, internal or external. By understanding the difference between the work technology should be doing and the work humans should be doing, we strongly believe we have a differentiating perspective through which we can help you alleviate your most difficult security pain points.

 

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Reduce Cyber Risk
Cybersecurity & AI Governance Advisory

Reduce your cyber risk β€” before an attacker or an examiner finds it first.

We help organizations and community banks build practical security and AI governance programs β€” and the evidence to prove they work. People plus the right technology, minus the jargon.

We work across the frameworks that matter: NIST SOC 2 HIPAA CMMC GDPR
VIRTUAL CISOβ€’ ASSESSMENTS & AUDITSβ€’ RISK & COMPLIANCEβ€’ INSIDER RISKβ€’ BUSINESS CONTINUITY
Flagship Program

AI Governance & Third-Party Risk β€” built for community banks.

AI is now a standing topic in every OCC and Federal Reserve exam, judged through the model-risk and third-party-risk rules examiners already use. Most smaller banks have no program and nothing to hand the examiner. We fix that β€” fast, and right-sized for lean teams.

Why now: In 2026, a community bank had to disclose a breach to the SEC after an employee pasted customer Social Security numbers into an unauthorized AI app. No policy. No vendor review. No evidence of oversight. It could have been any small bank.

Examiner-Ready Evidence

What you walk away with

A working AI governance program tailored to your bank β€” not a generic template pack.

  • AI governance policy + board & committee oversight
  • AI use-case & vendor inventory (incl. AI inside your core)
  • AI risk assessment + vendor due-diligence questionnaire
  • The examiner crosswalk β€” mapped control-by-control to CRI, NIST AI RMF & model-risk guidance
What We Do

Security, risk, and compliance β€” made practical.

From a one-time assessment to ongoing security leadership, we help organizations identify, manage, and reduce cyber risk β€” across the frameworks that matter to your business.

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Virtual CISO (vCISO)

Senior security leadership on demand β€” strategy, board reporting, and program direction without a full-time hire.

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Assessments & Audits

Risk evaluations and audit readiness across NIST, SOC 2, HIPAA, CMMC, and GDPR β€” with clear, prioritized findings.

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Risk & Compliance

Navigate complex regulations with audit assistance, GRC platform selection, and framework-based assessments.

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Insider Risk Management

Stand up an insider threat program β€” governance, use cases, and detection aligned to compliance standards.

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Business Continuity & Resilience

Build and test BC/DR programs so your business keeps running when something goes wrong.

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Exercises & Training

Tabletop exercises, awareness programs, and incident-response simulations that truly prepare your people.

The Approach

People + the right technology.

Tools don't reduce risk on their own. We combine practical judgment with the right technology so security becomes something your team can actually run.

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Practical, not academic

No fear, no jargon, no 200-page reports nobody reads. Clear priorities and next steps you can execute.

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Evidence-driven

Everything we build produces the documentation you can hand an examiner, auditor, or board with confidence.

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Right-sized

Programs scaled to your team and budget β€” built for lean shops where one person wears several hats.

Shon Gerber, CISSP
Who You'll Work With

Hi, I'm Shon Gerber.

I've spent my career helping organizations cut through the noise of cybersecurity and focus on what actually reduces risk. I founded Reduce Cyber Risk to bring senior-level security and governance expertise to the businesses and community banks that need it most β€” without the enterprise price tag or the fear-based sales pitch.

When banks started facing hard questions about AI governance and had nowhere to turn, I built a program specifically for them. Practical, evidence-driven, and right-sized.

CISSPCertified security professional
20+ yrsIn security & risk
PodcastHost, CISSP Cyber Training
Education & Authority

Host of the CISSP Cyber Training Podcast

I teach cybersecurity to thousands through the CISSP Cyber Training podcast β€” the same clear, practical, no-jargon approach I bring to every engagement. Think of it as proof of how I work, before we ever talk.

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CISSP Cyber Training

500+ training videos Β· teaching since 2020.

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