Nick Shevelyov CISSP

Nick Shevelyov is the founder of vCSO.ai, a fractional CISO and cyber risk quantification practice serving mid-market companies that need senior security leadership without a full-time hire. He previously served as Chief Security Officer at Silicon Valley Bank, where he built and led the enterprise security program across global operations. Nick holds the CISSP certification and is the author of Cyber War... and Peace (2024), which examines how organizations can build resilient security programs that balance protection with business growth. His areas of expertise include cyber risk quantification using frameworks like FAIR and Monte Carlo simulation, board-level security governance, incident response planning, third-party vendor risk management, and helping organizations translate techn...