Keith M.
Fractional CISO (vCISO) | Cybersecurity Assessments | AI Security
Fractional CISO for SMBs and mid-market businesses. CISSP, CISM, AAISM, and Claude Certified Architect (Professional), with 25+ years leading enterprise IT and security at Fortune 500 companies. • Fractional CISO: security program, policies, incident response readiness, vendor risk, and reporting to leadership on a monthly engagement • Cybersecurity Assessments: fixed-scope review mapped to NIST CSF or CIS Controls, with a prioritized roadmap and executive readout • Compliance Readiness: SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2, from gap analysis through audit support • AI Security & Governance: AI usage policies, governance frameworks, and security reviews of AI features and products, including Claude deployments, agents, and MCP integrations • Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace Security: identity, Conditional Access, Defender, Intune, SPF/DKIM/DMARC • Cloud Security: Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud hardening and assessment • Secure Development: application security reviews and penetration testing (manual-first, OWASP and NIST) Based in Manhattan Beach, California, working with clients across the US and internationally.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $57k
Billed in all: $130,731$131k
$5.7k in the last 6 months
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: #1 in 4 skills of 20
Rarest: top 0.12% in Google Workspace Administration, of 835. Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
- Google Workspace Administration835 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 0.12%🇺🇸#1 of 120
- IT Management355 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 0.28%🇺🇸#1 of 70
- Incident Response Plan120 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 0.83%🇺🇸#1 of 36
- AI Policy55 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 2%🇺🇸#1 of 18
- Application Security251 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 0.80%🇺🇸#2 of 46
- Security Policies & Procedures Documentation123 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 2%🇺🇸#2 of 35
- Vulnerability Assessment519 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 0.58%🇺🇸#1 of 98
- AI Security199 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 2%🇺🇸#2 of 39