Cybersecurity Facts & Statistics
Cybercrime Losses Continue to Rise Americans reported $16.6 billion in losses from cybercrime in 2024, a staggering 33% increase over the previous year. This figure marks the highest annual loss ever reported to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). Source: FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) – 2024 Internet Crime Report Phishing Remains the Leading Cyber Threat Phishing and spoofing accounted for the most frequently reported cybercrimes in 2024, remaining the primary tactics used by cybercriminals to steal credentials, distribute malware, and commit financial fraud. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) The Human Element Still Drives Most Data Breaches According to the 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, a striking 60% of data breaches involved the human element, including phishing, stolen credentials, and user error. Implementing cybersecurity awareness training stands out as one of the most effective defenses against these persistent attacks. Source: Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) Fractional CTO
The Business Problems We Solve
Cybercrime Losses Continue to Rise Americans reported $16.6 billion in losses from cybercrime in 2024, a staggering 33% increase over the previous year. This figure marks the highest annual loss ever reported to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). Source: FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) – 2024 Internet Crime Report Phishing Remains the Leading Cyber Threat Phishing and spoofing accounted for the most frequently reported cybercrimes in 2024, remaining the primary tactics used by cybercriminals to steal credentials, distribute malware, and commit financial fraud. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) The Human Element Still Drives Most Data Breaches According to the 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, a striking 60% of data breaches involved the human element, including phishing, stolen credentials, and user error. Implementing cybersecurity awareness training stands out as one of the most effective defenses against these persistent attacks. Source: Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) Fractional CTO
Why Business Leaders Choose VCG
Cybercrime Losses Continue to Rise Americans reported $16.6 billion in losses from cybercrime in 2024, a staggering 33% increase over the previous year. This figure marks the highest annual loss ever reported to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). Source: FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) – 2024 Internet Crime Report Phishing Remains the Leading Cyber Threat Phishing and spoofing accounted for the most frequently reported cybercrimes in 2024, remaining the primary tactics used by cybercriminals to steal credentials, distribute malware, and commit financial fraud. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) The Human Element Still Drives Most Data Breaches According to the 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, a striking 60% of data breaches involved the human element, including phishing, stolen credentials, and user error. Implementing cybersecurity awareness training stands out as one of the most effective defenses against these persistent attacks. Source: Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) Fractional CTO
What we do
Assessment
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This process is the foundation of cyber resilience. We evaluate your organization's current cybersecurity posture, focusing on areas such as cybersecurity awareness training to mitigate risks and vulnerabilities. Additionally, we identify potential data breaches and provide clear, strategic recommendations to strengthen your defenses.
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Secure
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We help organizations establish strong cybersecurity foundations that protect their people, systems, and data from today's evolving threats, including data breaches. Effective security begins with proactive planning, informed leadership, and practical safeguards, all of which are enhanced through cybersecurity awareness training to reduce risk before incidents occur.
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Strengthen
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Strengthen
We strengthen your organization's cyber resilience by building the policies, processes, and security culture needed to withstand today's evolving threats, including the risk of data breaches. Through strategic guidance, employee education, particularly in cybersecurity awareness training, and continuous improvement, we help your business
We strengthen your organization's cyber resilience by building the policies, processes, and security culture needed to withstand today's evolving threats, including the risk of data breaches. Through strategic guidance, employee education, particularly in cybersecurity awareness training, and continuous improvement, we help your business become stronger, more prepared, and more resilient.
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Our Cybersecurity Solutions
Cyber Risk Assesment
Staff Security Training
Cyber Risk Assesment
This process is the foundation of cyber resilience. We evaluate your organization's current cybersecurity posture, focusing on areas such as cybersecurity awareness training to mitigate risks and vulnerabilities. Additionally, we identify potential data breaches and provide clear, strategic recommendations to strengthen your defenses.
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Leadership Advisor
Staff Security Training
Cyber Risk Assesment
We help organizations establish strong cybersecurity foundations that protect their people, systems, and data from today's evolving threats, including data breaches. Effective security begins with proactive planning, informed leadership, and practical safeguards, all of which are enhanced through cybersecurity awareness training to reduce risk before incidents occur.
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Staff Security Training
Staff Security Training
Staff Security Training
We strengthen your organization's cyber resilience by building the policies, processes, and security culture needed to withstand today's evolving threats, including the risk of data breaches. Through strategic guidance, employee education, particularly in cybersecurity awareness training, and continuous improvement, we help your business
We strengthen your organization's cyber resilience by building the policies, processes, and security culture needed to withstand today's evolving threats, including the risk of data breaches. Through strategic guidance, employee education, particularly in cybersecurity awareness training, and continuous improvement, we help your business become stronger, more prepared, and more resilient.
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Security Policy Design
Staff Security Training
Staff Security Training
Security Policy Design Develop clear, customized cybersecurity policies that strengthen governance, support compliance, and establish secure practices for your employees and organization. Incorporating cybersecurity awareness training will further fortify your defenses against data breaches.
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Virtual CISO Service
Cyber Shield Community
Virtual CISO Service
Virtual CISO (vCISO): Obtain executive-level cybersecurity leadership without the expense of a full-time CISO. We offer strategic guidance, risk management, and compliance oversight, along with executive cybersecurity planning that includes cybersecurity awareness training to help prevent data breaches.
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Speaking Engagements
Cyber Shield Community
Virtual CISO Service
VCG delivers engaging cybersecurity keynotes, workshops, and executive briefings that educate, inspire, and equip organizations with practical strategies for cybersecurity awareness training. These initiatives are designed to help organizations reduce cyber risk and build resilience against data breaches.
Cyber Legal Support
Cyber Shield Community
Cyber Shield Community
VCG Expert Witness Legal SME providing independent cybersecurity expert witness services, technical analysis, and case review, along with clear testimony for litigation involving cyber incidents, data breaches, and the importance of cybersecurity awareness training related to digital evidence.
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Cyber Shield Community
Cyber Shield Community
Cyber Shield Community
The Cyber Shield Community is VCG's cybersecurity awareness network, dedicated to providing cybersecurity awareness training that helps individuals, families, and small businesses stay informed, protected, and resilient against today's evolving cyber threats, including data breaches.
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Trusted Industries Case Studies
Construction
Construction
Construction
This process is the foundation of cyber resilience. We evaluate your organization's current cybersecurity posture, focusing on areas such as cybersecurity awareness training to mitigate risks and vulnerabilities. Additionally, we identify potential data breaches and provide clear, strategic recommendations to strengthen your defenses.
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Legal Firms
Construction
Construction
We help organizations establish strong cybersecurity foundations that protect their people, systems, and data from today's evolving threats, including data breaches. Effective security begins with proactive planning, informed leadership, and practical safeguards, all of which are enhanced through cybersecurity awareness training to reduce risk before incidents occur.
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Healthcare
Construction
Healthcare
We strengthen your organization's cyber resilience by building the policies, processes, and security culture needed to withstand today's evolving threats, including the risk of data breaches. Through strategic guidance, employee education, particularly in cybersecurity awareness training, and continuous improvement, we help your business
We strengthen your organization's cyber resilience by building the policies, processes, and security culture needed to withstand today's evolving threats, including the risk of data breaches. Through strategic guidance, employee education, particularly in cybersecurity awareness training, and continuous improvement, we help your business become stronger, more prepared, and more resilient.
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Finance
Construction
Healthcare
Security Policy Design Develop clear, customized cybersecurity policies that strengthen governance, support compliance, and establish secure practices for your employees and organization. Incorporating cybersecurity awareness training will further fortify your defenses against data breaches.
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Manufacturing
Individuals / Families
Manufacturing
Virtual CISO (vCISO): Obtain executive-level cybersecurity leadership without the expense of a full-time CISO. We offer strategic guidance, risk management, and compliance oversight, along with executive cybersecurity planning that includes cybersecurity awareness training to help prevent data breaches.
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SmallBiz
Individuals / Families
Manufacturing
VCG delivers engaging cybersecurity keynotes, workshops, and executive briefings that educate, inspire, and equip organizations with practical strategies for cybersecurity awareness training. These initiatives are designed to help organizations reduce cyber risk and build resilience against data breaches.
Individuals / Families
Individuals / Families
Individuals / Families
VCG Expert Witness Legal SME providing independent cybersecurity expert witness services, technical analysis, and case review, along with clear testimony for litigation involving cyber incidents, data breaches, and the importance of cybersecurity awareness training related to digital evidence.
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Seniors
Individuals / Families
Individuals / Families
The Cyber Shield Community is VCG's cybersecurity awareness network, dedicated to providing cybersecurity awareness training that helps individuals, families, and small businesses stay informed, protected, and resilient against today's evolving cyber threats, including data breaches.
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Expert Witness Services
Expert Witness Services
Expert Witness Services
Independent cybersecurity expert witness services that focus on litigation, investigations, and technical case analysis, while also emphasizing the importance of cybersecurity awareness training to prevent data breaches.
Emergency Management
Expert Witness Services
Expert Witness Services
Strengthening cyber resilience through cybersecurity awareness training helps emergency agencies prepare, respond, and recover from data breaches.
Families with Teens
Expert Witness Services
Families with Teens
Helping families protect teens from online threats, scams, cyberbullying, and digital risks through effective cybersecurity awareness training to prevent data breaches.
Government Agencies
Expert Witness Services
Families with Teens
Helping government agencies enhance cybersecurity resilience and compliance through effective Cybersecurity Awareness Training, while building public trust and mitigating the risks of data breaches.
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awareness, including targeted cybersecurity awareness training to prevent data breaches and enhance strategic cybersecurity leadership.
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Free Cybersecurity Guides
Cyber Risk Check
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This process is the foundation of cyber resilience. We evaluate your organization's current cybersecurity posture, focusing on areas such as cybersecurity awareness training to mitigate risks and vulnerabilities. Additionally, we identify potential data breaches and provide clear, strategic recommendations to strengthen your defenses.
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Fractional CTO Services
Fractional CTO Services
We help organizations establish strong cybersecurity foundations that protect their people, systems, and data from today's evolving threats, including data breaches. Effective security begins with proactive planning, informed leadership, and practical safeguards, all of which are enhanced through cybersecurity awareness training to reduce risk before incidents occur.
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Response Checklist
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Dr. Jackson's Articles
We strengthen your organization's cyber resilience by building the policies, processes, and security culture needed to withstand today's evolving threats, including the risk of data breaches. Through strategic guidance, employee education, particularly in cybersecurity awareness training, and continuous improvement, we help your business
We strengthen your organization's cyber resilience by building the policies, processes, and security culture needed to withstand today's evolving threats, including the risk of data breaches. Through strategic guidance, employee education, particularly in cybersecurity awareness training, and continuous improvement, we help your business become stronger, more prepared, and more resilient.
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Dr. Jackson's Articles
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Dr. Jackson's Articles
Security Policy Design Develop clear, customized cybersecurity policies that strengthen governance, support compliance, and establish secure practices for your employees and organization. Incorporating cybersecurity awareness training will further fortify your defenses against data breaches.
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Dr. Mack Jackson Jr., a cybersecurity expert, author, TEDx speaker, and keynote speaker, empowers businesses and families to stay safe in today’s digital world. With decades of experience in risk management and cyber awareness, his insights inspire action. Discover his latest resources and strategies,
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