Joseph Vigorito MSc., FABCHS, Vice President, DBRO

CISO | DBRO | Senior Advisor | HIPAA Security Officer | Crisis Manager | Business Continuity Expert | DIsaster Recovery Expert | Risk Manager | Privacy | NIST | ISO27001 | CIS | NYSDFS Part 500 | GLBA | CMMC

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

Digital Business Risk Officer and virtual CISO to some of the world's most iconic brands. Thirty years of versatile experience leading operations, security and engineering teams, defining organizational operating models and applying enterprise architecture concepts to transform companies, improve business agility and lowering their costs to serve. I work equally well with executives, business and technical leads, leading high-visibility, high-impact projects that are technically broad and deep, and financially beneficial. I can define the strengths and identify weaknesses in information architecture and business process, creating transition plans and use cases to strengthen processes requiring change. Deep experience in cybersecurity pillars of people, process, policy and technology. Some areas of career focus are: *Security Leadership: Policy Setting, Compliance, Governance, Incident Handling / Remediation, Encryption, Access Controls, Firewalls, Intrusion Detection, Anti-Malware, *Engaging with C-level executives to define enterprise cloud strategies *Operations leadership and flawless delivery of service *Cost/Benefit modeling and creating compelling business cases for change *Establishing shared IT services, adding efficiency and shrinking cost to serve *Driving business buy-in across complex organizations *Negotiation skill, even in highly complex deals, viewed as honest, fair, demanding by partners *Organizational change manager, capable of leading both technical and business people towards top line growth, and bottom line focus Attributes: *Multi-national design, build, operate experience on four continents *Enterprise IT Management: Consulting, Off-Shoring, Full-Time personnel *Manage executive relationships and key business stakeholders *Strong bias towards action; making firm decisions *Often interviewed by CSO Magazine on Cyber, Change Management, DevSecOps

Experience

  • Cybersecurity Advisory Board Member, Continuing Education / Professional Studies, Buccino Institute at Seton Hall University
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Cybersecurity Advisory Board Member Pace Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Info Systems at Pace University - Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems
    Feb 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 5 mos

  • Vice-President and DBRO (Digital Business RIsk Officer) at Solutions³ LLC
    Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Principal Advisor - Cybersecurity and Privacy at C1
    Mar 2025 - Jan 2026 · 11 mos

  • Director of Partnerships at BluSapphire
    Jan 2024 - Jun 2024 · 6 mos