About Us

CyberSecurityBase is a data security and compliance consultancy that specializes in serving online lenders in the payday and personal loans space.

Lenders hire us to support legal and compliance executives with information security and CMS initiatives.

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Our clients have this in common:

They have a 1-2 person team and need specialized help before bringing on the next hire.
They are seeing an increase in due diligence conversations — or expect those conversations to happen in the near future.
They are facing losing a deal with a potential bank partner or investor because there is no robust compliance function in place.
They need to demonstrate that the company can execute a security strategy and roadmap that aligns to growth plans.

We help clients in the early stages of their compliance journey.

Are you at the very beginning? We can help you through:

Developing customized information security policies, rolling that out to the company, and helping teams understand what they need to be doing differently to be in compliance.
Aligning to a specific security framework, benchmark, or standard that is expected for their industry.
Preparing for a future compliance audit.

Are you somewhere in the middle? We can help you through:

Consolidating lists of security issues, findings, gaps, and prioritizing under the direction of a security strategy and roadmap that supports company goals.
Addressing the technical and governance side of data security and data privacy.
Supporting a very specific project with an element of ensuring data privacy, data security, or both.

What Makes Us Different?

Faster Results

We work with start-up cultures, where things are moving quickly. You will see faster results because our consultants are laser-focused on your project and seek to mirror how your team works for a more productive engagement.

Cost-Effective

Protect your cash burn. By working with us, you don’t have to commit to searching and hiring a full-time CISO or compliance team when you still need a clear picture of what your compliance function (and budget) should look like.

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Customized Service

We start all engagements with clarifying what applies to your business and build a compliance foundation that is customized to your company. Ensure a compliant product now and build out your compliance function over time.

Our Guiding Beliefs

Do the right thing

Look out for our clients

Do what we say we will do

Make it easy for others to work with us

About Our Business

We are based in Chicago. We are past speakers at events organized by Lend360, the FTC, US Dept of Homeland Security, SANS, 1871, Cyber Security Chicago, Chicago Agile Open Space, and SOURCE Security Conference and Training.

We maintain membership and certifications with recognized industry associations

CyberSecurityBase previously sponsored the GDPR Stand Up Podcast.

This 33-episode podcast supports professionals looking to succeed with GDPR compliance. Check out the archive of episodes on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher.