Point-in-time audits don't scale with you.
In our May webinar, “How the Best vCISOs Guide Their Clients Through Successful Audits,” we’ll cover how the sharpest vCISOs are rethinking their approach, from first audit to continuous, automated compliance.
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How the Best vCISOs Guide Their Clients Through Successful Audits
Webinar with Josh Zweig & Ryan Johanson
May 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM EST
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Summary
If you're a vCISO juggling 10, 15, or 20 clients, you already know the problem: traditional audit-and-forget compliance doesn't scale, doesn't protect your clients, and burns you out trying to hold it together manually.
This chat between Zip Security CEO Josh Zweig and Ryan Johanson of Johanson Group breaks down how the most effective vCISOs are rethinking audits entirely, setting clients up for success from day one and building continuous compliance workflows that run long after the initial audit closes.
Key Takeaways
The initial audit playbook: What a well-run first audit actually looks like, and what the vCISOs who get it right do differently from day one
The multi-client problem: What breaks first when compliance is still treated as a periodic event across 10+ clients, and where that liability lands
Automation as a force multiplier: How automated security workflows change the unit economics of a vCISO practice, and what a client engagement looks like when continuous compliance is baked into the stack
Selling it upward: How to reframe the initial audit as the start of an ongoing relationship, position continuous compliance as a premium deliverable, and what that does for retention and wallet share
What the shift looks like in practice: Real outcomes from vCISOs who've already made the move to continuous, automated compliance
