About Us

SecureTheVillage is a cybersecurity nonprofit supporting the needs of everyday organizations and people - many in underserved communities - to protect their organizations, their families, and themselves from the increasing dangers of cybercrime.

SecureTheVillage is a proud member of Nonprofit Cyber, a first-of-its-kind international coalition of more than 50 implementation-focused cybersecurity nonprofits who collaborate and work together on projects to enhance joint action to improve cybersecurity.

SecureTheVillage was founded by Dr. Stan Stahl, a nationally recognized leader in applying cybersecurity to the unique needs of smaller organizations. Our innovative hands-on, learn-by-doing, learn-together online cohort programs are backed by the findings of neuroscience.

We offer high-value programs in three areas.

  • Smaller businesses and nonprofits

  • The MSPs who support them

  • Families and individuals

Vision:

Reach that tipping point where effective cybersecurity management is the norm rather than the exception for everyday organizations and people.

Mission:

Provide education, training, and support to communities throughout the country while making Southern California the cyber-safest metropolitan region in the United States for smaller businesses, nonprofits, families and individuals.

SecureTheVillage is a force multiplier, a catalyst, and a resource. We make 1 + 1 = 1000.

The current information security model - where every business takes care of its own information security - doesn’t work for smaller businesses, for smaller nonprofits, and for individuals and families.

Our unique team-based community model does. It offers a new transformative approach to cybersecurity that uniquely reflects their realities and opportunities.

We view our work as “securing the last mile” … enlisting everyone to protect themselves, their organizations, their families: at home, at work, and everywhere in between. SecureTheVillage provides education, training, and support. Whether it’s an IT service provider with 100 clients or it’s a son concerned that his mother might be scammed, we’re here - together - making sure everyone has the knowledge, skills, and commitment needed to do their part in protecting themselves and others.

Act Locally. Think Globally. We work locally in the Southern California metropolitan region because this is our home, it’s where we have the business relationships necessary to achieve our vision. And we work globally throughout the country providing education, training, and support, playing our part in the larger challenge of building a cybersecure global village.

Our Role

We work in hard problem areas

  • IT service providers, MSPs, and in-house IT who must ensure security of the ever-more complex digital infrastructure and who, more than ever, must have a “seat at the table” to help owners and executives make sound cybersecurity decisions.

  • Small business and nonprofit business owners and executives who must manage their ability to prevent and respond to inevitable cyber-disruptions in the face of evolving cyber threats, ever-present vulnerabilities, and escalating legal requirements.

  • Village “residents,” the individuals and families who must secure their financial, health, and other identities; securely maintain their increasingly digital world; manage their privacy; protect their parents, and teach their children sound cybersecurity habits.