Innovator Spotlight: Level 6 Cyber

Replacing CISO Burnout with Data-Driven Certainty

The Ultimate Decision Maker

CISOs and security decision-makers are being crushed under an untenable expectation: achieve near-perfection in an era where cyber risks increase exponentially, technology evolves at a breakneck pace, and budgets and staffing remain strictly constrained. This immense, relentless pressure is why CISO burnout has hit an all-time high, with average job tenures shrinking to just 18 to 24 months. Level 6 Cyber built LISN to directly eliminate the stress, pain, and uncertainty of managing a security program without dynamic data. By continuously modeling an organization’s entire cybersecurity architecture, LISN provides always-on, ROI-focused decision intelligence based on real-world global data and automatically tailored to each specific organization.

What is LISN?

Level 6 Cyber delivers its capabilities through LISN (Level [6] InfoSec Strategy Network), an intuitive browser-based platform that allows organizations to establish a dynamic digital twin of their entire security program across 22 core domains. Rather than relying on static, once-a-year audits or manual spreadsheets, security leaders input their operational baseline into LISN to immediately receive continuous evaluation. The platform analyzes this profile against a massive, continuously updated collection of global Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and breach data to deliver instant metrics on program effectiveness, predictive risk, compliance values, and strategic threat maps mapped directly to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

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In practice, LISN acts as an automated, always-on CISO advisor sitting directly in a leader’s pocket. For instance, if an organization purchases a new SOAR tool with AI capabilities for its SOC, a user simply updates those capabilities in their saved profile. In microseconds, LISN recalculates the entire baseline across all 22 domains, showing how that single change impacts predictive risk, compliance posture, and overall program effectiveness. When major industry incidents break, such as widespread supply-chain or AI model breaches, LISN ingests the event data instantly, allowing security leaders to run auto-generated roadmaps and justify necessary strategy adjustments to the board with hard math instead of guesswork.

What Makes Them Different

What sets Level 6 Cyber apart is its underlying technological foundation. Unlike tools reliant on generative LLMs that risk hallucinations, LISN uses a proprietary machine learning engine grounded strictly in correlation science and academic research. It continuously analyzes global breach statistics and operational successes to determine which security decisions statistically correlate with positive risk reduction. Furthermore, because LISN offers a disconnected, fully anonymized onboarding model, organizations can share their program structure without exposing sensitive internal data, achieving robust, customized predictive analytics and ROI simulations on the same day they sign up.

From the Founder

“I founded Level 6 after many years as a CISO, virtual CISO, cybersecurity architect, and compliance advisor because I experienced the pain and could not find a product that addressed my needs. Annual assessments are no longer enough, and human cyber strategy advisors lack the power of giant OSINT data collections and correlation science. What I needed was a business intelligence tool for cybersecurity strategy, but that used data from the entire world instead of within our own four walls. So that’s what we built.”

– Kevin Jackson, Founder & CEO, Level 6 Cyber

Customer Insights

“I’ve talked to many other cybersecurity leaders about the risk and compliance tools, heard their comments about what they can do, and after using LISN I had to tell them—our tool is way better than what you’re using. It’s way beyond a traditional GRC tool or risk tracker.”

– Cybersecurity Manager, Healthcare Industry

“LISN provides evergreen analytics where we need them most, for cybersecurity strategy, for IT optimization, and for risk in general. In our industry, where failure is not an option, this has been a game changer.”

– Director of Cybersecurity and Network Architecture, Large Midwest Airport

What LISN Looks Like

When using LISN, some of the features you experience is the Dashboard, Strategic Threat Mapping (with Vendor Cyber Management),Executive Briefing Report, ROI Simulator, and more! You will also have access to your Dashboard, Strategic Threat Mapping (with Vendor Cyber Management), ROI Simulator, and more!

Figure 2. Strategic Threat Mapping and Vendor Cyber Management

Figure 3. Executive Briefing Report

Figure 4. ROI Simulator

In Summary

LISN offers continuous, evergreen cybersecurity decision intelligence—built not on generic standards or gut feelings, but on global OSINT evaluated through a machine learning model designed to identify what works best for its actual cost. With same-day time-to-value, zero-data-risk anonymized access, and dynamic predictive risk views across 22 critical domains (including IAM, Vulnerability Management, Data Governance, Incident Response, and Disaster Recovery), Level 6 Cyber gives leaders the exact data needed to lower stress and protect their organizations. Experience the power of automated strategy intelligence by visiting Level 6 Cyber online to schedule a live demo or access a free trial sandbox today.

LISN continuously performs the strategic cyber analysis traditionally delivered through periodic consulting engagements, keeping priorities, investments, and risk decisions current as the business changes. It is one of the most innovative Always-On Cyber Strategy Intelligence Platforms for CISOs and cybersecurity decision makers and thats why it has been named a Top 25 Most Innovative Cybersecurity Company in the World Finalist by Cyber Defense Magazine. 

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Kevin Jackson, CEO and Founder 

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About the Author

Carmen Estela is a Cybersecurity Research Analyst at Cyber Defense Magazine and is an award-winning woman in cybersecurity. She recently graduated with a Master of Science degree from the University of Central Florida and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Criminology from the University of Florida with certifications in Data Analytics and AI Fundamentals. She frequently speaks and volunteers at well-known industry gatherings, such as BSides Orlando and BSides Jax, where she offers her perspectives on emerging cyber trends. Carmen is committed to advancing the standards of governance, risk, and compliance within cybersecurity. She has also served as an adult protective investigator, police dispatcher, and legal intern, applying investigative skills across law enforcement, academic, and public service settings. 

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