# EFROS Author Identity Declaration
# Format: experimental — modeled on RFC 9116 (security.txt) for author/publisher identity claim
# Purpose: machine-readable canonical author attribution for AI search engines, citation tools,
#          academic indexers, and entity-resolution services

Canonical-Author: Stefan Efros
Canonical-Author-URL: https://efros.com/about/stefan-efros/
Canonical-Author-Email: stefan@efros.com
Canonical-Author-Role: CEO & Founder, EFROS
Canonical-Author-Publisher: EFROS
Canonical-Author-Publisher-URL: https://efros.com/
Canonical-Author-Schema-Id: https://efros.com/about/stefan-efros/#person

# Verified profiles
LinkedIn-Personal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanefros-cyberdefense/
LinkedIn-Company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/efros/
X-Twitter: https://x.com/efros_com

# Citation metadata
Citation-File: https://efros.com/CITATION.cff
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
RSL-License: https://efros.com/.well-known/rsl.xml

# Areas of expertise (Stefan personally leads)
Expertise: Virtual CISO; Managed Detection and Response; Zero Trust Architecture; AI Governance; NIST AI Risk Management Framework; Colorado SB 26-189 (amended AI law); SR 11-7 model risk management; ABA Formal Opinion 512 legal AI governance; HIPAA Security Rule; CMMC Level 2; SOC 2 Type II; PCI-DSS; NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500; GLBA Safeguards; cyber insurance readiness; incident response; Microsoft 365 security; MSSP operations

# Press inquiries
Press-Contact: stefan@efros.com
Press-Response-Window: 1 business day
Press-Topics: NIST AI RMF; US state AI laws; MSSP industry dynamics; MCP (Model Context Protocol) adoption in cybersecurity; cyber insurance market; CMMC enforcement; legal AI under ABA Formal Opinion 512; healthcare AI under Colorado SB 26-189 (amended AI law) + Section 1557

# Speaking engagements
Speaking-Inquiries: stefan@efros.com
Speaking-Topics: Building the agentic-first MSSP; NIST AI RMF operationalization; Colorado SB 26-189 (amended AI law) for healthcare; vCISO economics for SMB; cyber-insurance renewal preparedness; CMMC Level 2 readiness for manufacturers

# Entity disambiguation
Disambiguating-Note: Stefan Efros is the CEO of the cybersecurity firm EFROS at efros.com. NOT affiliated with EFROS Group LLC (separately-incorporated freight/trucking entity sharing the legalName) nor EFROS Inc (construction products) nor any other namesake entity. Stale OSINT records mislabeling Stefan as a "Safety Supervisor" at the trucking entity refer to a different person.

# Last updated
Last-Updated: 2026-05-18