virtual CISO (vCISO)

Cybersecurity Advisory Services That Develop Your Cybersecurity Strategy And Keep It On Track

Our Virtual CISO (vCISO) works directly with you to assess your cybersecurity program maturity against your industry peers and measures your ability to address the latest cyber threats. We help you align your cybersecurity strategy and business objectives to build a cyber roadmap that reduces your cyber risk.

Cybersecurity programs that prepare you for tomorrow’s cyber threats today

Many organizations find themselves stuck between ever-evolving cyber threats and tightening regulatory requirements. This can force organizations to piece together and execute informal programs that check the compliance box, but don’t necessarily align and address the greatest areas of cyber risk.

Our Virtual CISO (vCISO) team approach includes a NIST based organization-wide cybersecurity maturity assessment as part of every engagement. This ensures our experts understand your strengths, weaknesses and greatest areas of cyber risk.

Additional services in the vCISO portfolio such as policy guidance, incident response planning and security architecture review are aligned to one singular strategy, road mapped & measured across a multi-year engagement. This allows your organization to mature with a tailored, comprehensive cybersecurity program that meets the stringent requirements of your industry regulations & business objectives.

Our vCISO program benefits you by:

  • Aligning to your business objectives, risk and cybersecurity strategy
  • Promoting organization-wide buy-in with effective resource allocation
  • Demonstrating measurable success to your executive management and board
  • Defining action plans for a new cybersecurity program or updating your existing cybersecurity program
  • Examining your organization’s unique environment, architecture, operations, culture and cyber threat landscape against industry standard frameworks
  • Identifying and prioritizing your cybersecurity architecture risk and subsequent control & remediation opportunities
  • Meeting and exceeding your compliance mandates

Why our vCISO Services

Our Virtual CISO portfolio contains modules that address each component of your cybersecurity posture, including: policy guidance, incident response planning and security architecture reviews. These are all aligned to one singular strategy and measured across a multi-year engagement.

SECURITY PROGRAM MATURITY ASSESSMENT (SPMA)

In-depth appraisal of information security maturity against industry standards.

SECURITY INCIDENT RESPONSE PLANNING (SIRP)

Focused, pragmatic strategy on key steps to take when an event occurs.

SECURITY POLICY REVIEW AND GUIDANCE (SPG)

Best practices for policies and procedures from NIST Cybersecurity Frameworks.

SECURITY ARCHITECTURE REVIEW (SAR)

Evaluation and audit of current technologies, security controls and system criteria.

VENDOR RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (VRM)

Establish a process to track third-party and vendor risks to your business.

VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (VMP)

Create and refine procedures to account for emerging vulnerabilities.

The Virtual CISO Difference

While most security service providers deliver a one-and-done approach without understanding an organization’s business objectives, cybersecurity strategy and overall cyber risk profile, we operate with insight and context, including a NIST based organization-wide security maturity assessment as part of every engagement. This ensures our experts understand your strengths, weaknesses and greatest areas of cyber risk.

Our vCISO experts:

  • Are industry certified professionals with decades of experience from the C-level to technical implementation and controls
  • Have an average of 17 years of security experience
  • Hold numerous certifications ​​including CISSP, CISM, CISA, and more

The results you can expect from the vCISO consulting services include:

  • Alleviate resource contraints in your organization
  • A comprehensive security program with strong policies and procedures
  • Meet or exceeds your compliance requirements
  • Aligns business objectives with your unique risk and exposure