vCISO Advisory


A virtual CISO (vCISO) equips you with the same level of strategic and operational leadership in cybersecurity that typically SMEs cannot afford a full time person in this role. A virtual CISO can be a cost-effective solution to your company having access to high-end cybersecurity practitioners.

Our vCISO’s have spent years in the industry, has a wealth of experience dealing with a wide variety of scenarios, and provides consultation on the management of an organization’s information security. They usually engage to help design the organization’s cybersecurity strategy, and some may manage the implementation as well. They have the executive board level presence to even present to the board, key stakeholders and regulators.

  • Provide executive level leadership on risk, governance, Incident Response, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity planning
  • Provide expert assessment on security threats, risks compliance
  • Engage with your leadership team to help build effective cybersecurity & resiliency program
  • Manage the development, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of your cybersecurity programs
  • Help interprete and integrate information security program controls
  • Assist to integrate cybersecurity strategy into your business, process, people & culture
  • Serve as an Industry expert (ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST, various other standards and compliances)
  • Serve as security liaison to various auditors, assessors, and examiners

Why do you need a vCISO?

Here are a few things that you should consider to aid your decision-making as to why our vCISO services are better for you than hiring a full-time CISO.

  • Full-rated, well experienced and full time CISOs are difficult to find. We employ a pool of CISOs with years of real experience and training and certifications
  • CISOs often change jobs. With our vCISO service, you are rest assured that you will always have an on-demand virtual CISO at your disposal as per your needs.
  • Full time CISOs typically command six figure salaries – our vCISO service comes at a fraction on that cost (typically 30-40%)

 

Employing one CISO may provide you with a specific skill set. Our pool of virtual CISOs can cover myriad tasks from strategic to tactical.

They can help setting together processes, policies, guidelines and standards (HIPAA, PCI, ISO 27001, NIST). They could also help to recruit the right staff, set security strategies for your organisation, procure technology solutions and remediate incidents.

They may also assist with remote work, work from home or bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy and enforcement, or even manage the board relationship on cybersecurity posture.