CISO AS A SERVICE
Get Experienced Security Leadership
Security leaders have never been in higher demand, and for good reason. From driving critical initiatives to aligning activities to address pressing business needs, their specialized experience and leadership is invaluable.
Unfortunately, proven CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers) are both rare and highly sought, making hiring and retaining a quality full-time CISO a daunting challenge. Fortunately, there’s an alternative approach to acquire the expertise you need. Enter CISO as a Service.
Our leaders apply expertise wherever it is needed. They leverage combined experience to deliver key security program competencies and help achieve organizational goals. They manage cyber security risk, lead incident response efforts, identify exposures and prioritize activities to continually optimize the security program and align it with business needs. Simply put, our virtual security officers manage and mature security programs.
What is CISO as a Service?
CISO as a Service, sometimes called vCISO (virtual Chief Information Security Officer), is an alternative security program leadership strategy that leverages a flexible resourcing model to achieve your program goals. For organizations struggling with the realities of cost, limited local talent pool, and the need for broad expertise, CISO as a Service is a practical solution to achieve short- and long-term program objectives.
CISO as a Service embeds seasoned cyber security consultants within the environment to help lead initiatives and assist with program development, maturation, and management.
Common focus areas include:
- Program development and management
- Board-level coalition building
- Policy and standards development
- Maturation of various programs:
- Compliance
- Governance
- Security awareness
- Security metrics
- Goals
CISO as a Service Cost
One of the key benefits of this approach is that you only pay for the security leadership you need. This fractional service scales up or down to meet the scope and pace necessary to achieve your unique security goals. A smart value play, it puts a virtual information security officer in place, driving improvements to security posture and having them at-the-ready should an urgent need arise. CISO as a Service gives you the expertise and leadership of a high-caliber CISO at a fraction of direct-hire cost.
CASE STUDY
Learn how a regional hospital improved risk management, incident response, and vulnerability assessment with CISO as a Service.
Wingman to a Security Leader
CISO advisory services are also available to support or up-level the existing CISO or other security leadership. Whether filling an experience gap, assisting with bandwidth, or serving as a hands-on mentor, our leaders demonstrably improve the security program — simultaneously helping to up-level leadership team around them.
When do you need a CISO?
From increasing threats to more sophisticated attacks to new compliance requirements, demands on security leadership continue to grow. The time for security leadership to be a tacked-on responsibility and not be someone’s clear priority has pretty much passed for small- to mid-sized businesses. There’s too much at stake from a business continuity and brand reputation perspective to not have someone experienced driving efforts to prevent and minimize potential damage.
That said, the decision to hire a CISO usually follows a compelling event. Some change in the environment makes the need clear.
Next Steps
Do you have critical initiatives that would benefit from a proven leader? Let’s talk.