Are you struggling with an ocean of cybersecurity, compliance, data privacy, and other operational risks…

I’m here to help; my responsibility is to understand your business needs, then set up a security plan that fits your team to boost your revenue, reduce cyber risks, and optimize IT-Security budget. After that, I’ll support your team in executing the security plan correctly and addressing their questions and concerns, including during cybersecurity attacks. In a nutshell, On-demand access to Cybersecurity expertise when you need it and for as long as you need it!

How can you help me?

Every client has different requirements. Hence my services are flexible to accommodate your business needs. I offer two frameworks:

Fractional CISO: for small businesses seeking cybersecurity guidance. Large organizations can hire a full-time CISO (costs $224k annually in the US). On the other hand, if you are running a smaller business, you can’t justify having a full-time CISO on staff. In such a case, I can be your part-time CISO.

Interim CISO: while your organization is searching for a full-time CISO, I can step in collaborating with your team to ensure that your business is safe from attacks until you hire a CISO. I can also assist in recruiting and vetting new hires.

What do you get under a Virtual CISO engagement:

• Developing and implementing an information security plan
• Developing an information security budget and presenting it for approval
• Coordinating the development and maintenance of information security strategies, and standards for approval
• Providing advice on information security issues
• Assisting IT to communicate with the business departments to understand security risks and exposures
• Supporting CIO by conducting independent monitoring, testing, assessments, and reviews of the information security controls
• Developing, maintaining, and coordinating information security management processes that integrate with other IT standard processes such as systems development
• Providing enterprise-wide security consulting to systems and networks development projects (existing, new, and upgrades), including those projects outsourced to third parties
• Maintaining a list of outstanding enterprise-level security issues and proposed remediation solutions. Ensure that a specific function or individual who is responsible for remedial action is identified

Why should I consider vCISO to support my business?

I don’t know if you should consider it. However, most of my clients are driven by cost-cutting. Fraction of the time is a fraction of the cost of a full-time expert.

Give me quick advice…

Well, I’ll give you a couple

1- Every organization is different, so start by identifying your needs with questions like:

If a hacker gets full access to my IT-Systems, what’s the worst can happen?

Do you grant your employees access to information on a need-to-know basis?

What’s your strategy to detect attackers quickly?

How do you prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information?

Ask IT-administrator; on a scale 1-10, are we ready for a cyber attack?

People still fall for phishing attacks, do you have an effective strategy to mitigate this threat?

2- In the 1990s, organizations equipped with Firewall and Anti-virus were considered secure. Today, Cybercrimes is a multi-trillion dollar business; why? Because we are in an age where business information is wealth. We need to take information security seriously.

3- When your car breaks down, do you get a mechanic, or do you try to fix it yourself? Similarly, by delegating supportive functions to experts, we can focus on core business functions like business strategies and market penetration.

Do you work with startups?

Good question; I know that CEOs of startups are working on Finance, Legal, IT, cybersecurity, Marketing & Branding, Sales, Processes, location, hiring talents, suppliers, funding, competition, company culture, and KPIs. And all of this must be done with a great deal of flexibility and under a limited budget… That’s exactly what I offer, business understanding, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness.

Who engages a Virtual CISO?

• Firms seeking regulatory assurance 
• Boards and committees seeking subject matter experts
• Investors performing due diligence on new Investments like M&A
• General Counsel reviewing data privacy regulations (e.g. GDPR)
• Tech leaders, CTO/CIO’s seeking support on initiatives 
• COO’s that require temporary staff augmentation
• Organizations experiencing or recovering from a cyber attack

Why engage a Virtual CISO?

• Mapping business goals to cybersecurity requirements
• Find cybersecurity gaps before attackers and regulators
• Proactively identify cybersecurity risks in deals and investments 
• On-demand access to business-oriented cybersecurity expertise is cost-effective
• Immediately fill CISO role until a new CISO arrives
• Coordinate and audit Managed-Security-Providers
• Validate the cyber program for reasonable allocated resources
• Vendor-neutral independent advisor
• Demonstrate due diligence by appointing a vCISO to steer the security program
• Vetting new security staff

What are your core values?

• Honesty
• Collaboration
• Over-Communication
• Simplicity
• Decisive & Action-Taker

How do I know if I need a vCISO?

One way is to talk to a security expert who really understands business. Book a discovery call with me, where I’ll give you potential solutions.

If any of those doesn’t match yours, don’t contact me.