vCISO

What is vCISO or ‘CISO-as-a-Service?

Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) is sourcing of the CISO function and information security responsibilities from a CISO-as-a-Service provider. By engaging domain experts to manage your security program, you gain access to the cybersecurity professionals and resources that you don’t have in-house, allowing you to better keep up with information security challenges and compliance demands.

 Which businesses need a vCISO?

Information security and information assurance have become extremely important for businesses in the connected digital World. The exponential rise in cybercrimes and ransomware attacks has made cybersecurity a major concern for businesses worldwide. Prioritising the need to secure their online business, organizations need to engage a CISO responsible for development and implementation of the organization’s information security program. The CISO is a senior level executive responsible for all aspects of information security including developing security strategy, establishing the security governance structure, creating security policies and overseeing implementation of the cybersecurity program across the organization.

While the larger businesses can afford to hire a full-time CISO, due to resource crunch, it may not be feasible for medium and small businesses to hire a full-time CISO. Such organizations can leverage the expertise of vCISO to secure their business. The vCISO engagement may be temporary or ongoing contract basis depending upon the organization’s security and compliance needs. In effect, a vCISO brings to you all the professional expertise of a CISO at a fraction of the full-time CISO cost.

 Why choose AegiSec vCISO?

AegiSec vCISO will provide cybersecurity leadership and advise the management on all aspects of cybersecurity. The vCISO will establish and maintain your organization’s security program to ensure that the business is adequately protected from any types of cyberattacks.

The primary roles and responsibilities of vCISO include:

• Developing the organization’s cybersecurity strategy including identifying, analysing and mitigating potential information security risks.
• Developing and implementing information security policies and guidelines and ensure that these align with industry regulations and the organization’s overall risk tolerance.
• Conduct regular security risk assessments, compliance audits and manage implementation of risk mitigation strategies.
• Ensure that the organization remains compliant with local and international security and privacy regulations applicable to the business.
• Coordinate the response in case of any security incident and ensure quick and effective remediation to minimize damage.
• Develop and oversee delivery of information security awareness and training program for employees and ensure that all staff are educated about the latest cybersecurity threats.
• Oversee the cybersecurity budget to ensure that investments in security infrastructure offer value and necessary protection to the organization.
• Evaluate third party service providers for their security practices and ensure the data shared with the external entities is adequately protected.
• Measure, analyse and report key security and compliance metrics in order to measure and understand the organization’s security posture.