The Challenge: How do we get experienced security pros on our schedule and budget?
Information security is as much a management issue as a technical one. But business owners have a hard time getting answers to basic high-level questions.
- How do I demonstrate cyber maturity to customers and regulators?
- How do I align information security with our business goals?
- How do I present information security to the Board or Executive Management?
- How do I determine which tools and technologies best address our risks?
- How do I leverage best-practices from other organizations?
Recruiting and retaining top-level cyber security talent is time-consuming and expensive. According to a 2023 study by ISC2, there are now 4 million unfilled cybersecurity positions around the world, an increase of 12.6% in just the past year. Over 500,000 positions are unfilled in the US alone. According to PayScale, the average base salary of a CISO in the United States is $155K/year.
The Solution: On-Demand Security Experts
CSO Virtual gives you simple and affordable access to professional information security talent. Each organization is assigned an individual CSO that is dedicated part-time to their business. Flexible plans make it easy to decide how much time you need and adjust as your business needs change.
Examples of services provided by our team:
- Information Security Program Design and Development
- Governance Risk and Compliance Management
- Ongoing Compliance Management and Audit
- Cyber security tool evaluation and selection
- Cyber Insurance Review
All of the professionals within the Virtual CSO network are skilled and certified with many years of experience. They are carefully screened and understand the unique aspects of cyber security.
Key Benefits of Virtual Chief Security Officers
These are just a few of the benefits of hiring a Virtual CSO:
- Flexibilty – Flexible programs and costs that suit your budget and current needs – Start with a level of effort and costs that matches your budget. Grow your cyber security function as you grow your business.
- Cost Savings – Each Virtual CSO is a contract employee. This includes several areas of cost savings including: Employee benefits, ongoing Cyber Certification, cyber tool integration, and Peer Networking.
- Quality Services – Each Virtual CSO receives training and mentoring from other CSOs and industry experts. A permanent CSO often has to spend valuable time networking and researching what other CSOs are doing. All Virtual CSOs in our network have immediate access to other working CSO’s with a variety of experience.
- Technical Experience – A CSO has to have a mastery of both technical and management skills. Our team of on-demand CSOs are already trained on many common software tools and techniques. This can dramitically improve the time and cost of implementing new cyber tools.
- Visibilty – No longer will cyber risk be invisible to senior management. All Virtual CSO clients will have access to a secure dashboard that can be used to communicate cyber risk and maturity to senior management. An Annual Cyber Report is included with each subscription.
- Risk Reduction – An experienced CSO will guide the organization into a posture of reduced cyber risk and liability, saving both operational costs and cyber insurance.
All of the professionals within the Virtual CSO network are skilled and certified with many years of experience. They are carefully screened and understand the unique aspects of cyber security.