With increased prominence of information and cyber security threats, coupled with heightened regulatory compliance, companies need greater insight of risks and threats and, when understood, information security controls developed accordingly. Controls can then be monitored to ensure they remain effective and are proportionate to new and prevailing risks. Implementation and management of controls can be complex and requires expertise and guidance to get to the right place in an efficient manner and stay there – and that’s where a vCISO comes in.

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The benefits of vCISO

Expertise

Your virtual CISO from Waterstons’ highly experienced and skilled team will be dedicated to you, have a wealth of latest knowledge around information security and cyber threats, and be skilled at strategic roadmap development to build proportionate protection for your organisation, implementing activities to support the measurement and quantification of metrics to your senior team.

Board Level Engagement

Cyber and information security are challenging areas to articulate effectively to the Board and Executives. Your Waterstons vCISO will work alongside senior stakeholders to develop impactful and concise cyber performance dashboards, draw out top risks and treatment plans, and consider business cases to support the need for proportionate investment in remediation activities.

Cost Effective

A highly-skilled, full-time CISO is an expensive resource that comes at a premium and is not easy to recruit. The strategic aspects of information security, if done effectively, are likely to be less than a full-time role. Engaging a vCISO for one to two days per week provides a competitive and economic option.

Continuity of Role

A full-time CISO will take time away from the business for holidays or sickness, leaving gaps in support. A Waterstons vCISO, whilst dedicated, does have peers that can be brought in swiftly to cover if needed, meaning minimal impact to the organisation from a skills and resource perspective. 

Sector Skill

Our vCISOs are engaged and work across a range of clients and sectors. Their collective experience and that of the wider Waterstons team of over 250 consultants, are leveraged to provide you with sound decision-making to meet your regulatory needs, and tailor an approach aligned to your risk appetite and your business needs.

External Threats and Horizon Scanning

Our vCISOs are furnished with monthly and quarterly analysis on threats and horizon scanning from our SOC and supply partners. This information will be disseminated into your team to ensure you have strong external threat understanding and can react to any increased risk accordingly. Cyber and information security continually evolve, and new changes to the recent ISO27001 standard specifically draw out the need to have a consistent, informed view of actionable threat intelligence.