A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) sets the strategy and aligns cybersecurity to any compliance and business needs for larger companies.
They can get this expertise through “fractional” or “virtual” CISO (vCISO) engagements. A virtual, fractional or part-time CISO serves as the strategic security advisor to multiple small companies. Small investments in cybersecurity early on will not only make your company more secure, it will reduce the burden of meeting compliance requirements later. If you're selling products or services to a larger company, they may ask you for an ISO 27001 certification or SOC 2 attestation before engaging you as a vendor. A vCISO can help you achieve and adhere to these compliance frameworks.
For start-ups looking to raise funds or go public, a vCISO can help you document your security and compliance practices for due diligence.
Much like having a law firm on retainer, having a Pocket CISO will give you the security and compliance guidance you need to grow.
Smaller companies benefit greatly from a generalist who lays a solid foundation for their future CISO, CIO and/or CTO. Pocket CISO offers Security, IT and Knowledge/Product strategy services.
Pocket CISO helps SMBs create and manage their security programs, partnering with the IT team or MSP in tool selection, and mentoring/growing IT and software development personnel in security concepts. Ideally, these organizations grow to a point where we help them hire their first CISO, who will have a solid foundation from which to launch!
For larger organizations, we augment existing teams in hypergrowth mode, assess security and compliance programs to give executives and boards operational and cultural insights, or create and manage programs helping your small vendors achieve your security and compliance goals.
