CISO Consulting Services

We unconsciously practice risk assessment all the time. When we cross the road, when we taste a hot pepper or trust a stranger with our children in school. We take a decision based on the balance of risk and reward and choose our course of action. In the rapidly evolving works of Information Technology, that is often the case. As our awareness of risks improves, we become less prone to click on malicious links in email just as a driver improvement class increases our awareness and makes us better drivers.

Where our risk management process fails us is when we do not have all the facts that influence the risk. As security professionals with decades of experience, CISO Consulting Services has the expertise derived from learning from the past as well as a keen sense of what threats are imminent. At CISO Consulting Services, we believe that every security incident, whether we encounter it personally or not, should make us harder targets.

What firewall?

Just as we continually evolve our understanding of risk and what we need to defend against, cyber criminals adapt to our defenses. Like a wooden horse reduced the value of moats and gates, cyber criminals use of encrypted web services reduce the effectiveness of traditional firewalls. Oh wait, with Cloud hosted service, a large part of our business does not even cross our firewalls! CISO Consulting Services understands this shifting paradigm and will help you realign your security budget and strategy to where it matters. We help you design and implement a secure architecture that meets the needs of your organization without an undue impact on your business processes. After all, while good security is obvious, great security should be invisible.

Kicking the tires

While building your controls, CISO Consulting Services will also assist you in monitoring your networks to ensure there are no vulnerabilities that can be exploited. Out of the box, a vulnerability scan or penetration test can overwhelm you with a huge list of doomsday hand waving. CISO Consulting Services will take these scans and reduce them down to actionable tasks that improve your security.

What did the auditor ask for?

Your primary business probably has very little to to with Information Security. Yet, you find yourself mired in navigating security requirements from regulations, contracts and clients queries. CISO Consulting Services will act on your behalf to understand and explain your risk in technical terms and the effectiveness of your defenses to auditors. In addition, if there are gaps, we help you bridge them before the auditors sweep in and discover them.