v-CISO / v-CTO Advisory Services

Finding an experienced, well-qualified CISO in today’s competitive information security job market can be challenging, time-consuming and expensive. If you need a CISO now, then this is the perfect time to consider Purple Shield’s v-CISO / v-CTO Advisory Services.

Purple Shield’s Advisory Services are tailored to your specific situation and information security needs. While you have a number of options when it comes to the scope and length of services, there are five areas where most organizations benefit from the experience of a virtual CISO:

Strategy Definition

Guiding executives across business functions and IT, Purple Shield’s v-CISO / v-CTO helps identify business threats, baseline your current security program, and define security strategy in line with business objectives and digital transformation strategies.

Assessment

Evaluating culture, processes and technologies from a security governance perspective, Purple Shield’s virtual CISO develops a prioritized set of actions to help effectively manage your information security strategy and program. Assessments can include:

  • Interviews with stakeholders across the technical, business and executive teams as well as gathering documentation

  • Robust reviews on a variety of areas, including information asset management, acceptable use policies, data classification, threat and vulnerability management and third party management

  • A technical assessment of IT environments to identify potential design flaws and security vulnerabilities

Oversight

Based on the assessment findings, Purple Shield’s virtual CISO can provide various types and levels of ongoing support, including:

  • Developing policies and procedures to close gaps in documentation

  • Developing a remediation plan with actionable, prioritized recommendations

  • Implementing the remediation plan

  • Providing ongoing strategic guidance that is less intensive, but assists the organization in maintaining long-term goals

Training

Security awareness is an important part of maintaining a robust program. Your v-CISO / v-CTO can recommend and help implement training on topics for every level of user group within your organization.

  • Tabletop exercises

  • Annual security awareness training

  • Purple team engagements

IT Environment Security Design

For organizations looking to build from the ground up, Purple Shield’s virtual v-CISO / v-CTO can provide your team with necessary system hardening configuration guides and network designs. This will also include multiple security protections and incident monitoring controls.