Virtual CISCO Services

Leveraging our cybersecurity experts to help secure your business

What is a V-CISO and Why Do I Need One?

Incluzion Business Solutions’ Virtual CISO (V-CISO) service, also referred to as CISO-as-a-Service,  offers organisations access to a pool of experts and experienced cybersecurity practitioners who take on the role of a Chief Information Security Officer in your business. Our cost-effective V-CISO service brings experience in leadership and skills to help define, plan and execute a bespoke strategy unique to your organisation. 

Our V-CISOs are supported by our compliance and governance team members to ensure we meet all the varying requirements of your business.

Top 6 reasons our clients selected our V-CISO Service

Access world class expertise to increase your cyber security maturity

The recent global Ransomware attacks may have CEOs worried but the reality is that most organisations cannot afford a dedicated cyber security team and the associated costs including training, tools and specialist expertise.  

Our clients list the following six reasons why they selected our cyber security expertise. They:

  1. Required trusted advice from globally-recognised experienced professionals.
  2. Wanted a vendor-neutral perspective, not just someone selling services.
  3. Did not have a full time requirement for a security executive.
  4. Wanted the V-CISO to become an extension of their business. 
  5. Wanted the V-CISO to understand office politics and the intricacies of human relationships. A strong stakeholder manager. 
  6. Wanted the V-CISO to help align their business against international best practices and standards. 

Our virtual services are specifically designed for those organisations that require access to experienced information security and data privacy professionals but are unable to hire one themselves, either due to business and financial constraints or the acute shortage of skilled executives.  

Some of the benefits of partnering with Incluzion Business Solutions include:

  • Significant Cost Savings.  Our flexible scale-up or scale-down service allows you to match your changing security requirements and threat landscape while making tangible cost savings.
  • Impartial, Vendor Neutral Advice. Our V-CISO will always act in your best interest to reduce your overall risk exposure, and to ensure maximum value of your current and future cybersecurity investments.   
  • Flexible to Your Needs. We recognise that your business faces constant change and our solution scales to your needs and business requirements.
  • Increased Board and Senior Executive Engagement. Our V-CISO has the experience to educate and present to all types of senior executives, board members, and non-technical senior staff.

Put simply,  our V-CISO can help with planning and support, communicating and influencing, assessing and maintaining, and taking a lead on all things related to cyber security and information security.

Once you are onboarded as a V-CISO customer, you have access to the following list of services:

  • Experienced Cyber Security Practitioners. Access to verifiable expert individuals who have held leadership CISO roles and have a wealth of industry experience.
  • Data Breach Ready. Our V-CISO will oversee and co-ordinate to ensure your business is prepared to deal with data breaches and incidents.
  • Regulatory Compliance and Governance. Our V-CISO will manage and communicate with regulators for all data privacy and information security requests on your behalf.

Specialist Training Included. Our V-CISOs are experienced practitioners and offer specialist management-focused cybersecurity training as part of the V-CISO service. Depending on your requirement, we can deliver our flagship CIPR (Cyber Incident Planning & Response) training or our non-technical executive CSPE (Cyber Security & Privacy Essentials) training.

  • Strategic and tactical leadership on information assurance, governance and information risk management.
  • Trusted advisory on information security and data privacy.
  • Strategic and tactical advice to address existing and evolving security threats.
  • Representation for the client in regulatory queries.
  • Participation and leadership in meetings, committees and interaction with board meetings, and other senior executives.  
  • Help identify, assess and select cost efficient technologies.
  • Manage and oversee vulnerability assessments.
  • Manage and oversee security penetration tests.
  • Manage and oversee privacy impact assessments.
  • Creation, review and optimisation of incident response plans.
  • Planning and delivery of security awareness training to executives and the oversight of the larger information security training across the organisation, including information security training and awareness for all staff.
  • Management of Information Security Team (if necessary)
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  • Create, review and optimisation of existing information security governance and risk management framework.
  • Creation, review and optimisation of security policy, processes and procedures
  • Cyber resiliency and incident response maturity to better detect and respond to cyber-attacks.
  • Framework for defense in depth with suitable preventive, detective, corrective and recovery controls.
  • Security architecture, design and assurance frameworks.
  • Management of security compliance and alignment with industry best practice and standards, such as ISO 27001

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