vCISO

Virtual CISO

A designated Virtual CISO can help you evaluate risks, determine technology solutions, evaluate technical controls, select compliance standards and plan and execute roadmap items.

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What is a vCISO?

A virtual CISO, or vCISO, is an outsourced security professional who serves as the CISO for your organization on a part-time or project basis. Unlike an in-house CISO, a vCISO is not a full-time employee of your organization, and therefore is a more cost-effective solution for businesses looking to improve their cybersecurity posture.

Why Hire a vCISO?

What Does a vCISO Do?

Technical

Technical

Focus on security controls, policy, conduct risk assessments

Post-breach

Post-breach

Mitigate the damage and oversee new investment in cybersecurity

Compliance/ GRC focused

Compliance/ GRC focused

With expertise in standards, regulations and laws

Strategic

Strategic

Identify a roadmap, driving/ leading a security program

How to Work with a vCISO

Discovery

Define Your Security Maturity Level & Needs

 

Strategize

Define Your Security Strategy

Execute

Implement and Optimize a Security Program 

Why Work With Kobalt.io

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Exposure to more environments, and ability to bring learnings from one client to another

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Part of an extended team of experts, not solely reliant on own skills and expertise

Visibility

Offer an external point of view

Security

We can support international team or clients

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“Kobalt.io team has been very helpful in providing us with such practical and cost-effective suggestions. As an early startup, we can immediately apply them to improve our security posture, and we really appreciate them.”

– Tan Vu, Back-end Developer at SISA Energy

Kobalt.io SOC2 Quickstart Package

If you have recently acquired a Vanta license to automate compliance and security across your organization, we are excited to offer our Quickstart package to further accelerate your compliance journey. If you don’t have a license, we are happy to help get you one so that you can fast track your compliance journey.

  • SOC2 Quickstart Package USD $2500
  • Vanta License Starting at USD $7500 Annually

    based on company size

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Compliance Made Easy

Kobalt.io is a certified service partner of Vanta. Kobalt.io and Vanta work together to provide our clients with value beyond compliance. With Kobalt.io cybersecurity, compliance and data privacy expertise, combined with Vanta’s best-in-class technology, you can quickly achieve your security compliance goals at a lower costs, proving trust and driving growth. 

We are a team of Vanta trained and security experts who will work closely with you to address your needs where time and resources are limited. Our Quickstart package includes:

Kobalt.io’s team can also provide other services, such as risk assessments, 3rd party vendor reviews, penetration tests, fully managed compliance programs. Chat with us to learn more.

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A vCISO, short for virtual CISO, performs the same role as a regular CISO or Chief Information Security Officer who is responsible for developing and implementing an organization’s information security program. However, a vCISO is not a full-time employee and is instead responsible for multiple companies. This service can be provided by trusted partners, individual security practitioners, or consultants.

 

vCISO is a service. It can be provided by one person or a company.

Generally, a vCISO service is ongoing and begins with a risk assessment, followed by a remediation plan and execution phase. However, it could also be a one-time or periodic risk assessment that produces a posture report and gap analysis.

 

When choosing a vCISO service provider, it is important to ensure that an experienced security professional is leading or at least a part of the team. This helps to ensure that the vCISO services you receive are personalized, cost-effective, efficient, and adhere to international best practices.