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.
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?
- You have budget restraints
- You need support from a cybersecurity top-tier personnel
- You need someone to lead your IT team
- You need help to run your cybersecurity program effectively
- You need a compliance expert to achieve and stay compliant
- You had a cybersecurity event
What Does a vCISO Do?
Technical
Technical
Post-breach
Post-breach
Compliance/ GRC focused
Compliance/ GRC focused
Strategic
Strategic
How to Work with a vCISO
Define Your Security Maturity Level & Needs
Define Your Security Strategy
Implement and Optimize a Security Program
Why Work With Kobalt.io
Exposure to more environments, and ability to bring learnings from one client to another
Part of an extended team of experts, not solely reliant on own skills and expertise
Offer an external point of view
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
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:
- Policy creation
- Adapting Vanta policies to the specifics of your business
- Maximizing the automation and integration capabilities of the Vanta platform
- Leveraging the System Description Generator to build the System Description, a core scoping requirement for SOC2, and upload the completed evidence into Vanta
- Reviewing, organizing, and assigning ownership for you on key technical tests related to items such as change management and version control
- Working with your key technical staff members in technical delivery meetings
- Providing a checklist of work completed at the end of engagement
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.
