CISO/DPO Service
The CISO Service from SHCO provides you with an experienced, senior management level resource that will help you to manage and steer your information security compliance/risk/governance initiatives and regulatory programs.
Increasingly, small and medium sized organisations are turning to a CISO service to help them gain control of their Information Security and Data Protection responsibilities. These companies know they need some focus and structure around information security and data protection but may not yet be able to justify a full-time member of staff to specialise in this area.
Our CISO/DPO Services
Information Security Management For SME’s
Our consultant can perform any or all of the duties a full-time equivalent would normally undertake in your organisation. The service focuses strongly on knowledge transfer, so that your company’s senior management can make better-informed decisions on security and data protection issues. It will also help you to take on the management of information security and data protection in-house, if that is your long-term plan.
The service can be finely tuned to meet your specific requirements and is normally delivered on-site or sometimes remotely, according to your requirements. This approach results in a highly customised service that ensures maximum benefit for your company.
A CISO Service Is Cost-Effective
Engaging a CISO/DPO from SHCO may be much more cost effective than hiring a full-time employee. Depending on the size and nature of your business, you may only need someone weekly, monthly or quarterly rather than every day.
They can provide guidance where you need it most, helping you to organise and prioritise your security policies, procedures and standards and deal with anything from PCI compliance to staying on top of supplier risk assessments. An SHCO CISO will be up to date on best practices and will have experience dealing with a wide variety of security and data protection issues.
For many smaller companies, it doesn’t make sense to invest in an expensive, full-time CISO/DPO when there is the option of engaging a CISO/DPO service. It’s a flexible solution with a range of options. You may wish to set up a retainer for a certain number of days per week/month/year or engage on a project-by-project basis. You may prefer to buy a pot of support days and call them off as you need them. It’s completely scalable.
Why Should You Choose the CISO/DPO Service?
There are a few common reasons why companies look at using a CISO/DPO service. Most often, companies hire a specialist in the first place because there is a requirement to implement an external standard such as ISO 27001, GDPR or PCI, and they need an experienced hand on the tiller. This can often turn into a longer-term relationship following the implementation phase.
Since the turn of the century, security and data protection skills have been in increasingly high demand. It may be that you are struggling to find the right person to fill or back-fill a permanent position and need someone to hold the fort in on an interim basis until the right candidate can be found.
CISO/DPO Service for Growing Companies
A smaller company’s first contact with the security risk management world is often when they receive a security questionnaire or security audit visit from a larger customer. The customer may be in a regulated business sector, like finance, health or government. This can be daunting when first encountered, and there will be a steep learning curve initially. A little guidance from an experienced pair of hands can give peace of mind at a stressful time.
You may simply want someone to oversee your information security or data protection management system on a part-time basis and, if you want to ensure that you only pay for what you actually need, then a CISO/DPO service could be the answer.
