Who is a vCISO?
Chief Information Security Officer
Secure | Vigilant | Resilient
Methodology
A vCISO provides executive-level leadership in cybersecurity, risk, and program management to build, develop, and mature an organization’s cybersecurity program.
vCISO High-Level Objectives Include:
- Creates and leads the Cybersecurity Development Program mapped to NIST CSF
- Ensures governance, risk, and compliance
- Advises, documents, reports, and presents to key stakeholders
- Manages vendors to advise, select, audit, and manage internal or third-party vendors
What is the Role of a
Sedara vCISO?
Chief Information Security Officer
- Align with the organization’s governance, risk, and compliance
- Help align and prioritize the organization’s cybersecurity activities with its business/mission requirements, risk tolerances, and resources
- Use business drivers to guide cybersecurity activities and consider cybersecurity risks as part of the organization’s risk management processes
Cybersecurity Planner
- Create, Outline, and Implement a Cybersecurity Plan
- Map initiatives to NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- Deliver a Plan of Action and Milestones [POAM] document to the organization’s leadership team
Liaison to Your Tech Team
- Manage cybersecurity activities, outcomes, and informative references that are common across the organization’s critical infrastructure
- Communicate among the internal and external stakeholders about risk
- Manage projects
