vCISO Consulting
Blue Wave offers vCISO an outsourced virtual Chief Information Security Officer who leads the strategy for protecting your business and its assets. Available on a part-time or flexible basis, our vCISO’s are able to bring the significant support and knowledge within your organization.
Real-life current situation
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It has been predicted that cybercrime will continue rising and cost businesses globally more than $6 trillion annually on 2021. Defending today’s complex networks is a disconcerting task. As the traditional network perimeter diffuse, regulatory demands grow, and attacks become more persistent, cybersecurity can’t be treated as a procedure to be delayed.
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Now it seems like organizations are doomed for humiliation without a proper cybersecurity program and consequently a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for cybersecurity direction…but many organizations can’t afford one. On average their salary cost $226,108* plus 20% placement fee to a recruiter for a seasoned professional, which is wasted when the CISO leaves for a better opportunity generally after a year.
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Operational success relies on satisfying customer demand for secure environments and complying with cybersecurity regulations, organizations that do not have formal cybersecurity leadership and management incur risks and often experience:
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Security efforts that aren’t effective because of the size of the organization.
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Competitive advantage loss.
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Current and future reputational damage.
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Revenue loss during system downtime and recovery.
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Potential litigation and fines.
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Compliance and audit fines.
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Technology investments that are ineffective.
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Productivity loss.
Your life-changing solution
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Organizations must embrace security as a basic requirement of business operations. Blue Wave has created and developed a much-improved approach to better support mid-market and emerging organizations. We offer a personalize virtual CISO (vCISO).
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The Blue Wave expert team of vCISO’s can provide your organization with the best solution for having a truly proactive Cybersecurity program. The role of a vCISO offers the typical high-level strategic consulting you would get with a CISO but at a fraction of the cost. Our vCISO’s will perform a dual role of optimizing both cybersecurity and business processes at the same time; creating and executing an effective information security program that takes into consideration the people, process, and technology of information security while adopting a balanced business approach.
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The Blue Wave team utilizes a true defense-in-depth methodology working seamlessly with your in-house IT professionals to empower the organization from within.
We can provide a hands-on part time vCISO that is part of your leadership team
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Performing an assessment to understand the overall business vulnerability of any particular asset within the organization, and advising leadership on the cybersecurity posture.
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Overseeing cyber incident management from initial detection to resolution.
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Driving Cybersecurity Roadmap and strategic oversight (establish governance, risk, and compliance programs).
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Helping you continuously stay “Up-to-Date” on emerging technology and Information Security Threats to protect your organization’s most important assets to restart Business functions.
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Educating your management and IT team on risks.
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Reach back capabilities, incident responders, recovery experts and mitigation.
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Developing reports, presenting, and advising top executive management on all security matters.
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Reviewing security architecture for future projects and applications.
The Blue Wave approach to cybersecurity builds on the vCISO models to address current threats and adhere to compliance standards, but views it through the lens of the business. Your Information security is critical to your business success.
From a long-term perspective, investing in security through the vCISO role is one of the best ways to prepare. Using vCISO services is faster and cost less than recruiting an in-house expert and demonstrates to prospective customers and investors that cybersecurity is taken seriously by your organization.
