How to Know If Your Business Need The Helping Hand Of A Virtual CISO

Virtual CISO (vCISO) is a relatively new role that is being established by organizations due to the number of remote workers on whom security and privacy responsibilities are required. Virtual CISO, who is not a traditional employee of the organization but works remotely and/or on limited hours, is fully responsible for ensuring ethical and legal security policies are followed, asset protection and disaster recovery strategies are in place, employees’ and partners’ data privacy is maintained using encryption tools, and vulnerability management security is given more importance.

What’s the role of a vCISO?

In a company, virtual CISO can offer value by helping the overall information security programs in the following aspects:

• Security risk management procedure




• Organizational management structure




• Information security planning and management




• Initiatives affecting information practices




• Appraisal of third parties with access to the organization’s data




• Coordination of audits by regulators

Responsibilities Of A Virtual CISO:

If you’re planning to shift to a vCISO from a full-time CISO or looking to appoint an information security officer for the first time, take these responsibilities of a Virtual CISO into consideration:

Rework the existing strategies:

Whether you’re replacing your Chief Information Security Officer with a virtual one or employing the services for the first time, a knowledgeable virtual CISO can offer useful insights in reassessing the present cybersecurity strategies.

Build a competent cybersecurity program for smaller companies:

SMBs can’t often afford to appoint a full-time chief information security officer. A virtual CISO does the job and works part-time to offer an established cybersecurity program that’d otherwise not be feasible for the business to come up with.

Creating the right budget:

A well-planned budget is capable of extending the flexibility of an organization and get rid of unwanted restrictions. A vCISO can aid companies of every size by modifying their present budget and find more ways to proficiently spend it and develop a more secure program.

Does your organization require a vCISO?

Now that you understand the responsibilities and the advantages that a vCISO brings to the table, here’s a checklist to see if a virtual CISO is a good fit for your organization.

• Your organizations deals with plenty of sensitive information




• Your organization needs custom-made information security programs




• Your business needs a specific skill set




• There is limited budget

CompCiti is a leading provider of cybersecurity and IT management services to organizations across New York. They specialize in CISO on-demand services, security assessments, and related cybersecurity operations management.

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