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Virtual Chief Information Security Officer

Ongoing security leadership, planning, governance, reporting and decision support for firms that need experienced oversight without a full internal CISO.

When this helps

Know when to bring this work into the program.

Use a virtual CISO when the firm needs experienced security leadership, but does not require or cannot justify a full-time internal executive.

What we evaluate

A scope built around the risk.

Ongoing security leadership, planning, governance, reporting and decision support for firms that need experienced oversight without a full internal CISO.

  • Program strategy, priorities and accountability
  • Leadership, board, investor and regulatory reporting
  • Coordination across IT, MSPs, vendors and compliance
  • Risk decisions, exceptions, incidents and roadmaps
What you receive

Useful output for the people who must act.

  • Named senior security leadership
  • Program plan, cadence and decision support
  • Clear reporting and issue escalation
  • Continuity across assessments, remediation and monitoring
Elteni explains the significance of the results, helps establish ownership and remains available as the response moves forward.
How Elteni approaches it

A process designed for virtual chief information security officer.

01

Establish priorities

Begin with program strategy, priorities and accountability and confirm the systems, people and evidence needed to answer the client’s specific questions.

02

Lead the cadence

Review leadership, board, investor and regulatory reporting. Then evaluate coordination across IT, MSPs, vendors and compliance to determine whether the relevant controls operate as intended.

03

Guide risk decisions

Assess risk decisions, exceptions, incidents and roadmaps and connect the result to credible security, operational and business impact.

04

Report progress

Provide named senior security leadership and program plan, cadence and decision support, then align responsible parties around the next actions.

Questions this service should answer

Move from activity to clarity.

Who owns cyber risk decisions today?

To answer this, Elteni analyzes program strategy, priorities and accountability together with leadership, board, investor and regulatory reporting. The client receives named senior security leadership, with the evidence, context and next steps needed to act.

Is the program advancing between annual reviews?

To answer this, Elteni analyzes leadership, board, investor and regulatory reporting together with coordination across IT, MSPs, vendors and compliance. The client receives program plan, cadence and decision support, with the evidence, context and next steps needed to act.

Can leadership explain priorities and progress clearly?

To answer this, Elteni analyzes coordination across IT, MSPs, vendors and compliance together with risk decisions, exceptions, incidents and roadmaps. The client receives clear reporting and issue escalation, with the evidence, context and next steps needed to act.

Connected program

The result does not have to live in another report.

Relevant findings, evidence, owners and remediation status can be centralized in the Elteni Platform as part of an ongoing relationship.

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