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VIRTUAL CISO (vCISO)

Develop Your Cybersecurity Strategy And Keep It On Track

eSentire's named Virtual CISO (vCISO) works directly with you to assess your cybersecurity program maturity against your industry peers and measures your ability to address the latest cyber threats. With our Virtual CISO services, you can align your cybersecurity strategy and business objectives to build a cyber roadmap that reduces your cyber risk.

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57%

of mid sized businesses don't have a CISO1

36%

of mid-sized organizations don’t have an incident response plan2

750K

of cybersecurity jobs in the US are unfilled3

1.  Trends in Midsize Enterprise Security and Risk Management, Gartner 2021
2.  2022 Cybersecurity Trends for Mid-Sized Organizations, Egnyte
3.  2023 Official Cybersecurity Jobs Report, Cybersecurity Ventures

Cybersecurity Advisory Services that Prepare You For Tomorrow's Cyber Threats Today

Many organizations find themselves stuck between ever-evolving cyber threats and tightening regulatory requirements. As a result, your cybersecurity program may satisfy the compliance requirements but fail to address the greatest areas of cyber risk and build cyber resilience.

As part of every engagement, our Virtual CISO (vCISO) team conducts an organization-wide cybersecurity maturity assessment based on the NIST framework. This ensures our vCISO experts understand your organization's specific strengths, weaknesses, and areas of improvement.

OUR VCISO SERVICES BENEFIT YOU BY:

Aligning to your business objectives, risk and cybersecurity strategy

Promoting organization-wide buy-in with effective resource allocation

Demonstrating measurable success to your executive management and board

Defining action plans for a new cybersecurity program or updating your existing cybersecurity program

Examining your organization’s unique environment, architecture, operations, culture and cyber threat landscape against industry frameworks

Identifying and prioritizing your cybersecurity architecture risk, subsequent control and remediation opportunities

Meeting and exceeding your compliance mandates

What You Can Expect From eSentire's vCISO Services

End-to-end evaluation of your cybersecurity strategy

Build your action plan

Set your program objectives and support

Demonstrate value and clear results

OUR DIFFERENCE

End-to-end evaluation of your cybersecurity strategy

YOUR RESULTS

Our CISO and Advisory Services team completes a 15-point cybersecurity program assessment to understand your current strategy and inform your future strategy.

OUR DIFFERENCE

Build your action plan

YOUR RESULTS

We align your cybersecurity strategy, business objectives and risk enabling efficient roadmap development.

OUR DIFFERENCE

Set your program objectives and support

YOUR RESULTS

Your refined strategy is delivered by a eSentire advisory team member who becomes an extension of your team and builds a program tailored to your business.

OUR DIFFERENCE

Demonstrate value and clear results

YOUR RESULTS

Gain buy-in for a comprehensive program development at the board level while meeting compliance mandates.

A preview of eSentire cybersecurity maturity assessment that identifies security concerns in your environment. Our vCISO services include a NIST-based organization-wide cybersecurity maturity assessment as part of every engagement. This ensures our experts understand your strengths, weaknesses and greatest areas of cyber risk.

CYBERSECURITY MATURITY ASSESSMENT

Test Your Cybersecurity Maturity

Fill in this questionnaire to receive a free executive report with valuable insights and customized cybersecurity recommendations.

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Why eSentire vCISO Services

Strategic Services

These services take insights gathered from your completed maturity assessment and use them to help you develop a comprehensive cyber resilience strategy.

Assessment Services

These services are designed to assess and review various aspects of your organization, including exposure, vendor risk, and the security of your assets.

Continuity Services

These services extend beyond the technical aspects of cybersecurity. We guide your team through the complexity of governance and compliance, helping you meet requirements and implement industry best practices.

CISO and Advisory Services Data Sheet

The eSentire CISO and Advisory Services Difference

While most managed security service providers (MSSPs) deliver a one-and-done approach, we operate with insight and context. Every vCISO engagement at eSentire starts with an organization-wide security maturity assessment based on the NIST framework. This ensures our vCISO experts understand your strengths, weaknesses, and greatest areas of cyber risk.

OUR vCISO EXPERTS:

  • Are industry certified professionals with decades of experience from the C-level to technical implementation and controls
  • Have an average of 17 years of security experience
  • Hold numerous certification including CISSP, CISM, CISA, and more

THE RESULTS YOU CAN EXPECT FROM ESENTIRE VIRTUAL CISO CONSULTING SERVICES INCLUDE:

  • Alleviate resource contraints in your organization
  • A comprehensive security program with strong policies and procedures
  • Meet or exceeds your compliance requirements
  • Aligns business objectives with your unique risk and exposure

Are You Experiencing a Security Incident or Have You Been Breached?

If you need immediate assistance, we can help. eSentire Digital Forensics & Incident Response services are available for Emergency Incident Response Support or as an Incident Response Retainer. When you’ve been breached, every second counts so we make 4-hour threat suppression possible, remotely, anywhere in the world.

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Security Leaders Count on eSentire

I have enjoyed having the additional security knowledge on my team. I sleep better at night."
David Greene
IT Vice President | CWS Apartment Homes. Inc.

Real Estate Industry

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eSentire provides a better security posture for our organization."
Shahab Kazim
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) | EnCap Investments LP

Finance Industry

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eSentire is an extension of our security and IT team. From the Customer Success Managers, Advanced Services Specialists all the way up to the Executive Management Team, we've seen endless value, tremendous customer support, quality and expertise. eSentire does a wonderful job of making sure we are wholly satisfied with the value we are seeing from their offerings."
Caili Preston
Information Security | Texas United Management

Manufacturing Industry

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