A Virtual CISO is a security practitioner who uses the culmination of 15+ years of cybersecurity and industry experience to help organizations with developing and managing the implementation of the organization's information security program.

Every Pivotalogic Virtual CISO engagement follows our simple and proven process, the Pivotalogic Continuous Improvement Model (PCIM). Step 1: Assess – Knowing where you are today is essential for identifying the risks and vulnerabilities that have the biggest impact on your organization. In this phase your Virtual CISO will conduct a risk assessment and get acclimated to your organization. This will help them to understand the business objectives, information security budget, internal resources, and critical business functions. This time gives the Virtual CISO a great foundation to start when developing your information security roadmap. Step 2: Address – This is where the rubber meets the road. Based on findings and observations from assessing your organization, your Virtual CISO has now developed a detailed roadmap of what gaps and vulnerabilities need to be addressed right now, what can be done at a later date, who will do the work, and when the work will start and when it will be completed. Step 3: Improve – See the fruits of your labor. Your Virtual CISO creates reports on the progress that has been made through our easy to understand but highly sophisticated, Security Risk Score and customizes each report based on who the audience is and what is most important to them. For example, an executive report, management report, compliance report, cybersecurity insurance underwriter report, as well as many others. This makes communicating your security risk inward, upward and outward a breeze.

The cost of a virtual CISO ranges vastly and is heavily dependent on the workload required and the level of involvement your organization desires. Smaller engagements can be as low as $35,000 per year and larger more complex engagements can reach over $100,000 per year. Fill out the form below to get a price quote specific to your organization!

A Virtual CISO is typically a skilled leader with a strong understanding of information technology and security, who can communicate complicated security concepts to both technical and nontechnical employees and C-suite executives. It is important to remember that a Virtual CISO is the person who provides the information security strategy for the organization. Pivotalogic Virtual CISO’s have a handful of technical resources that are utilized on a tactical level to achieve their high level strategic objectives.