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You focus on your job, Fractional CISO designs, implements, and manages cybersecurity compliance programs.
Cybersecurity compliance is often treated as a checkbox exercise. But should the protection of your company’s and customer’s data really be treated that way? Fractional CISO provides compliance guidance that results in a strong, scalable cybersecurity program that actually manages the unique risks your business faces, and impresses prospective customers and investors!
Cybersecurity compliance is the practice of running a cybersecurity program that meets relevant laws and industry standards. Most, though not all, cybersecurity compliance is market-driven; businesses will ask that their vendors and partners meet a common industry framework, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HITRUST. Sometimes, it is government-driven, such as HIPAA and TX-RAMP in the United States or DORA in the European Union.
Failure to meet cybersecurity compliance most often results in lost sales as customers choose a more secure vendor. Failure to meet government regulations can of course result in severe fines.
SOC 2 is the most common cybersecurity framework in use in North America. It is tremendously common for growing technology and consulting companies to be required to get a SOC 2 by one of their current (or prospective) customers. Fractional CISO has a 100% track record of success with SOC 2. All of our SOC 2 clients have received unqualified SOC 2 reports – that’s the best outcome, despite the unintuitive name!
Learn more about how Fractional CISO helps with SOC 2
Common for businesses selling in Europe and other overseas markets, ISO 27001 is a rigorous cybersecurity certification that requires strict adherence to the control list and a great deal of documentation work. Fractional CISO can create an ISO 27001-compliant cybersecurity program from whole cloth, or transform an existing SOC 2 (or other) program into one that meets the ISO standard.
Learn more about how Fractional CISO helps with ISO 27001.
ISO 42001 is a certification developed in response to the emergence of AI technologies. It is an AI management system standard, covering how organizations safely and securely use and develop AI technology. ISO 42001 compliance requires a great deal of policy writing and procedure implementation. Fractional CISO will help you implement your AI management system while controlling the cyber risk AI tools pose to your business.
CMMC is the compliance framework instituted by the U.S. Department of Defense for its contractors and their subcontractors and vendors. Compliance with CMMC is very important due to its relation to the government’s critical supply chains. When you work with Fractional CISO to become CMMC compliant, you will work with a CMMC Certified Professional vCISO, someone who is deeply familiar with both the framework and the U.S. Military.
HIPAA is unique among cybersecurity compliance frameworks in that there is no pre-emptive audit required. Enforcement is reactive, coming after a data breach or consumer complaint. However, the U.S. government still expects you to be compliant! With Fractional CISO, you can rest easy knowing that your cybersecurity program meets HIPAA standards.
Texas is leading the United States when it comes to adoption of its state-centric cybersecurity framework, TX-RAMP. TX-RAMP is required by law for “Cloud Service Providers” (SaaS, IaaS, and other similar companies) to sell to State of Texas government agencies, universities, and hospitals. Fractional CISO is one of the leading TX-RAMP preparation companies in the nation, with some of our cybersecurity personnel acting on a first-name basis with the Texas Department of Information Resources.
GovRAMP, despite its name, is managed by an independent non-government nonprofit organization. They have designed the framework to be easily-adoptable by state, trivial, and educational government organizations. While it may be easy for a government to require GovRAMP compliance, it is not so easy for businesses to meet the requirements. If you need GovRAMP, Fractional CISO will significantly reduce the readiness and audit burden for you.
Unlike GovRAMP, FedRAMP is run by the government you expect; the United States. FedRAMP compliance is required by various federal agencies. Like GovRAMP, compliance is challenging and expensive, but Fractional CISO can help.
Curious how much cybersecurity compliance services will cost? Select your desired frameworks and we will email you a budgetary pricing estimate.
Don’t just take our word for it, read our case study about how we helped WayPath Consulting become SOC 2 compliant:
CTO of WayPath Consulting
Fractional CISO has enabled us to showcase best-in-class security, putting us on-par with firms much larger in employee count. They allow me to re-invest time previously spent on day-to-day management into growing and improving our business.”
Fractional CISO was a valuable partner while we built our cybersecurity program and ultimately our SOC 2 compliance. They work proactively to help us manage our risk and make continual improvements to our cybersecurity program. This makes it easier to build trust with our Higher Education customers, and we can put more focus on service delivery for them!
CFO, EdTech Marketing Company
Fractional CISO came in and helped us build a cybersecurity program from the ground up. They developed a security management framework for us based on CIS Controls, adapted specifically to our use. Our regular meetings with our vCISO keep us informed of new risks, and push us to constantly improve. I feel much more confident in my company’s cybersecurity with them in our organization!
CEO Software Company
Fractional CISO analyzed our environment and made great security recommendations right away. Our technical team implemented many of their suggestions resulting in significantly reduced cybersecurity exposure within three months of starting the relationship. Thank you, Fractional CISO!
CFO Non-Profit Trade Group
I’ve been impressed at how Fractional CISO has systematically tackled our complex, multi-product environment. Their evaluations and recommendations have given me a complete understanding of each products’ cybersecurity posture. As the guy who is on the hook for keeping all of our corporate and customer data secure, the piece of mind that Fractional CISO brings me is invaluable!
CTO, e-commerce company
Fractional CISO actually reduced the cost of our cybersecurity operations while managing our risk! They determined which tools and practices were not effective and eliminated them from our budget. We replaced the tools with new, less expensive options that better fit our company’s needs and capabilities.
Head of IT, Specialty Computer Manufacturer
With so many security questionnaires coming from our enterprise partners, we knew it was time to focus on cybersecurity. Fractional CISO helped with sales enablement while building out a security management team for us from scratch. Then, they developed our program, helped us with documentation and critical issue remediation and ultimately led us to SOC 2 compliance!
CRO, SaaS Company
Fractional CISO has been instrumental in transforming our cybersecurity program. The cybersecurity team they’ve provided us has seamlessly integrated with our organization, allowing our product team to focus on innovation. We highly recommend their services.
Head of Product, Product Manufacturer
We needed to improve our cybersecurity program to protect our rapidly growing business. Fractional CISO quickly integrated themselves with our team. They were able to provide great guidance for our security and privacy programs.
CIO SaaS Company
I had previously worked with Fractional CISO, so I knew they were the right partner to help us elevate our cybersecurity efforts. Their expertise has been instrumental in validating that our global team adheres to critical policies and procedures, ensuring we maintain a strong, mature security posture. Their commitment and depth of knowledge have made a tangible difference in the effectiveness of our security program.
CIO, EdTech SaaS Company
Our cybersecurity program has gotten off to a terrific start with the help from Fractional CISO. They’ve created and customized policies, helped us find and evaluate key vendors and assisted us in reducing risk, all in the first few months of our engagement!
CTO Consulting Company
Many of our enterprise customers were looking for assurance on how one of our new features works and that it is operating in a secure manner. We hired Fractional CISO in part to create a cybersecurity whitepaper to explain how our new feature is secure. They did an amazing job, resulting in better customer acceptance of the feature and we continue to work with them in other areas and departments of the company to review security.
VP Product and Engineering<br>Technology Company
We get a large number of customer security questionnaires. Fractional CISO has helped us respond effectively while creating a library of answers and building out our cybersecurity program. They even handle customer calls with our clients when they have cybersecurity questions.
CEO SaaS Company
One of our large financial services customers had a lot of security demands and we needed quick action. I emailed Fractional CISO in the middle of the night and seven hours later, we were a client! Now, as our security partner, Fractional CISO is helping us to manage this and other customers and their security expectations. They are also assisting us with maintaining our security program including assisting with SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
CEO SaaS Company
We now have a SOC 2 program in place! Fractional CISO got us from start to a SOC 2 Type 1 Attestation Report in just a few months. They helped us put the controls in place, helped us make process changes and are now helping us maintain the program.
CEO Life Sciences Company
Fractional CISO helped us get a handle on our cybersecurity program. We now have a stronger compliance program for both ISO 27001 and GDPR and are able to better manage our cybersecurity risk.
CIO Consulting Company
Fractional CISO was instrumental in helping us build and execute our cybersecurity plan. We now are operating at a lower risk level and we are able to close more deals due to our better cybersecurity profile.
COO Fintech Provider
Only 1/3 of cyber insurance policies actually pay out in incidents. Most companies have cyber insurance policies that insure too little, or too much, and have absurdly low caps and silly exclusions.
To learn more about cyber insurance and determine if you have the right coverage for you, join us for a free vCISO Office Hours session on Tuesday, April 18 at 1 p.m. eastern time. Bring your questions!
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