Security leadership
A CISO as a Service is your security leadership delivered externally: the senior profile who decides what to protect, governs risk, talks to management and answers for security, with the dedication your reality calls for and without the cost of having an executive in-house. It is also called external, outsourced or virtual CISO. And it does not come alone: behind it there is a team that implements, runs a SOC and audits, so its decisions get executed.
A senior profile with a team behind it, not a single person, across all of Spain.
Why
You can have tools, audits and good intentions, but if no one decides or answers, security ends up ownerless. When everything belongs to everyone, it belongs to no one, and problems wait unresolved until they blow up.
A figure who makes security decisions and prioritises them, instead of a vague committee where nothing quite moves forward.
A leader who is accountable to management, to the board and to an auditor, with a name and surname.
By leading the security of many companies, they see patterns and solutions that a single-house profile never gets to know.
Leadership does not hang on a single person. If someone is missing, the backup and the knowledge stay there, with no single point of failure.
What it does
It is not an advisor who shows up now and then. It is the one who really leads your security: it translates the business strategy into decisions and makes sure they are met.
Defines where security is going and why, aligned with your business, and keeps it alive with a master plan.
Decides which risks are accepted, which are treated and in what order, to invest where it truly lowers exposure.
Brings security to the board in business language, and returns the business turned into priorities for the team.
Coordinates the team and the providers, manages incidents and reviews the course, without you having to be on top of it.
The model
Not every company needs a full-time CISO, but almost all of them need someone to lead their security and answer for it. The as a Service model solves exactly that: you get the figure and the judgement, with the dedication your size, your risk and your moment call for, and you adjust it when they change.
And behind the CISO is the whole team and catalogue under the same roof: the master plan that sets the course, the risk analysis that underpins it and, when more hands are needed, the outsourced cybersecurity department. That way decisions do not stay in a meeting: they get executed.
Versus hiring
Hiring an in-house CISO is a big decision, and not always the right one. Here is how the difference looks.
A full-time executive salary, hard to find and to retain, and a single person with their limits, their holidays and their bias. For many companies, more than they need and pricier than they can take on.
The same senior judgement with the dedication you really need, backed by a whole team and by the entire catalogue. You scale the intensity up or down depending on your moment, without hiring or firing, and you are never left without anyone in charge.
The scope
The CISO as a Service covers security end to end, not a slice: from the technical decision to the conversation with management.
Sets the course and keeps it alive, with a master plan that gets reviewed, not filed away.
Decides which risks are accepted and which are treated, with a risk analysis that underpins every decision.
Manages the relationship with the standards that apply to you, from ISO 27001 to the ENS, and prepares the audits.
Brings security to the board in business language, with decisions and priorities, not with empty jargon.
When something happens, there is someone in charge who decides, coordinates and responds, without improvising under pressure.
Coordinates your people and your security providers so that everyone rows in the same direction.
When
Security is handled by whoever can, in spare moments and amid other things, and no one really answers for it.
You are going for ISO 27001 or the ENS and you need a leader to run and maintain the system.
A client, the board or your sector ask for a figure responsible for security, with a name and surname.
Method
We understand your business, your risk and what you already have running, to lead with judgement from day one.
We set the course and order it by risk, to start with what moves the needle most.
We make the decisions, coordinate the team and manage whatever comes up, with you always kept in the loop.
We bring security to the board and review the plan, because security is not finished, it is governed.
Fits with
The CISO as a Service is the head, but behind it is the whole body. It executes the master plan that sets the course, relies on the risk analysis to decide and, when more capacity is needed, the outsourced cybersecurity department provides the hands.
And it governs the whole catalogue: the relationship with your standards, from ISO 27001 to the ENS or NIS2, real-time monitoring with Sondriva, our SOC, and offensive testing such as the infrastructure pentest when it is time to check that what was decided holds up.
Questions
It is your security leadership delivered externally: a senior profile who decides what to protect, governs risk and is accountable, with the dedication you need and without the cost of a full-time executive. It is also called external CISO, outsourced CISO or virtual CISO.
In cost, availability and backup. You pay for the leadership you need, not for a fixed executive position, and you are never left without anyone in charge, because behind it there is a team and not a single schedule.
It is exactly where it fits best. Few SMEs can afford an in-house CISO, but almost all of them need someone to lead security and answer for it. The as a Service model provides that figure with the right dedication.
Whatever your reality calls for. We adjust the dedication to your size, your risk and your moment, and we change it when they change. You scale the intensity up or down without hiring or firing.
Shall we put someone in charge?
Tell us how your security stands today and who answers for it, and we will propose the figure and the dedication that fit you.
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