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Cybersecurity Consulting

vCISO and security program leadership

What does a virtual CISO do for a defense contractor?

A virtual CISO gives you senior security leadership without a full time hire. Your vCISO sets the security strategy, governance and risk decisions, builds an investment roadmap your leadership can plan around, and briefs executives on cyber risk in plain terms. Capital Cyber supports the work day to day.

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Virtual CISO and security program leadership for defense contractors and federal integrators, including supplier cyber readiness.

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What does the engagement include?

  • A security governance and policy framework
  • Risk assessment and a risk register built on NIST SP 800-30 and SP 800-39
  • A security investment roadmap
  • Executive briefings on cyber risk, investment and risk acceptance
  • Oversight of your MSP, MSSP and security vendors
  • Subcontractor readiness: FAR and DFARS flow down, supplier SPRS and CMMC status

Who is this for?

Defense contractors and federal integrators that have outgrown ad hoc security but are not ready for a full time CISO, and leadership teams that want one accountable person for cyber risk.

What do you get?

A security program charterA risk register and roadmapRecurring executive briefingsA view of your suppliers' cyber readiness

How does the engagement run?

  1. A 30 minute call about your contracts, your deadline and where your sensitive data lives.
  2. A written scope that names the deliverables, the schedule and who does what.
  3. A kickoff with your leadership and your IT provider, then regular progress briefings until the deliverables are accepted.

No consultant can promise the outcome of an assessment or authorization. The assessor or authorizing official decides it.

What else do buyers ask?

How is a vCISO different from a compliance consultant?

A compliance consultant helps you meet one framework. A vCISO owns the security program as a whole, including risk, investment, vendors, incidents and the framework work, and answers to your leadership for it.

Do we still need a vCISO after CMMC certification?

Most contractors need some ongoing leadership, because the requirements must stay implemented, an annual affirmation continues, and the environment keeps changing. The time needed is often lower than during the certification run.

What about our subcontractors?

Your prime contract flows cybersecurity clauses down to subcontractors that handle covered information. We help you identify which suppliers are affected, track their SPRS and CMMC status, and set expectations in your subcontracts.

Ready to talk it through?

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What happens in 30 minutes

  1. We learn about your company, the contracts you hold or are bidding on, and what is driving your timeline.
  2. We talk through where you stand and which engagement fits, if any does.
  3. If there is a fit, we follow up with a written scope. No slides.