TheTechForce Limited

Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO)

Chief Information Security Officers are highly experienced professionals responsible for organisation’s overall security & risk strategy. Good CISOs are hard to find and expensive to hire. A virtual CISO (vCISO) is ideal for SMEs and businesses who need assistance but are unable to justify the cost of a full-time CISO.

Features

• Quarterly review meetings with senior management
• Advice on current and future threat landscape
• Align security strategy to business objectives
• Design of a bespoke documented Security roadmap
• Ongoing consultation on roadmap implementation
• General security guidance to senior management

Benefits

• Benefit from the experience and knowledge of a specialist resource
• A fraction of the cost of an internal CISO
• vCISO’s bring experience from multiple industries and organisations
• Assist in designing security strategy from the top down

£1,000 a unit a day

• Education pricing available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at jai@techforce.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

170072738248727

Contact

Jai Aenugu
01224516181
jai@techforce.co.uk

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: As with all our services, we will only recommend a course of action that is tailored to your organisational needs. We take great care at the early stages by understanding the status quo, discussing a project plan with the client before commencing work.; ; The vCISO service is delivered on a retainer basis, to ensure the business has access to the resource as needed. The service includes some proactively delivered elements to provide a security strategy that aligns with business goals and IT strategy, and ongoing availability to advise as needed.
• Planning service works with specific services: No

Training

• Training service provided: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: The vCISO service may advise that an organisation migrates to the cloud or between cloud services. The way this happens would be service-dependent.
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: No

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: No

Security testing

• Security services: Yes
• Security services type:
  • Security risk management
  • Cyber security consultancy
  • Security audit services

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: No

Service scope

• Service constraints: Excludes Remediation of any requirements - additional professional services can be provided to support this.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Within 24 hours
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: No
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: This is a professional service/consultancy offering - so standard support levels do not apply. Agreement on any timescales, deliverables etc will be agreed at commencement.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Staff screening not performed
• Government security clearance: None

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: No
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications:
  • IASME Cyber Assured
  • IASME Cyber Baseline
  • CISSP
  • CISM

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  Wellbeing

  Wellbeing

  The wellbeing of every pack member is critical to our success. When we’re strong individually, we’re stronger together, and unstoppable as we seek to grow, advance the industry, and carry out our mission to End Cyber Risk.; ; We want our employees to advance their career and our mission while feeling mentally clear, physically energetic, and connected to the things and people they care about most. Our goal is to encourage a work environment where wellbeing is the foundation that propels our employees forward, not something that has to be sacrificed for them to be successful.; ; TechForce Cyber offer focus areas, benefits and tools that focus on Professional enhancements, as well as physical, mental, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Pricing

• Price: £1,000 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at jai@techforce.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.