Cybersecurity
Virtual CISO for Austin and Central Texas businesses
Senior security leadership on a part-time basis, to set strategy, guide decisions, and report to your leadership team and customers.
Who it’s for
Security leadership sized for your business
A full-time chief information security officer is a big investment for a growing organization. ALCON DTS provides an experienced security leader who guides your security program part time, at a level that fits your size and risk.
Your virtual CISO meets with leadership on a regular schedule, keeps the security roadmap current, and keeps the program documented, so you can answer customers, insurers, and auditors with confidence.
Who it helps
- Growing companies that need a security strategy
- Organizations facing customer security questionnaires and audits
- Leadership teams and boards that want regular security reporting
- Firms working toward a framework such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, CIS Controls, or SOC 2
What’s included
What you get
Strategy and roadmap
A security plan tied to your business goals, with priorities for the year ahead.
Policies and procedures
Written policies your team can follow and your auditors can review.
Risk management
A living list of risks, decisions, and the plan for each one.
Questionnaire and audit support
Help answering customer questionnaires, insurance applications, and audits.
Incident response planning
A written response plan and tabletop exercises with your leaders.
Leadership reporting
Clear updates for owners, executives, and boards.
What you receive
What your leadership team receives
- Security strategy and 12-month roadmap with priorities, owners, and dates
- Risk register reviewed with leadership on a regular schedule
- Policy and procedure set kept current
- Incident response plan and tabletop exercise
- Leadership and board reporting
- Answers for customer security questionnaires and insurer applications
Most vCISO engagements start with a cybersecurity assessment. See a sample report
How it works
How it works
Assess
We start with a cybersecurity risk assessment to see where you stand.
Plan
We build a roadmap with priorities, owners, and dates.
Lead
Your virtual CISO meets with leadership on a regular schedule and guides the work.
Report
We track progress and report results to your leadership team.
Next step
Start with a cybersecurity assessment
We start with an assessment of your current program, then outline how a virtual CISO would guide the work for your organization.
