CISO as a Service
Chief Information Security Officer as a Service
The trusted partner for IT security. We provide a Chief Information Security Officer as a Service to organisations of all sizes and types, allowing them to access the skills and experience of our team to increase their resilience.
Chief Information Security Officer since 2009
Cyber security is a priority for most business owners and finance directors due to the huge financial impacts a hack or ransomware attack can have on an organisation, not to mention potential fines and reputational damage.
Since founding in 2009, we’ve been delivering security leadership through our Chief Information Security Officer service for businesses in Bristol and across the West Midlands for over 15 years. We specialise in serving small and medium-sized businesses with annual sales of between £1M and £5M.
Ready to take your IT security leadership to the next level?
Risk focused CISO as a Service
Having robust security leadership is important in the modern organisation to reduce your risk. As digital transformation increases so does an organisations overall technical vulnerabilities. But with a national skills shortage in the cyber security industry this leaves many businesses unable to afford skilled security leaders, they are hard to find and easy to lose. High stress levels and large salaries fuel CISO turnover, leading many to bounce from organisation to organisation before exiting the profession.
Our Chief Information Security Officer as a Service provides a potential solution to staffing issues by providing access to cost effective security leadership for a fraction the cost of an internal hire, and you don’t have to worry about recruitment or staff exiting the business. We become your single point of contact for security leadership, helping your business achieve cyber security excellence.
Why Simtech?
5 Star rated team
Don’t just take our word for it, our customers have given our team a 5-star rating year on year.
Enterprise experience
Our team learnt its craft working with some of the world’s leading brands, bringing enterprise class knowledge from FTSE100 and Fortune500 to the SME market.
Trusted IT Security partner
Our team of highly experienced IT security leaders are always on hand to help, acting as your Chief Information Security Officer we prepare your organisation to achieve cyber security excellence.
Multiple industry experience
Benefit from our knowledge and experience to deliver IT security across multiple industry sectors, including financial services, law firms and construction companies to name a few.
Risk focused approach
Our focus on managing digital risk allows your organisation to achieve and maintain IT governance more efficiently. We assess IT security maturity and provide a roadmap to address weaknesses.
Local presence
Enjoy the rewards of working with a leading IT partner local to Bristol and West Midlands, with peace of mind that onsite support is readily available and located nearby when required.
What benefits a CISO as a Service brings
Unbiased analysis
Our CISO as a Service operates as an external third party which allows us to evaluate your organisations existing security program more objectively than an internal employee.
Cost-effective
Our Chief Information Security Officer service is drastically cheaper than having a salaried CISO in house. You only pay for the time and services being used rather than having them sat at a desk everyday in the office.
On-demand service
Using Simtech allows for constant, flexible availability of our security leadership team. As your business demands change, you can alter services accordingly.
Risk management
Regular cyber attack risk assessments, risk analysis and reporting to secure your business operations and supply chain from threat actors. Identifying immediate risks and introducing or tightening controls.
Scalable
Our CISO as a Service is scalable, allowing small businesses and startups to benefit from our extensive knowledge and experience without the worry of affordability.
Compliance and Trust
Our CISO as a Service ensures compliance with regulations and industry standards. This builds customer trust and demonstrates your organisations commitment to security
How it works
We provide a fixed-priced CISO as a Service model. You pay one monthly fixed cost per month. This covers your CISO service, including cyber attack risk assessments, risk management and guidance.
We implement a framework to proactively identify and manage risk within your IT infrastructure to identify gaps and weaknesses and provide recommendations and roadmaps to remediate risk.
Our cyber security experts work independently from your internal or external IT teams to deliver cyber security excellence and ensure governance standards are maintained across the business.
Ready to take your IT security posture to the next level?
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