CISO-as-a-Service
Managing cyber risks professionally
The digital transformation brings new opportunities - but also new risks. With increasing networking, cloud use, regulatory and legal requirements such as the Data Protection Act (DSG) or the Information Security Act (ISG), the pressure on companies to design their information security in a needs-based, structured and effective manner is growing.
Do you lack the personnel resources, the specific know-how or simply the time to meet these requirements?
With the atrete CISO as a Service, you get exactly the level of cybersecurity expertise you need: temporary, permanent or project-related. atrete takes responsibility for your security management - strategically, operationally and sustainably.
Your advantages with atrete
Reduction of risks
Cybersecurity expertise
Flexible model
Customized implementation
Full transparency
From strategy to implementation - how we support you
With our modular CISO as a Service offering, we cover all security-relevant areas - flexibly, tailored to your business processes and with the aim of sustainably strengthening your cyber resilience. Whether as an external CISO, project-based consulting or in addition to existing roles: We offer exactly what you need.
- Development of a sustainable security strategy in line with the corporate strategy
- Definition of roles, responsibilities, decision-making structures and security objectives
- Development or optimization of an ISMS (e.g. in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001)
- Implementation of protection requirements analyses (Schuban) and creation of information security and data protection (ISDS) concepts
- Advice on legal and regulatory requirements (DSG, ISG, FINMA, etc.)
- Establishment of structured risk management including identification, assessment and treatment of risks
- Derivation and implementation of risk-based safety measures
- Support with audits, certifications and internal/external security assessments
- Development of risk-based control and management processes
- Definition and maintenance of guidelines, directives and security processes
- Conception and implementation of training courses, awareness campaigns and phishing tests
- Coaching internal roles such as management, risk owners or IT management
- Sparring for existing CISOs: selective support, second opinion or strategic coaching at eye level
- Anchoring a sustainable safety culture throughout the company
- Support in dealing with security incidents (incident response)
- Creation and validation of emergency, recovery and response plans
- Regular maturity analyses, health checks and operational security support
- Preparation of CISO reports for management, board of directors and external stakeholders
Our methodology - proven and sustainable
We select a security management framework that is tailored and adapted to your organization as a basis. In combination with the appropriate ISMS tool, this enables a structured but flexible introduction tailored to your organization.
We work along the proven Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle and adapt the framework individually to your circumstances, maturity levels and priorities.
Our approach is pragmatic, results-oriented and targeted. In this way, we promote the sustainable anchoring of information security in your company. Our independence is your security advantage: as a pure consultancy, we are not beholden to any product providers - our focus is exclusively on protecting your interests and strengthening your security.
Contact us and we will advise you without obligation for our CISO service.
Christoph Pfister
Head of Cyber Security