Security Strategy & Roadmap
- Risk-based cybersecurity strategy
- 12–36 month security roadmap
- Prioritized initiatives aligned to business goals
Strategic Security. Guided by Leadership. Governed by Design.
organizations in Utah and the Salt Lake City area
with experienced security leadership—without the cost of a full-time executive.
- Reduce cybersecurity and compliance risk
- Align security strategy with business objectives
- Establish governance, accountability, and executive oversight
Our vCISO approach integrates risk management, security governance, and
compliance frameworks into a structured, repeatable program—giving your
organization clear direction as threats, regulations, and business needs evolve.
What Is a Virtual CISO?
A Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) provides executive-level
cybersecurity leadership on a flexible, scalable basis.
Instead of reactive security decisions or fragmented tools, your organization
receives a defined security strategy, governance model, and risk-based
roadmap—aligned to recognized frameworks and business priorities.
What’s Included:
Risk Assessment & Management
- Formal risk assessments and gap analysis
- Threat and vulnerability evaluation
- Documented risk register and mitigation plans
Security Governance & Policy
- Written Information Security Policies (WISP)
- Standards, procedures, and governance models
- Executive-level accountability and oversight
Compliance & Regulatory Alignment
- CIS v8, NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC alignment
- Utah HB 80 Safe Harbor guidance
- Audit and assessment readiness support
Security Program Oversight
- Vendor and tool strategy guidance
- Security control effectiveness reviews
- Continuous improvement planning
Executive & Board Reporting
- Clear, non-technical security reporting
- Risk and posture updates for leadership
- Decision-ready insights for executives
Incident Readiness & Response Planning
- Incident response planning and tabletop exercises
- Breach readiness and escalation planning
- Post-incident review and improvement guidance
Co-Managed vCISO Services
For organizations with internal IT or security teams, our co-managed vCISO model
provides strategic leadership, governance, and oversight—while your team executes
day-to-day operations.
We act as an extension of your leadership team to reduce risk, improve clarity,
and accelerate maturity.
Security-First, Risk-Driven Leadership
Every vCISO engagement is built on a risk-based, zero-trust-aligned
security model that prioritizes what matters most to your business.
- Risk-based decision making
- Identity-centric security strategy
- Least-privilege and privileged access oversight
- Security maturity measurement and improvement
- Ongoing risk and control validation
- Alignment with CIS v8, NIST, SOC 2, CMMC, and Utah HB 80
The result is a defensible, auditable, and executive-aligned security
program—reducing cyber risk, improving compliance posture, and giving
leadership confidence in security decisions.
Our Process
We follow a proven vCISO engagement process that rapidly assesses risk, establishes governance, and delivers a prioritized security roadmap—ensuring your security program is aligned, defensible, and continuously improving.
- Assess by evaluating business objectives, threat landscape, regulatory requirements, and current security maturity.
- Define by establishing security governance, clear roles, formal policies, and executive accountability aligned to risk.
- Design by developing a prioritized, risk-based security roadmap aligned to recognized frameworks.
- Standardize by documenting policies, controls, and decision processes to support audit and compliance readiness.
- Oversee by guiding implementation of security controls, vendors, and technologies against the roadmap.
- Validate by reviewing metrics, risk posture, and control effectiveness to ensure policy alignment.
Security-First Leadership & Risk Management
Strategic Security Governance & Oversight
Our Virtual CISO service delivers executive-level security leadership built around structure, accountability, and measurable outcomes — without the cost of a full-time C-suite hire.
We establish and maintain the frameworks, policies, and controls your organization needs to ensure the right safeguards are in place at the right time—and aligned to real business risk.
Working as an extension of your leadership team, we proactively manage security strategy, assess emerging threats, prioritize investments, and close critical gaps before they become incidents. The result: reduced risk, stronger compliance, and a security program that scales as your business grows and regulations evolve.
Security-Driven Governance for a Changing Organization
Access Governance & Compliance
Our Virtual CISO program brings structure, oversight, and accountability to how access is granted — and controlled — across your environment.
We design and enforce policies that ensure users only receive the right level of access, at the right time — and lose it immediately when it’s no longer needed.
By continuously reviewing identities, privileges, and high-risk accounts, we reduce insider threats, eliminate orphaned access, close compliance gaps, and keep your organization aligned with regulatory and security best practices as your workforce evolves.
A Great Service → A Proven IT Partner
Managed Virtual CISO Services Built for Security & Scale
Security-First IT for Modern Businesses
Reliable IT. Built-In Cybersecurity. Compliance-Ready.
We help growing organizations eliminate downtime, reduce cyber risk, and scale with confidence.
The Next Level IT Approach
Managed IT & Cybersecurity Implementation Roadmap
Assess
We evaluate your current IT environment, security posture, users, devices, cloud systems, and business risks. This gives us a clear baseline to prioritize remediation, security controls, and performance improvements.
Secure
We immediately deploy baseline cybersecurity protections including endpoint security, email defense, access controls, backups, and monitoring to reduce exposure and stabilize your environment.
Standardize
We align devices, configurations, backups, identity, and policies to proven best practices. This eliminates inconsistencies, reduces recurring issues, and improves reliability.
Optimize
Once stable, we fine-tune performance, automation, workflows, and resource usage to improve efficiency, uptime, and the end-user experience.
Scale
As your business grows, we evolve your IT strategy with proactive planning, cybersecurity oversight, and long-term technology roadmaps.
Our Tools
Our Design Technology Stack
Crowdstrike
ELK STACK
Proofpoint
Okta
Liongard
NinjaOne
Microsoft Intune
Acronis
Microsoft M365
Azure
ControlMap
ScalePad