UNIT 42 RETAINER

A day in the life:
The empowered CISO.

See what it’s like leveraging 24/7 visibility and guidance.

Take the tour

CYBER RISK MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO)

Engage a CISO on an interim or part-time basis to identify cyber risk and enhance your security program. You can also leverage these proven leaders after a breach to coordinate your cybersecurity response and communicate with your customers, legal and regulators.

Download datasheet

Benefits
Service Features
Methodology
Why Unit 42

BENEFITS

Access executive expertise for post-breach response or to develop an improved security program

Engage cybersecurity leadership to keep your business projects on track while improving your cybersecurity program. Your internal stakeholders can collaborate with your vCISO, taking advantage of proven experience to create a cybersecurity strategy and roadmap for improving your organization’s cyber risk posture and upgrading your defenses.

Retain a
cyber risk
expert

Leverage demonstrated expertise and field-tested methodologies. Working with a Unit 42^® vCISO, you can take effective action after a breach, build a strategy that reduces cyber risk and lay the foundation for a world-class cybersecurity program.

Up-level your board of directors briefings

Our vCISOs are industry-recognized speakers with extensive experience briefing boards across Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies. With these credentials in your corner, you can embrace challenging conversations with confidence.

Focus on
what
matters

When you engage a Unit 42 vCISO, you can focus your attention on strategic business matters, knowing that a top-tier professional is skillfully managing your organization’s day-to-day information security.

SERVICE FEATURES

Here’s what we deliver

Your vCISO will provide the expertise needed to recover from a breach or identify cyber risk, with the goal of improving your overall cybersecurity program.

EXPERT VCISO

RISK-INFORMED APPROACH

CUSTOMIZED SERVICES

DEEP BENCH OF TALENT

METHODOLOGY

Fill a leadership gap and develop your cybersecurity strategy

PREPARE

Gather organizational context

Your Unit 42 vCISO will meet with your leadership and key business stakeholders to learn the aspirations and pain points of your organization.

ASSESS

Review existing documentation

The vCISO will review your security program, policies, processes, workflows and strategies to benchmark your current maturity.

ASSESS

Interview key stakeholders

Your vCISO will conduct interviews to learn about your security controls, technical capabilities and performance metrics.

STRATEGIZE

Create a strategic cybersecurity roadmap

We will create a strategic roadmap with recommendations to improve your cybersecurity posture and remediate identified risks.

IMPROVE

Implement projects and address risk

Coordinating with your security team and other Unit 42 experts, we will implement projects and strategically address risks.

WHY UNIT 42

World-renowned security experts, always in your corner

As an industry-leading threat intelligence, cyber risk management and incident response organization, it's our job to help you prepare and respond to some of the most challenging threats so that your team can get back to business faster. As threats escalate, we act as your trusted partner to advise and strengthen your security strategies.

WORLD-CLASS THREAT INTELLIGENCE

Unit 42 provides access to one of the world’s largest and most experienced threat intelligence teams. Our team of more than 200 cyberthreat researchers includes threat hunters, malware reverse engineers and threat modeling experts who enable you to apply a threat-informed approach to prepare for and respond to the latest cyberthreats.

TRUSTED EXPERTISE & EXPERIENCE

Unit 42 has assembled an experienced team of security consultants with backgrounds in public and private sectors who have handled some of the largest cyberattacks in history. We manage complex cyber risks and respond to advanced threats, including nation-state attacks, APTs and complex ransomware investigations.

INDUSTRY-LEADING
TOOLS

Unit 42 security consultants leverage industry-leading Palo Alto Networks tools to jumpstart your investigation by gaining necessary visibility across your endpoint, network, cloud and third-party data. This enables you to develop and execute a plan to get back to business as quickly as possible following an incident.

Related resources

See all resources

CASE STUDY

Helping a Healthcare Leader Recover from a Malware Attack

Read now

BLOG

Establishing Trust with Your Board – Advice for Security Leaders

Read now

DATASHEET

Unit 42 Retainer

Read now

CASE STUDY

Unit 42 Customer Stories

Read now

Go from reactive to proactive

Our consultants serve as your trusted advisors to assess and test your security controls against the right threats, transform your security strategy with an intelligence-informed approach and respond to incidents in record time.

A day in the life:
The empowered CISO.

See what it’s like leveraging 24/7 visibility and guidance.

Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO)