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            <h1 class="mt-3">Senior Cybersecurity Leadership, Without the Full-Time Cost</h1>
            <p>Your organization needs a Chief Information Security Officer. SmartThink's Virtual CISO service gives you everything a full-time CISO delivers — strategic oversight, risk governance, board reporting, and regulatory alignment — on a flexible engagement that scales with your organization.</p>
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            <h2>The Challenge</h2>
            <p>The cybersecurity function has become one of the most consequential and complex leadership responsibilities in any organization. Regulators expect documented security strategy. Boards expect meaningful risk reporting. Cyber incidents demand rapid executive-level response. And yet, hiring a full-time, qualified CISO typically costs $200,000–$400,000 per year in salary alone, in a market where qualified candidates are in short supply.</p>
            <p>Most mid-market organizations and government agencies cannot justify a full-time CISO, but cannot afford to function without one. The result is security leadership gaps that get filled by IT managers asked to do a job they were not trained for, or by external consultants with no institutional context or continuity.</p>
            <p>SmartThink's Virtual CISO service was built for exactly this gap.</p>
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            <h2>Our Approach</h2>
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                    <div class="p-4 h-100 bg-white rounded-3 border"><div class="h4 text-primary mb-2">Step 1</div><h4>Onboarding &amp; Security State Assessment</h4><p>Comprehensive review of your current security posture — infrastructure, policies, compliance status, risk exposure, and existing controls.</p></div>
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                    <div class="p-4 h-100 bg-white rounded-3 border"><div class="h4 text-primary mb-2">Step 2</div><h4>Strategy &amp; Programme Design</h4><p>Tailored cybersecurity strategy aligned to your business objectives, risk appetite, regulatory environment, and operational constraints.</p></div>
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                    <div class="p-4 h-100 bg-white rounded-3 border"><div class="h4 text-primary mb-2">Step 3</div><h4>Governance &amp; Policy Framework</h4><p>Establish or strengthen security governance — policies, standards, committee structures, risk reporting, and board communication.</p></div>
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                    <div class="p-4 h-100 bg-white rounded-3 border"><div class="h4 text-primary mb-2">Step 4</div><h4>Ongoing Leadership &amp; Advisory</h4><p>Your dedicated vCISO attends leadership meetings, advises on procurement, manages incidents, and ensures your programme evolves.</p></div>
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                    <div class="p-4 h-100 bg-white rounded-3 border"><div class="h4 text-primary mb-2">Step 5</div><h4>Measurement &amp; Reporting</h4><p>Monthly health reports, quarterly board presentations, and annual reviews in language executives and directors can act on.</p></div>
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                    <h2>What You Get</h2>
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                        <li class="list-group-item">Quarterly board/executive briefings on risk and incidents</li>
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                        <li class="list-group-item">Regulatory compliance oversight (SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, FISMA)</li>
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                    <h2>Standards We Work With</h2>
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                        <span class="badge bg-light text-dark border p-2">NIST Cybersecurity Framework</span>
                        <span class="badge bg-light text-dark border p-2">ISO/IEC 27001</span>
                        <span class="badge bg-light text-dark border p-2">SOC 2 (Type I &amp; II)</span>
                        <span class="badge bg-light text-dark border p-2">FISMA</span>
                        <span class="badge bg-light text-dark border p-2">GDPR</span>
                        <span class="badge bg-light text-dark border p-2">PCI DSS</span>
                        <span class="badge bg-light text-dark border p-2">AI Governance Frameworks</span>
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            <h2>Results</h2>
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                <p class="lead mb-0">"A national government agency engaged SmartThink for Virtual CISO services after failing an information security audit with 14 high-priority findings. Within 90 days, SmartThink had closed 11 of the 14 findings, implemented a governance structure, and prepared the first board-level security briefing the agency had ever delivered. The agency passed its follow-up audit and has maintained ISO 27001 certification for the two years since."</p>
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                    <div class="pillar-card h-100"><h3>Risk Assessments</h3><p>Identify, measure, and prioritize cybersecurity risks across your organization.</p><a class="pillar-cta" href="risk-assessments.php">Learn more <i class="fas fa-arrow-right"></i></a></div>
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                    <div class="pillar-card h-100"><h3>ISO 27001</h3><p>Build and certify an information security management system.</p><a class="pillar-cta" href="iso-27001.php">Learn more <i class="fas fa-arrow-right"></i></a></div>
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                    <div class="pillar-card h-100"><h3>SOC 2 Readiness</h3><p>Prepare for SOC 2 audits with confidence and discipline.</p><a class="pillar-cta" href="soc2-readiness.php">Learn more <i class="fas fa-arrow-right"></i></a></div>
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