What fractional executive services does Overt Channel offer?

Overt Channel’s professionals can serve you and your organization in a number of executive roles, depending on your specific need. Its experts have decades of experiences in their respective fields. All have an appreciation for and a desire to include information security in all aspects of client delivery while meeting business needs.

Overt can provide:

• virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO)
• virtual Chief Security Officer (vCSO)
• virtual Chief Technology Officer (vCTO)
• virtual Chief Information Officer (vCIO)

Our executives can serve on your board, meet compliance requirements, and provide the specific expertise needed in the modern boardroom. Overt executives can also serve as representatives of your existing senior leaders. This service may be in the role as a backup in business continuity or succession planning.

vCISO

After Citicorp was hacked in 1994, it appointed Steve Katz as the world’s first CISO. The CISO role has evolved into a role that manages cyber risk, ensures compliance, oversees cybersecurity operations, and communicates the needs and efficacy of the security program to internal stakeholders. The CISO’s primary focus is on an organization’s information systems and data.

Not every organization needs or can afford to hire a full time CISO. However, every organization – no matter how small – needs someone to take ownership of security at the organization. An effective way to solve this dilemma is to outsource the role to a fractional or part time leader – the vCISO.

vCSO

The CSO title is newer than that of the CISO. The distinction was created to clarify that a CSO has the obligations of physical security in addition to information systems and data. This evolved due to the convergence of physical and cybersecurity. Overt channel takes an integrated approach to security. The difference between Overt’s vCISO and vCSO is slight nuance: know that our executives can assist your organization in all aspects of information, human, and physical security.

vCTO

Overt’s executives have served in organizations of all sizes, including those developing in-house or custom software. Leading teams of developers in DevSecOps gave our team members the experience needed to perform CTO duties. Overt can full the role of outsourced CTO to lead your development efforts.

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