Your organization handles sensitive data, answers to funders and regulators, and faces the same cyber threats as organizations ten times your size. You need someone steering your security strategy. But hiring a full-time Chief Information Security Officer costs $200K+ before benefits, and that is if you can find one willing to join a 30-person team.
ETTE’s virtual CISO service gives you that expertise on a fractional basis. Your assigned security executive works directly with your leadership to build and maintain a security program that fits your size, budget, and compliance requirements.
Strategic security planning. We meet regularly to review your security posture, assess new risks, and make sure your investments align with your actual threat profile. Your virtual CISO builds a security roadmap tailored to your organization, not a generic checklist.
Compliance and funder readiness. Whether a grant requires a specific security framework, a partner sends you a vendor security questionnaire, or a funder just asks “how are you protecting our data?”, we make sure you have an answer. We handle the documentation, the audit prep, and the follow-through so you are ready when the question comes.
Risk and policy development. We draft and maintain the policies your organization needs: acceptable use, incident response, data classification, business continuity. These are not shelf documents. We write them so your staff can actually follow them.
Your virtual CIO focuses on technology strategy and operations: what systems to invest in, how to get more from your tech budget, and where to modernize. Your virtual CISO focuses on security and compliance: protecting what you have, meeting regulatory requirements, and reducing your exposure to threats. Many of our clients use both.