Cybersecurity · Governance · Privacy
CISO as a Service: a senior CISO on your team
CISO as a Service delivers executive leadership in information security and privacy, tailored to the size and stage of your business and backed by the Alliances technical team.
NIST CSF 2.0ISO/IEC 27001CIS Controls v8.1LGPD
NIST CSF 2.0
ISO/IEC 27001
LGPD
30daysAssessment with risk map and roadmap
12monthsProgram guided by NIST CSF 2.0
4milestonesDecisions with leadership
10indicatorsReported every month
Built on global references
NIST CSF 2.0ISO/IEC 27001:2022ISO/IEC 27005CIS Controls v8.1LGPD (Brazil Law 13,709)Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark
Understand
What is CISO as a Service?
CISO as a Service means hiring an experienced chief information security officer (CISO) as a service, with commitment adjusted to your reality. Thus, the company has someone accountable for the security and privacy program, without the cost and delay of recruiting a full-time CISO.
Privacy law and regulators
Personal data governance, incident notification and penalties require an accountable owner with authority and method.
Ransomware and fraud
One compromised email or an account without MFA can stop operations within hours.
Customers and audits
Security questionnaires, contracts, cyber insurance and audits ask for evidence, not promises.
A senior CISO on your team, as a service
Security leadership joins your management routine, with the Alliances technical team behind it.
Owns the program
Takes charge of the company security and privacy program.
Talks to leadership
Joins decisions and turns technical risk into business impact.
Guides the teams
Gives IT, vendors, legal and HR clear priorities.
Leads in a crisis
Coordinates the response when an incident happens.
What we deliver
Six CISO as a Service fronts, one accountable owner
Governance and policies
Security policy, standards, roles, RACI matrix and security committee.
Risk management
Asset inventory, risk matrix, risk appetite and treatment plan.
Privacy and LGPD
Data mapping, impact assessments and DPO support.
Identity and access
MFA, SSO, least privilege and access reviews.
Incident response
Playbooks, crisis plan and team coordination.
Awareness
Training and phishing simulations.
How it works
From assessment to resilience in 12 months
The program moves through the NIST CSF 2.0 functions over four quarters, with a decision milestone with leadership at the end of each phase.
01
Months 1 to 3
Foundation
Govern · Identify- Assessment and risks
- Policies and committee
- Quick wins
Milestone 1: roadmap and policies approved
02
Months 4 to 6
Protection
Protect- Identity and access
- Data and backup
- Awareness
Milestone 2: privileged access and tested backup
03
Months 7 to 9
Detection and response
Detect · Respond- Logs and alerts
- Plan and playbooks
- Pentest and tabletop
Milestone 3: incident plan tested
04
Months 10 to 12
Resilience
Recover · Improve- Continuity and DR
- Internal audit
- Year-2 plan
Milestone 4: annual review and year-2 plan
Executive routine
Continuous services, every month
These services run from the first to the last month. For this reason, the program becomes a management routine, not a project that ends.
MonthlyExecutive meeting with leadership
BiweeklySecurity committee with IT, operations and development
MonthlyRisk register management
MonthlyReview of critical vulnerabilities
MonthlyThreat bulletin relevant to your sector
On demandSecurity opinion on relevant changes
On demandCoordination of security incidents
On demandAnswers to customer questionnaires and audits
Indicators
CISO as a Service indicators that leadership follows
Ten indicators make up the monthly report. Targets for each are set at the end of the assessment, based on the current profile of the company.
Open high and critical risks
Critical vendors assessed
MFA coverage for users and administrators
Privileged accounts under access management
Backups with tested restore
Trained staff and phishing click rate
Critical vulnerabilities open beyond the deadline
Log coverage of critical assets
Mean time to detect incidents
Mean time to respond to incidents
Plans
CISO as a Service plans for your stage
Monthly commitment and investment are defined in the proposal, after the assessment, according to the scope and size of the company.
Essential
- Best for
- SMBs starting the program
- Leadership meeting
- Quarterly
- Privacy (LGPD)
- Assessment
- Incidents
- Remote guidance
- Commitment and investment
- Defined in the proposal
Professional
- Best for
- Companies with sensitive data
- Leadership meeting
- Monthly
- Privacy (LGPD)
- Full program
- Incidents
- Coordination
- Commitment and investment
- Defined in the proposal
Executive
- Best for
- Regulated sectors
- Leadership meeting
- Monthly plus committee
- Privacy (LGPD)
- Program and DPO as a Service
- Incidents
- Priority coordination
- Commitment and investment
- Defined in the proposal
Comparison
In-house CISO or CISO as a Service?
| Criterion | Full-time hired CISO | Alliances CISO as a Service |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Executive salary, payroll costs, benefits and recruiting | Predictable monthly fee, no payroll costs |
| Start | Months of recruiting and onboarding | Fast, from the kickoff |
| Breadth | One person | CISO plus infrastructure, identity, privacy and support team |
| Flexibility | Fixed cost | Commitment adjustable to each phase |
| Continuity | Risk of losing the key person | Documented knowledge and a support team |
Platform and team
A GRC platform and the technical team behind the CISO
The CISO relies on tools and on the Alliances team. In addition, each client has its own GRC environment, keeping risks, assets, policies and evidence separate.
ErambaGRC: risks, assets, policies and evidence
KeycloakIdentity and SSO
Kali LinuxSecurity testing
ZabbixContinuous monitoring
GLPITickets and inventory (ITSM)
GrafanaIndicator dashboards
The technical team also looks after your company IT infrastructure and IT support.
How we start
30-day assessment: from kickoff to roadmap
Week 1
Kickoff and collection
NDA, access and priority documents.
Weeks 1 and 2
Environment assessment
Identity, networks, logs, backup and secure configuration.
Weeks 2 and 3
Processes
Interviews, policies, contracts and incidents.
Weeks 3 and 4
Risks and roadmap
Ranking by impact and likelihood and a prioritized plan.
Deliverable: maturity report, risk map and 12-month roadmap.
What we need from you
You do not need to have everything ready. A document that does not exist is also a finding, and it goes into the roadmap.
- Mutual NDA and a contract with a data protection clause
- One focal point at your company
- Read-only access, with MFA and an expiry date
- Priority documents and interviews with key people
- A secure channel to exchange documents
Experience
Security programs in real environments
Multi-client SaaS on Azure
Maturity assessment and a 12-month roadmap guided by NIST CSF 2.0, focused on privileged identity, separation between clients and privacy duties as a data processor.
Fully remote production company
Google Workspace security checkup based on NIST, a master plan, a risk register and policies on a GRC platform.
Client names are kept confidential.
FAQ
Questions about CISO as a Service
What is CISO as a Service?
It is hiring an experienced CISO as a service. The CISO owns the security and privacy program, talks to leadership and coordinates incident response. Thus, the company gets mature leadership without hiring a full-time executive.
How long does it take to start?
The initial assessment takes about 30 days and ends with the risk map and the 12-month roadmap. After that, the program moves to the monthly routine with leadership.
Does CISO as a Service replace an in-house CISO?
It can replace or complement one. In companies without a CISO, it takes over the program. In companies with a security team, it brings method, governance and support to leadership.
How do commitment and investment work?
Monthly commitment and investment are defined in the proposal, after the assessment, according to size and scope. There are three plans: Essential, Professional and Executive.
Which frameworks do you use?
We use NIST CSF 2.0 as the maturity yardstick, CIS v8.1 controls and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 for management. We also follow LGPD. See the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and ISO/IEC 27001.
What access do you need?
Read-only, in named accounts with MFA and an expiry date. We do not ask for write access or access to database contents.
How do I request a proposal?
Use the button on the page or the Alliances contact page. Then, a specialist will reply with the next steps.
Last updated: November 2026.
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