ET+S Consortium - Strategic Vendor Partners Program

Our faculty of analysts research hardware, software, service, and cyber security technology vendors, independently reviewing vendors that provide innovative technologies to build and manage security services, secure information environments, and risk management services. This research provides an unbiased, independent assessment of vendor products and services, and technology differentiators and challenges.

Areas of Service

• Defining strategic cyber security plans
• Defining security objectives
• GRC-related tools and technologies
• Alignment of security programs with business goals and objectives
• Corporate profitability and security: ROSI (Return on Security Investment)
• Optimizing security and security technology programs and investments
• Security best practices and cyber security awareness programs
• Cyberspace and cyber security standards implementation
• Enhancing security awareness and education
• Developing meaningful security/maturity metrics programs
• Creating integrated and effective risk management programs
• Security vendor and security technology selection

We Deliver

• Information assurance and strategic security planning
• Industry best practices and standards
• Security audit/information assurance testing
• Cyber security programs and training
• Security maturity/metrics programs
• Baseline security program frameworks
• Security GRC management and documentation (GRC, audit, general security, and project management)
• Security program review and recommendations
• Security program presentations for senior/executive management
• Custom cyber security research, benchmarking, and industry reports
• Evaluation of organizational security programs
• Security: Executive situational awareness briefings
• Security research and threat and trend analysis

CSCSS is globally-positioned, offers world-class credibility, and is uniquely able to provide independent, third-party, objective insight into virtually any area of IT security and risk management. We deliver refined, standards-based processes and proven methodologies that provide the foundation for unbiased, practical, and actionable insight.