Cyber Defense Planning and Optimization – What CISOs Need To Know

It’s Time To Break Up With Your Spreadsheet

CISOs, it’s time to say goodbye to the static spreadsheets you are using for cyber defense planning. While they served their purpose in the past, today there is too much data to monitor. CISOs have voiced concern over the serious limitations posed by those traditional spreadsheets.

 As a CISO, you’re on the sharp edge of the knife every single day. Cyber threats are getting more complex. Pressure from government regulations is increasing. Recent cases, such as the SolarWinds lawsuit and new SEC regulations, illustrate the increasing scrutiny and legal risks for CISOs, with new requirements for rapid breach reporting and accountability. You have piles of information to sort through. And a mountain of choices for how to allocate your limited budget.

 Most importantly, you are personally under increasing scrutiny. Every decision you make must be supported by concrete data. That spreadsheet just can’t keep up with modern demands for effective cybersecurity risk management.

Get To Know CDPO – The CISO’s Co-Pilot

A Cyber Defense Planning and Optimization Platform is the CISO’s indispensable co-pilot, correlating vital information, calculating and tracking defense posture in one single interface. It offers a status overview of current risk posture, mitigation status, project plan progress, and budgeting, while providing key stats in clear graphics and dashboards. It also helps facilitate communication with the Board of Directors. Additionally, a CDPO aligns to recognized cybersecurity frameworks like NIST and ISO 27001. Advanced features such as defense plan simulations, budget optimizer and business impact analysis, provide real-time cyber advice for informed decision-making. With all of this critical information, CDPOs also help facilitate stronger communication with the Board of Directors in defense of budget needs.

CDPO’s Origin Story

No radioactive spiders or interplanetary struggles in this origin story. Just conversations with 70+ frustrated CISOs, who shared a common pain point: the difficulty of turning static reports into a dynamic cybersecurity plan that can adjust in real time. The challenge is compounded by the need to justify budgetary requests to C-level stakeholders. This sentiment was repeated by CISOs working in every business sector. Sophisticated tech professionals are piecing together a cybersecurity plan to protect multibillion dollar organizations using project management software, post-it notes, slide-decks, spreadsheets, even napkins.

The real solution that CISOs were looking for just didn’t exist. Recognizing the need, our team of CISOs and cybersecurity professionals jointly developed a solution: the Cyber Defense Planning and Optimization (CDPO) platform. A CDPO offers dynamic insights and actionable intelligence, empowering CISOs to make decisions based on actual data, to bolster and support their gut intuition and years of experience. .

Learn To Love Board Meetings, With Your CISO Co-Pilot

Cyber teams and business leaders have a communication gap. They often don’t speak the same language, and their goals are not aligned. CDPO bridges the divide by prioritizing and organizing cyber defense plans in business terms.

• Translates technical cybersecurity reports into business language, explaining possible risks in terms of business impact.
• Presents information visually, in concise reports tailored for busy board members.
• Demonstrates how cyber security efforts align with business goals.
• Reduces CISOs’ meeting preparation time compared to using spreadsheets alone
• Enables CISOs to document their decision-making process, bolstering transparency and credibility, even during times of crises.

 CDPO Beats The Spreadsheet