Security Expertise.
When Your Team Needs It.
Not every organization needs another security tool. Sometimes it needs experienced security thinking at the right point in the decision.
Most security failures are decisions, not incidents.
By the time something goes wrong, the decisions that made it possible were usually taken months earlier — an architecture chosen under deadline, a vendor onboarded without review, a priority deferred because nobody owned the argument for it.
Consulting work is about being present for those decisions. Not more reports, but judgement applied at the point where the choice is still open and the cost of changing it is still low.
Three ways to bring security into the decision.
vCISO
Security Leadership, Without the Permanent Hire.
Extend your security leadership with strategic cybersecurity guidance without immediately building a full internal CISO function.
- Security Strategy
- Risk Management
- Roadmaps
- Governance
- Executive Reporting
- Prioritization
Security Architecture
Design Security Into the Systems You Build.
Design security into the systems, applications and infrastructure that support your business.
- Architecture Review
- Security Design
- Trust Boundaries
- Identity
- Cloud Security
- Data Protection
Third-Party Risk
Your Security Posture Extends Beyond Your Perimeter.
Understand and manage the security risk carried by the suppliers, platforms and partners your operations depend on.
- Vendor Assessment
- Risk Classification
- Control Review
- Exposure
- Prioritization
- Ongoing Review
Security Decisions Should Have Context.
Each step depends on the one above it. Skip the top and the control at the bottom is a guess.
vCISO work tends to live at the top of this chain, security architecture in the middle, and third-party risk across all of it.
Output leadership can act on.
Which of these apply depends on engagement scope.
Where current practice differs from the requirements that apply to you.
Which controls address which requirements, and where nothing does.
What the gaps mean in terms of risk, not just non-conformity.
What needs to exist in writing, and what it needs to say.
Whether you could demonstrate a control operates, if asked.
Sequenced work, with dependencies made explicit.
A version of the findings that a board or exec team can act on.
When the requirement is external.
Where the driver is a framework, a regulator or a customer questionnaire, the GRC practice covers readiness, privacy and gap assessment.
ISO 27001 / SOC 2 / PCI DSS
Security Framework & Compliance Readiness
Help organizations understand applicable security requirements, evaluate existing controls and identify areas requiring attention.
- ISO 27001
- SOC 2
- PCI DSS
- Control Mapping
- Policy & Documentation
- Evidence Readiness
- Gap Identification
- Remediation Planning
HIPAA / GDPR / DPDP
Privacy & Regulatory Security
Organizations handling sensitive or personal information need security and privacy practices aligned with applicable requirements.
- HIPAA
- GDPR
- DPDP
- Data Protection
- Privacy Controls
- Access Management
- Data Handling
- Risk Considerations
Risk & Compliance Gap Assessment
Understand Where You Stand.
Assess existing security and compliance practices against applicable requirements and identify areas that may require improvement.
- Current State
- Requirement Mapping
- Control Review
- Gap Identification
- Prioritization
- Remediation Roadmap
SCOPE OF SERVICETMG Security provides cybersecurity and compliance support. We are not an auditor, a certification body or a law firm, and nothing here is legal advice. Organizations should obtain legal advice for legal or regulatory interpretation.
Bring Security Into the Decisions That Shape Your Business.
Whether you need strategic security leadership, architecture guidance or a clearer view of third-party risk, TMG Security can help bring security considerations into important business and technology decisions.