Security Project Management / MOD SAC Service

Cyber Smart Consulting provide experienced security leadership and a safe hand to help marshal the secure delivery of information systems by your Project Development Teams or Product Teams. A Cyber Smart Consulting Security Project Manager provides a catalyst for effective risk management by enabling a systematic approach to capability delivery in your security conscious Organisation. This approach will reduce the associated risks to your information assets and protect your business from cyber threats. The security project management service includes technical risk assessments, which will drive the development of appropriate risk-based security controls for people, processes and the technology in any phase of development in your project.

Cyber Smart Consulting security project manager will significantly reduce the likelihood and impact of any event that can lead to data breaches, financial loss, reputational damage, or even disruption of operations caused by a failure of technology systems and procedures. Security project managers are an essential requirement of several of the most important information security standards and frameworks. Due to the nature and sensitivity of their business activity, the UK government requires compliance with these frameworks for both public and private sector organisations who aim to do business with the public sector. In some HMG Organisations such as the MOD, the security project manager is also known as a Security Assurance Coordinator (SAC). The role of the Security Assurance Co-ordinator (SAC) is vital to the success of any MoD project seeking formal security accreditation, as well as JSP604 Rule 10 compliance for the satisfaction of network joining rules.

Service Description

Some of the information security initiatives that our security project managers have been involved in have included:

ISO 27001 ISMS Implementation: The international standard that sets out the specifications of an information security management system (ISMS). Our Security Leads have improved Company’s security position and market value by implementing people, processes and technology ISMS controls and processes aligned to the ISO27001/2 standard.
MOD Security Assurance Coordinator: Working with the project delivery team, our Security Assurance Coordinators successfully supported the Accreditation function of the capability and the Project Team. Our SACs have supported project delivery teams with NCSC aligned advice and guidance on all aspects of Cyber Security and Information Assurance, including Risk Management, Security Aspects of Design, security governance, security requirements management, cloud security best practices, security development lifecycle, test scoping success criteria, remediation strategies, and operation security processes.
Cloud Product Teams: Our Project Security Leads have been highly effective at influencing security across multiple cloud product teams for Financial Organisations that have challenging technical delivery environments due to constantly changing business demands.

Service Features

Strategist

Prioritises business operations and information assets for the organisation, and ensures that security, resources and budgets are fully aligned to execute these piorities.

Advisor

Understands the implications of new or emerging threats and creates a risk-based strategic roadmap to align cyber security efforts with corporate risk appetite.

Technology Integrator

Selects and implements threat detection and monitoring solutions, and integrates services delivered by third parties into a seamless framework.

Service Benefits

Lower your costs by only paying for the support required.

Reduce your risk by enhancing your cyber and information strategy with a clearly defined roadmap.

Gain experience to educate and present to all types of senior executives, board members and non-technical senior staff.

Our independent perspective and credibility can help secure cross-business support and achieve your information security goals.

Getting Started

During a Client engagement our Consultants pass through six key phases that form the anatomy of how we manage a typical consulting project. We appreciate every assignment is different, so we have flexible processes in place to bring our experts onboard quickly and effectively without disrupting existing work programmes. We are happy to provide our services at any stage of the lifecycle.

Cyber Security Engagement Lifecycle

Pragmatic & Business Focused Security Consultancy Services

We deliver security capability at all levels of an organisation and are on hand to help ensure that your projects deliver solutions
that are appropriately aligned to your cyber security risk position and satisfy your regulatory compliance requirements.
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