Strategic leadership
Our experts align security initiatives with your business goals, ensuring a proactive stance against today’s most advanced threats and driving long-term organizational resilience and success.
- Develop a tailored, balanced, cybersecurity strategy. We create a comprehensive security plan that supports your business objectives and adapts to evolving threats, ensuring your organization stays protected.
- Assess and enhance your security program. NuHarbor experts evaluate your existing security measures, identifying gaps, overspending, and opportunities for improvement.
- Boost security awareness company-wide. Our experts share best practices for improving security awareness and understanding, whether among your employees, partners, or executives. We provide training for known threats, support for cybersecurity investments, and intelligence on the changing threat landscape.
- Plan for the future with strategic roadmaps. Our experts design multi-year cybersecurity roadmaps, outlining critical initiatives, measures, and required resources to help you identify, realize, and promote, your long-term security objectives.
- Establish security reporting and priorities with executive leaders. We provide regular, actionable reports that present technical cybersecurity concerns in a business-relevant context, promoting cybersecurity concerns to executive challenges.
Risk management services
Our team helps you identify, assess, and mitigate potential threats, ensuring your organization remains resilient in the face of evolving cyber risks.
- Perform thorough risk assessments. We conduct detailed evaluations of your cybersecurity landscape, identifying vulnerabilities and prioritizing remediation based on severity and impact.
- Leverage continuous threat intelligence. Stay proactive with ongoing monitoring and intelligence gathering that keeps your organization ahead of emerging threats and risks.
- Develop effective incident response plans. We create and maintain robust response strategies to minimize damage and downtime during security incidents, ensuring quick and efficient action.
- Manage third-party risks with confidence. Our team evaluates your vendors and partners to ensure their security protocols align with your organization’s standards, reducing external vulnerabilities.
- Conduct business impact analyses. Understand how different cyber threats could affect your operations and prioritize mitigation efforts to ensure business continuity and resilience.
Compliance management services
We help organizations navigate complex regulations, ensuring continuous adherence while mitigating risks associated with non-compliance.
- Perform comprehensive compliance audits. We conduct in-depth audits to ensure alignment with key regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, and others, identifying gaps and addressing issues proactively.
- Develop tailored compliance programs. NuHarbor designs and implements customized compliance programs to meet industry-specific requirements, ensuring your organization stays compliant year-round.
- Deliver targeted compliance training. Our specialized training programs educate your team on regulatory obligations and best practices, building a culture of compliance across your organization.
- Prepare and submit regulatory reports. We assist with preparing accurate and timely regulatory reports, ensuring you meet submission deadlines and avoid costly penalties.
Policy development
We develop, implement, and maintain cybersecurity policies that align with your business objectives and regulatory needs, ensuring your organization stays secure and compliant.
- Create tailored security policies. We design and implement customized policies that cover all aspects of cybersecurity, aligning with both organizational goals and compliance requirements.
- Regularly review and update policies. Our team conducts consistent reviews to ensure your policies stay current with evolving industry standards, regulations, and emerging threats.
- Deliver employee training on policies. We provide thorough training programs to ensure your employees fully understand and comply with your security policies, minimizing the risk of breaches.
- Manage acceptable use policies (AUP). We craft and maintain clear AUPs that define appropriate use of company resources, helping to prevent misuse and reduce security vulnerabilities.
- Develop robust data protection policies. Our team creates policies that safeguard sensitive data through encryption, access control, and secure data handling procedures, mitigating the risk of data breaches.
- Enhance your governance with vCISO leadership. NuHarbor’s vCISO services ensure strategic oversight of your security policies, aligning them with your business goals and adapting to the evolving threat landscape.
Audit readiness
We ensure your organization is fully prepared for external audits, streamlining the process and minimizing the risk of non-compliance findings.
- Conduct pre-audit assessments. We perform thorough assessments to identify potential gaps and prepare your organization for upcoming security audits, reducing the likelihood of non-compliance.
- Manage and coordinate the audit process. NuHarbor serves as the primary liaison between your internal teams and external auditors, ensuring a seamless and efficient audit experience.
- Prepare audit documentation and evidence. We organize and compile all necessary documentation and evidence, ensuring compliance and security measures are thoroughly documented for audit success.
- Create post-audit remediation plans. Our team develops actionable remediation plans to address any audit findings, helping your organization resolve weaknesses and ensure continuous compliance.
- Drive continuous improvement. Using audit feedback, we implement strategies that enhance your security posture and improve ongoing compliance efforts.
Our methodology for ensuring relevance and value
Our tailored methodology ensures that your organization receives the highest level of protection and strategic guidance. Here are some of our steps to deliver unique vCISO advice and collaboration:
- Initial assessment: We often begin with a thorough assessment of your current cybersecurity posture. This includes a detailed review of your policies, procedures, and technology infrastructure. We identify vulnerabilities, assess risk levels, look for both overspending and underspending, all to understand your specific security state.
- Strategic planning: Based on the initial assessment, we develop a customized cybersecurity strategy that aligns with your business objectives. This strategy includes detailed recommendations for improving your security posture, addressing identified vulnerabilities, and preparing for future threats.
- Implementation: Our team works closely with your internal stakeholders to implement the recommended security measures, as well as suggesting metrics, reporting cadence, and audiences. This also includes deploying advanced security technologies, updating policies and procedures, and conducting training sessions to ensure your team is equipped to handle emerging threats.
- Continuous monitoring: Because cybersecurity is an ongoing challenge, we provide 24/7 monitoring and management of your security environment to ensure continuous protection. Our vCISO services include regular threat assessments, vulnerability scans, and compliance checks to keep your organization secure and compliant.
- Reporting: Transparency and communication are key components of our methodology. We provide regular reports and conduct periodic reviews to keep you informed of your cybersecurity status and the effectiveness of implemented measures. This allows us to make necessary adjustments and continuously improve your security posture.
Meet Jack Danahy
Jack Danahy is the Vice President of Strategy and Strategic Services at NuHarbor Security. He leads our advisory and vCISO services and is committed to simplifying and strengthening cybersecurity for organizations of all sizes.
In his words: "I joined NuHarbor because I knew this company could fundamentally change the expectations of the cybersecurity market, and organizations can now expect an adaptive and comprehensive, partner for cybersecurity.”
Jack's extensive cybersecurity background and impressive credentials make him a highly sought-after strategic advisor within the security community. Jack's credentials include:
A few of Jack's credentials:
- Pioneering work on cybersecurity in the late 1980’s on securing early networked/distributed computing at HP
- Founder of three security software companies that were acquired by Watchguard Technologies, IBM, and Alert Logic
- Former director of advanced security service delivery across North America for IBM
- Holder of 12 patents for security innovations
- Frequent writer, interview subject, and public speaker on all areas of cybersecurity
Access vCISO leadership
The right expertise, in the right package
Whether you want an on-call, part-time expert, or dedicated security leader, NuHarbor’s vCISO services will support you, and can be tailored to align with your budget and security goals.
- On-demand: Provides as-needed advisory leadership for intermittent needs and tighter budgets. Engagements are either through retainers or on a committed hour basis.
- Fractional: Provides part-time leadership where full-time responsibilities are not required. Fractional vCISO’s are engaged based on hours, or days, expected during the engagement period.
- Full-Time: Provides full-time leadership and carries the full scope of responsibilities of a traditional, full-time, CISO.
