ClearOPS

Virtual CISOs are quickly becoming a cost-effective alternative for organizations to achieve their security goals. By analyzing and offering insights into cybersecurity threats, they improve the efficiency and productivity of businesses’ in-house security teams. Their market perspective and expertise in specific fields drives increased revenues for their clients. However, many vCISOs still rely on manual methods to build, implement, track, and monitor their clients’ cybersecurity programs, increasing the chances of errors and oversight. They need a platform with multi-tenant capability to seamlessly support clients.

This is where ClearOPS comes in.

Developed by a dynamic duo, a cybersecurity expert and a data privacy professional, ClearOPS is a cost-effective and robust platform that supports vCISOs in proactively building and managing cybersecurity programs for their clients.

The platform is architected for vCISOs to monitor their clients on a day-to-day basis. It also enables users to manage different client accounts with a single login while keeping client data completely segregated and protected.

“We have integrated a public data research engine into our platform to support vCISOs in managing their clients’ vendors and online reputation,” says Caroline McCaffery, CEO and founder of ClearOPS.

Typically, after onboarding each new client, vCISOs conduct a gap analysis on the existing cybersecurity programs by asking a series of questions. With the ClearOPS platform in the arsenal, they can conduct this process with more efficiency and flexibility. vCISOs can upload the gap assessment document on the platform and have asynchronous as well as synchronous communication with their clients. This enables clients to log in to the platform at their convenience and give all the information, which is stored in a centralized repository.

The platform helps vCISOs create multiple knowledge bases with relevant data privacy and cybersecurity information, which is essential to help clients manage their customers and internal and external audits.

The ClearOPS platform also streamlines the process of vendor management by equipping vCISOs with data obtained through public research. They can simply enter the domain names of clients’ vendors to generate weekly reports and analyze clients’ vendors’ compliance with privacy and security — paving the way for real time vendor audits.

“The platform comes with a library feature allowing vCISOs to use their own standard templates or open-source templates provided by us. This facilitates the entire process of designing and implementing security programs and processes,” says McCaffery.

With the ClearOPS platform, vCISOs also get a holistic view of all their clients. This is crucial to vCISOs who want to ensure that clients remain competitive and always a step ahead in terms of security measures.

For instance, a company with no in-house cybersecurity expertise approached ClearOPS. It was struggling with the long and tedious security questionnaires sent by customers and was missing deadlines and losing clients. ClearOPS, in turn, connected the client with one of their vCISO partners, who could leverage its platform to create a centralized knowledge base. This allowed the company to quickly and efficiently address the questionnaires, helping the client meet deadlines and close business faster. In essence, the ClearOPS platform turned an extremely inefficient process into an efficient one.

Holding on to the mission to bridge the gap between privacy and security, ClearOPS has built a system that combines public and private data into a centralized knowledge base and then automate ways to use that information, enabling vCISOs to help SMBs scale their businesses with robust security.

“By leveraging the power of automation, ClearOPS enables a vCISO to increase productivity by about 60 percent,” says McCaffery. “This is a significant increase in their revenues and servicing capabilities. It’s a win-win.”