You probably already know good cyber security practices are crucial for your business. What you’re probably less sure about is how to ensure you’re implementing good cyber security practices. That’s where a cyber security consultant comes in. so, what does a cyber security consultation entail? Nigel Gildea, Head of Consulting at Falanx Cyber, talks through the steps.
- We’ll handpick your consultant
Once you’ve picked Falanx for a consulting engagement, your account manager will allocate a consultant to your engagement. The consultant will be chosen from our government, risk management, and compliance (GRC) team, and will be a subject matter expert, able to meet the objectives defined within the proposal. The account manager will then engage with our scheduling team to identify a range of availability dates which meet your timescale requirements. These will be offered to you and you can choose whatever suits your business, before locking them into our consultant’s diary.
- Meet your expert
Your Falanx consultant will then make contact with you to both introduce themselves and understand your business logistics, including office locations and the types of data your business holds, such as customer contact information. This information will be re-validated a couple of days prior to the engagement.
Your Falanx consultant will discuss the nature of the consulting activity and explain to you the typical requirements associated with the consulting. This will allow both you and your consultant to understand who the best person to engage with is within your organisation; this can range from IT staff, senior GRC representatives, HR, Finance and Operational management, through to front of house retail staff and exec level board members. Your consultant will then use this information to propose a schedule of meeting for the duration of the consulting, which will help you to organise internal resources in advance.