Virtual ciso

The constant digitization in all sectors of the private sector is also increasingly ensuring greater dependence on IT systems. Organizations can hardly manage proper business operations without functioning IT. In most cases, IT security in companies is in a critical state.

“The IT security situation in Germany as a whole was tense to critical in the current reporting period.”
The State of IT Security in Germany 2021, Federal Office for Information Security.

As part of our “Virtual CISO” service offering, we provide medium-sized companies with highly specialized IT security knowledge without having to create a permanent position and the associated long-term costs within the company. Our experienced IT security consultants can draw on cross-industry expertise from a large number of consulting projects in the corporate and SME environment.

Scope of Services:

  • Up-to-date, highly specialized IT security expertise
  • Contact person for management on IT security issues
  • Technical and strategic development of the IT security strategy
  • Conducting risk assessments and IT audits
  • Implementation of security awareness measures
  • Design and implementation of governance and compliance concepts
  • Consulting and further training of the IT department on IT security topics
  • Steering of the IT department with regard to IT security topics
  • Development of an IT security culture
  • Implementation of technical IT security measures

Good reasons for us:

  • due to our specialization in performing penetration tests, we know the modus operandi of potential attackers: As part of our core business, we find vulnerabilities in IT systems by penetrating companies like attackers do
  • we think holistically and solution-oriented according to the Pareto principle: minimize 80 % of risks with 20 % of consulting input
  • we are specialized in IT compliance in banking and healthcare and have many years of professional experience
  • we have additional qualifications in the area of DSGVO and other topics
  • Cross-industry practical knowledge, e.g. on high-security requirements

Your contact

You can always reach us personally. Because loyalty based on partnership is far more important to us than short-term success.

Philipp Kalweit

Philipp Kalweit

Managing Partner

 

+49 40 285 301 257

hello@kalwe.it

Philipp Kalweit is an experienced IT security consultant on the topics of security awareness and offensive IT auditing. For the past six years, he has been advising and auditing clients from the SME and group environment, in particular ECB and BaFin-regulated organizations as well as groups in the retail sector. His consulting focus is on holistic IT security. He was honored for his work in 2019 by DIE ZEIT as “Hamburger of the Month” and in the same year was included in the Forbes “30 under 30 DACH” list.