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Security program advisory that reduces risk and cost

Program Advisory Services help you understand where your security program stands, which gaps create the most risk, and what to improve next. We assess your strategy, benchmark maturity against relevant standards, and provide a clear roadmap aligned to best practices and compliance requirements.

Our engagements help you develop a stronger security strategy, build a practical plan to reduce risk and control costs, and achieve measurable, reportable improvements in program maturity, whether you are building a program from the ground up, recovering from an incident, or preparing for an audit.

Assess your security posture

Get a fast, expert read on where your security program stands, with strengths, gaps, and a prioritized path forward you can act on right away.

Identify gaps against standards

See exactly how your program measures up to the frameworks that matter, with clear findings and remediation priorities for audits and board reporting.

Follow a clear security roadmap

Bring CISO-level guidance and flexible advisory support into your program to shape strategy, track progress, prioritize risk, and adapt your roadmap as needs evolve.

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Turn advisory into stronger security outcomes

Strengthen your security program with expert guidance tailored to where you are today. Beazley Security advisory services include vCISO support, gap and readiness assessments, risk evaluations, and hands-on guidance to achieve stronger security outcomes.

▸  Build your security strategy

Get a clear view of your security posture

Assess your security program through expert-led workshops. Beazley Security advisors review your current state against industry best practices, identify key strengths and gaps, and deliver a prioritized roadmap for where to invest next. Keep advancing your security program with optional virtual check-ins, roadmap updates, and KPI tracking.

Map your program against security and compliance standards

Align your program with the frameworks and regulations that matter to your business, including ISO 27001, NIST, SOC 2, CMMC, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, and DORA, and emerging standards like EASA and ISO 42001 for AI. Close gaps in security controls, and get a concise summary of findings for audit prep, internal planning, and board reporting.

Work with senior security leadership as part of your strategy

Rely on experienced security leadership without hiring a full-time CISO. Beazley Security provides virtual, fractional, and outsourced CISO services (CISO-as-a-service), giving you a senior advisor who can help build your security foundation, prioritize risks, define strategy, and report progress to leadership or the board.

Define a clear plan for cyber incidents

Build a practical incident response plan with custom IR plans, playbooks, and scenario-based play cards for ransomware, business email compromise, data theft, and supply chain attacks. Our team can also help you plan how the business will continue operating during a major disruption and identify which systems, teams, and processes would cause the most damage if they went down.

Improve security awareness across every team

Give teams the confidence to recognize and respond to the attacks they are most likely to face, from phishing and social engineering to poor password habits, risky device use, and AI-driven threats like deepfake executive calls. Beazley Security adapts each awareness training to your environment, so your team learns what to watch for, how to respond, and how to meaningfully reduce risk.

Reduce security spend without increasing risk

Identify opportunities to reduce security spend by reviewing overlapping tools, redundant licenses, underused platforms, and disconnected data feeds. Get a clear view of what you own, where consolidation makes sense, and how to reduce cost without creating new security gaps.

Not sure where your security program stands? To get a clear, prioritized roadmap

Comprehensive Program Advisory Services

Our Program Advisory experts provide guidance, plans, and training to help you understand your risk, strengthen your posture, and stay resilient. Each engagement is built around your people, processes, and technology rather than a fixed template.

Scope of Program Advisory
Security Roadmap Review workshop
Gap assessments (including but not limited to NIST CSF, CIS 18, HIPAA, SOC 2, CMMC, ISO 27001)
Risk and maturity assessments (CMMI-scored)
Virtual and fractional CISO services
CISO risk register and security strategy development
Incident response plan development
Incident response play cards and playbooks
Business continuity and business impact assessments
Third-party and vendor risk management
Security policy, program, and awareness training
Regulatory mapping and ongoing advisory retainer

Program Advisory helps you understand your security posture, define a clear strategy, and follow a clear plan to reduce risk and advance your security program’s maturity. 

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FAQs About Program Advisory

What are Program Advisory Services?

Program Advisory Services are expert-led cybersecurity engagements that help you understand your security posture, prioritize risk, and chart a clear path forward. They range from quick-win assessments like the Security Roadmap Review and Gap Assessment to incident response readiness, virtual and fractional CISO leadership, security awareness training, and ongoing advisory support.

Engagements are tailored to each clients’ bespoke needs. We start by understanding your people, processes, and technology, then tailor the work to your sector, maturity, and risk appetite, from a single workshop to a multi-quarter security program.

What makes Beazley Security’s advisory different from the big consulting firms?

Flexibility. Where large firms are typically engaged for a narrowly defined scope and charge a premium for anything beyond it, we shape the work around what you actually need. We have replaced Big Four firms on deals by being more bespoke and responsive. Because our clients span every sector and stage of maturity, we bring broad, vertically aware experience to every conversation, acting as a strategic advisor rather than a one-time vendor.

How can Program Advisory help us control security costs?

Greater visibility into your environment often reveals redundant or siloed tools that overlap in function while leaving gaps between them. We help you consolidate licenses and data feeds so you can do more with less, strengthening your posture while reducing spend. Many clients also engage us on a retainer or a block of CISO hours they can direct wherever the need is greatest, avoiding the premium change-order costs typical of larger firms.

What does a Security Roadmap Review or Gap Assessment involve?

Both are non-intrusive, information-led engagements with no scanning or testing of your environment. We run workshops and stakeholder interviews, review your documentation, policies, and controls, and measure them against best practices or a chosen framework such as NIST, CIS 18, or HIPAA. You receive prioritized findings and a remediation roadmap, with a written report typically delivered within three business days of receiving your information.

Which frameworks and regulations do you cover?

We work with all major frameworks and regimes, including NIST CSF, CIS 18, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, SOC 2, CMMC, PCI DSS, HIPAA, NIS2, DORA, and GDPR, as well as fast-emerging requirements like EASA in aviation. We can also measure your program against best practices or our own Beazley Security framework.

For organizations operating across regions or sectors, we reconcile competing requirements so a single security posture can satisfy obligations in multiple jurisdictions.

When is the right time to engage Program Advisory?

Any stage is the right time, but common triggers include onboarding with Beazley Security, recovering from an incident, preparing for an audit, or responding to a new regulation. Newly onboarded and post-incident clients often start with a discounted quick-win Security Roadmap Review or Gap Assessment, then expand into tabletop exercises, tailored assessments, and virtual CISO engagements as the relationship grows.

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