CIO Bulletin

Abacode Cybersecurity & Compliance –Helping reduce complexity, vendor fatigue and knowledge gaps that exists in organizations

Data breaches have become alarmingly commonplace, and preserving information privacy and security is now a tall endeavor in today's high-paced digital world. Governments and industry organizations are placing heightened importance on cyber security compliance, which are enforceable measures designed to assist companies in safeguarding data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. A strict framework is essential for cybersecurity practices to function and fulfil their objectives of making cyberspace safe for users, organizations, businesses, etc. These regulations make cyberspace resilient, dependable, and cohesive through compliance. Cybersecurity compliance is essential as it contributes to cyberspace safety in meaningful ways. Some choose to see compliance requirements as an obligation. But for most industry experts, compliance is the key to staying ahead of the game, preventing destabilizing attacks, and having the upper hand when navigating cyberspace and providing your clients with the cybersecurity they deserve.

Abacode is a next-generation Managed Cybersecurity & Compliance Provider (MCCP). Leveraging a unified platform, Abacode combines leading technologies and professional services to implement holistic, framework-based Cybersecurity programs for clients throughout the world. Its unique model enables organizations to make objective and reasoned security investments based on their business needs, budget, and risk tolerance. Abacode’s MCCP approach reduces your operating cost and increases internal efficiency with the ability to outsource your entire cybersecurity & compliance program.

Leveraging Solutions to Manage Your Entire Integrated Cybersecurity and Compliance Program

Managed Compliance Frameworks: Abacode’s Managed Compliance Services will not only take you through the compliance readiness process but also ensure you maintain continuous compliance. They ensure your organization abides by regulatory requirements and/or certification bodies (CB) in preparation for third-party audits against security standards such as CMMC, HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST, and SOC 2. Their monitoring services provide continuous compliance and security control effectiveness tracking via their Security Operations Center (SOC) to ensure you maintain the proper ongoing controls. Abacode manages the entire process and acts as your security and compliance department during the assessment, audit, examination, and/or subsequent certification.

MCCP Core™: MCCP is a holistic “stack” of cybersecurity & compliance services combined into one efficient managed program. Clients, partners, supply-chain, and regulators are increasingly demanding that organizations prove a degree of cybersecurity maturity tied to compliance with regulatory and best-practices frameworks. This is driving a growing interrelationship between cybersecurity & compliance. By combining these into a single managed service, customers realize substantial cost savings and reduced operational and organizational complexity.

Managed Detection & Response: Managed Detection and Response (MDR) delivers round-the-clock monitoring on your network, which includes looking for threats, analyzing incidents, and providing a plan of action should a cybersecurity issue come up. Almost half of all cybersecurity attacks are directed at small businesses, so a Managed Detection and Response system is crucial for small businesses. By outsourcing MDR, small businesses can get reliable, 24/7/365 security from cyber specialists at a much lower cost than that of an in-house cybersecurity team. Abacode’s 24/7/365 managed detection and response solution, Cyber Lorica™, is a product-agnostic monthly subscription service that uses industry-leading software with their Security Operations Center to provide real-time visibility of your entire threat landscape.

CyberLorica™, SOC-as-a-Service: Cyber Lorica ™, Abacode’s 24/7/365 SOC-as-a-Service utilizes a team of US-based cybersecurity professionals and industry-leading cloud-native SIEM & AI platforms (i.e. Splunk, LogRhythm, QRadar, AlienVault, and Darktrace) to provide real-time visibility of your entire threat landscape. Their unique SOC Operations model provides automated threat detection combined with live analysts that work on your behalf, around the clock. This deployment and configuration is unique to each client individual instance of the SIEM, including tiered escalations and real-time triaging of alarms specific to each client cybersecurity and compliance requirements.

Digital Forensics & Incident Response: Digital forensics refers to the process used to discover the causes of a breach after it has occurred. While the Abacode team is highly skilled in confidential discovery protocols, the objective should be to assure a well-planned precision response to any incident of compromise. The DFIR teams leverage threat intelligence data enriched with years of cyberattack and threat experience to manage the preparation, response and mitigation when an attack does occur. Abacode’s team brings years of experience in addressing vulnerabilities, hardening systems, and designing secured solutions. They employ a SWAT style to remediation that accelerates your path to regulatory compliance and better cybersecurity.

Assessment & Advisory Services: Their vulnerability assessments go far beyond mere network scans. A true vulnerability assessment must include an evaluation of gaps to best practices, customized remediation strategies, and a gap-centric report card that assesses the business impacts of the current IT environment. Abacode provides vCISO (Chief Information Security Officer) resources to assist in developing your overall security program while developing a roadmap for implementation. This allows your organization to establish budgets and manage resources to successfully deploy the model. Throughout the process the vCISO and Abacode team with work with your staff to assess opportunities for development and provide mentoring and learning opportunities wherever possible.

Michael Ferris | Chief Executive Officer

Michael Ferris has been a founder and CEO of several companies over the past 20 years. His success as a founder and CEO led him to become the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011, and a judge for the EY Awards from 2012-2016. In addition, he is a Chairman for New Mountain Capital, portfolio company – Valet Living and a Committee Member, Department of Homeland Security – Real Estate ISAC.