North Wind Business Solutions LLC
Navigating through transformational change with the innovative and competitive use of technology....
Providing a Complete Suite of Business and IT Solutions
Virtual / Fractional CIO / CISO Advisory Services
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Highly skilled and experienced IT leaders will focus on helping you solve specific business and IT problems using proven, standards based solutions that reflect best practices.
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You will be engaging experienced IT leaders who have have actually sat in the seat of a CIO and CISO. The virtual CIO / CISO can serve as a force multiplier to your existing IT management team or actually assume the seat of an interim CIO and / or CISO. You will realize business value more quickly at a lower cost than you otherwise would accomplish by displacing already engaged in-house staff to solve these problems. Whether you need to improve your IT governance, launch a Program Management Office, develop a Digital Strategy, optimize an omni-channel customer service experience, develop and roll out a new mobile field services application, or create a road map for your data security compliance program, our virtual / fractional CIO / CISO advisory services will rely on proven methods and a deep bench of partner companies to deliver cost-effective, high quality solutions.
IT Governance Assessment
IT Governance constitutes the set of strategies, financial resources, policies, and procedures that enable your enterprise to realize value out of their IT investments. We will review these assets with you to help you determine if your governance practices are appropriately identifying, prioritizing, guiding, and protecting these investments.
IT Infrastructure Assessment
Business Application Assessment
Your IT Infrastructure comprises the networks, hardware, and system software that enable your business applications and end user community to meet your growth and customer service objectives. We will help you identify any limitations and pain points in these assets, look at opportunities to take advantage of Cloud Computing, and offer cost-effective alternatives to your current infrastructure solutions..
Your internet and mobile business applications play a pivotal role in driving value on both the cost and the revenue sides of the business and in implementing and aligning your business and IT strategies. We will review your business applications and identify opportunities to advance your strategies by shifting investment from legacy systems maintenance to integrated Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions running in the Cloud that complement your existing application portfolio.
Data Security
Compliance Assessment
Digital Strategy Assessment
Advanced Technology Assessment
Data Security
Compliance Assessment
We will conduct a data classification analysis to determine if you have data security compliance requirements. We will then help develop a "Defense in Depth" Security Strategy and a high level complaince road map highlighting your compliance efforts and optimizing your remediation strategy.
We will look at your vertical industry and your competitive positioning and assess the urgency and maturity of your digital strategy. This effort involves defining the roles your customers, employees, and supply chain partners play in contributing to your growth objectives and to shareholder value and the steps you must take to optimize their respective activities.
We will consider your vertical industry, your current business and IT strategies, and your competitive positioning to determine if you can benefit from the adoption of advanced technologies. We will then assess how these technologies may affect your current IT reference architectures and help you identify quallified technology partners .
Data Security
Compliance Assessment
Data Security
Compliance Assessment