Contracting IT Security Resources from Suppliers who are Experts in Security

During an organization's journey to build and maintain a modern IT Security Program, they may require the services of outside professional resources to augment their IT and IT Security Teams. Traditionally, organizations seek these resources from an IT headhunting or staffing firm that solely specializes in collecting CVs of IT experts and presents them to clients for consideration.

There is another option that we suggest offers advantages and can provide better value for money. This option is to look to a specialty security firm that delivers its own security services and can contract experts for staff augmentation. These firms can offer a more comprehensive service and, often, at the same or better prices. The following explains more:

Unlike IT headhunting or staffing firms, specialty security firms like Castellan can back up their resources with a level of corporate security expertise to compliment the capabilities of their consultants. For example, these firms implement internal practices and processes for service delivery of their consultants that align with international security frameworks such as NIST and ISO 27001. In addition, the management teams in these firms are themselves security experts who can provide technical support and guidance to their consultants and clients to enhance service delivery and value. Simply put, IT staffing firms are not structured to provide this level of support and technical expertise at the corporate level.

It makes sense that specialty firms who work every day in the security services domain and are thought leaders on this subject have deep contacts and can recruit the top professional security experts to their bench and their staff more effectively. Working closely with these experts on our own projects provides us with hands-on knowledge of who truly are the top security consultants for staff augmentation purposes. An IT staffing firm is not positioned to develop this level of relationship with the industry's top experts.

Next time your organization is considering its options to provide professional IT and Security resources to assist your organization and provide staff augmentation the services of a specialty firm may be a great option!

Contracting IT Security Resources from Suppliers who are Experts in Security

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