Cyber Security Officer (CSO)

Cyber security is now a board-level and management priority. Regulatory frameworks such as NIS2 and DORA place increasing emphasis on governance, accountability, cyber risk management, incident response, third-party risk and operational resilience.

Forvis Mazars in Malta provides outsourced and co-sourced Cyber Security Officer support for organisations that need experienced cyber security leadership without necessarily maintaining a full in-house function. Our CSO service helps management define priorities, strengthen controls, monitor cyber risk and maintain clear reporting over the organisation’s cyber security posture.

The client remains responsible for decisions and implementation, while our role is to provide practical guidance, challenge, coordination and independent advice aligned with recognised cyber security and resilience frameworks.

How we can help

Our Cyber Security Officer support can be tailored to your organisation’s size, risk profile and regulatory environment. Services may include:

• Cyber security governance and strategy — defining security objectives, policies, roles, responsibilities and management reporting aligned with business priorities.
• Cyber risk management — identifying, assessing and monitoring cyber risks across systems, data, users, suppliers and critical business processes.
• Regulatory readiness — supporting alignment with relevant requirements under NIS2, DORA, ISO/IEC 27001, GDPR and other applicable cyber security or operational resilience expectations.
• Third-party and supply chain risk — reviewing supplier security requirements, ICT dependencies, outsourced services and contractual control expectations.
• Incident readiness and response oversight — helping define incident escalation, communication, response and recovery arrangements, including regulatory reporting considerations where applicable.
• Security awareness and culture — supporting cyber hygiene, staff awareness, management training and practical security behaviours across the organisation.
• Board and management reporting — preparing concise reporting on cyber risks, control gaps, remediation progress, incidents and resilience priorities.

Why it matters

Modern cyber security is not only a technical function. NIST CSF 2.0 organises cyber risk management around Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover, while ISO/IEC 27001 promotes a holistic approach covering people, policies and technology.

For regulated and risk-sensitive organisations, cyber security leadership helps connect technical controls with business resilience, management accountability, supplier oversight and incident preparedness.

Why Forvis Mazars

Our cyber security specialists combine governance, risk, compliance, technology assurance and regulatory experience to provide practical support that is proportionate to your organisation’s needs. We help clients move from fragmented cyber activities to a structured, risk-based and management-led security programme.

Whether you need periodic advisory support, interim cyber security leadership, board reporting or help preparing for regulatory expectations, our CSO service can be scaled to fit your business.

Need cyber security leadership support?

Speak to Forvis Mazars in Malta about outsourced or co-sourced Cyber Security Officer support tailored to your organisation’s risk profile, regulatory obligations and resilience objectives.