ODCUS Case Study
fortControl supports ODCUS as a central tool for their information and cybersecurity.
Fragmented processes, lost priorities
Maintaining a comprehensive overview in cyber security management is difficult. Audits, their results and the measures derived from them are often managed in a decentralised manner, for example in Excel spreadsheets or individual reports. This can result in priorities being lost, progress not being made, and the information needed to make informed management decisions being lacking.
Tailored security, streamlined processes
fortControl supports ODCUS as a central tool because it offers transparency and clarity, as well as the ability to actively control measures to improve information security. Thanks to its flexible application options, fortControl can be tailored to the specific requirements of organisations, offering more than just a classic ISMS tool.
„fortControl enables us to translate IT language into business terms, ensuring clear communication with all stakeholders.”
Co-CEO & Consultant ODCUS
Interview with Yannick Hirt, Co-CEO & Consultant ODCUS, about working with fortControl
What challenges did you face internally, but also as a security service provider, before you started using fortControl?
In the management of IT departments, it is often difficult to maintain a holistic overview. This starts with carrying out and documenting audits and their results, deriving initiatives from them, and tracking the current status of implementing measures. Very often, this is managed in a decentralized way, which quickly leads to priorities being overturned and no progress being made. In addition, managers often lack the right information to make well-considered decisions.
How does fortControl specifically help you offer your services such as security assessments, gap analyses, or “CISO as a Service” in a more digitalized and professional manner?
fortControl supports us as a central tool for our consulting services because it provides transparency, clarity, and the ability to actively manage measures for improving organizations’ security levels and optimizing their IT organization. Furthermore, the flexible application options of fortControl allow it to be tailored to highly individualized organizational needs, going beyond the scope of a classic ISMS tool.
How has fortControl changed your interaction with customers?
fortControl enables us to translate the language of IT into a business-oriented language and thereby maintain understandable and clear communication with all stakeholders. In addition, fortControl supports continuous monitoring of all IT aspects, which ultimately contributes to successful progress in ongoing development.
What advantages does fortControl bring you in comparison to the market? How can you differentiate yourself as a service provider from competitors?
fortControl supports our commitment to high-quality consulting services, as using the platform allows us to evaluate our customers’ problems and challenges from different perspectives and, thanks to the transparency it provides, deliver better conclusions, results, and recommendations.
What efficiency gains do you achieve with fortControl?
By using fortControl, we have less manual work, lose no time searching for and gathering information within organizations, and can therefore deliver more value to our customers. As a result, the cost/benefit ratio for our customers increases significantly.
What additional services or business models would you like to map and develop in the future with fortControl?
We see great potential in using fortControl as a platform for general, holistic IT management, thereby offering our customers better decision-making opportunities. Especially regarding the optimization of IT organizations and infrastructures, we see the possibility of identifying savings in costs, time, and resources and thus enabling better decisions.