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SEQUOYAH LLC
a Black Box Group Company
Advice
The gap between business and technology often exists due to the absence of an outcome-focused, global enterprise strategy. Our team of experienced, multi-disciplined consultants works to achieve greater alignment with business goals, deliver innovative solutions, and effectively manage and improve operations. We maximize business value, realize efficiencies, and manage risks. Everything we do is anchored in risk and profitability management.
IT Strategy
In today’s digital world, it’s essential to have a focused IT strategy that when executed, enables the organization to achieve its strategic and tactical business imperatives. At Sequoyah, we take a holistic approach to helping our clients define the optimal IT strategy and roadmap for organization. Our approach is grounded in both an understanding of strategic business priorities, as well as the existing capabilities and strengths of your IT organization. We work collaboratively with you to define the “best path forward” across business intelligence and analytical capabilities, operational and back-office applications, data management, infrastructure management, business continuity, security and risk management, and IT organizational effectiveness. Our goal is to establish a roadmap that drives effective business enablement, increased focus on agility and innovation, optimization of on-going technology costs, and improved risk management for our clients.
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Capabilities
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Strategic planning framework and methodology
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Comprehensive IT strategy and planning offering
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Credentials
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Certified professionals with technical and functional IT leadership experience working at Fortune 100 companies.
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Deep functional and technical expertise across IT disciplines
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Average experience is 10+ years
BENEFITS OF USING A V-CISO SERVICES BENEFITS
Mitigating the threat of cyber-attack is a strategic priority. Sequoyah has implemented a proactive approach leaning on the knowledge we gain from hundreds of clients we can respond and manage your risk with our cybersecurity strategy, operational consulting, and audit.
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Incident response SLA’s
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Helps improve security posture
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Mitigates risk & prevents security breaches
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Threat hunting & vulnerability analysis
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Stronger IT Compliance
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SIEM deployment, management, and tuning
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Specialized security resources
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24×7 monitoring and alerting
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Higher rate of detection
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Real-time network traffic visibility
VIRTUAL CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER (V-CIO)
Use of Sequoyah Virtual CIO (v-CIO) as a part of our strategic technology planning service allows you to take control of your system and physical assets, management of automated operations and security, industrial operations, and other security and protection needs. Industrial cybersecurity solutions, especially new-age industries' needs, and requirements.
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Information Security Program Review
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Risk Assessment Methodology Implementation
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Application Penetration Test
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Mobile Application Penetration Test
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Device/System Configuration Review
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Managed Compliance
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Managed SOC Services
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Security Awareness Training
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Comprehensive Penetration Assessment
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Comprehensive Vulnerability Assessment
V-CIO COMPLIANCE SERVICES METHODS:
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ISO/IEC 27005:2011 provides guidance in establishing a risk management program and describes how to implement each phase of risk management (identification, assessment, treatment, monitoring, and review)
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NIST Special Publication 800-39, Managing Information Security Risk: Organization, Mission and Information System View, describes the fundamentals and the process of completing risk assessments
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NIST Special Publication 800-30 Revision 1 is a Guide For Conducting Risk Assessments
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ISO/IEC 27002:2013 is an international standard that assists organizations with evaluating information security controls and performing risk treatment activities
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NIST Special Publication 800-37 Revision 1, Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework, offers guidance in evaluating controls and applying risk treatment methods
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The Risk Management Framework is closely aligned with the guidance provided in the NIST publications cited above
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ISO/IEC 27005:2011, used in combination with the above framework, provide a complementary and comprehensive approach to identifying, assessing, and treating risks
v-CIO/CSO
A fundamental shift in the role of the CIO & CSO, largely driven by increased business complexity, broader and faster technology adoption, and rising influence within business circles, has led to a shift in the role of IT from one focused on business support and solution delivery to one driving top-line growth through innovative solutions and operating models.
Sequoyah's Advisory Services offerings will help the CIO & CSO and their organization to achieve new business goals for profitability, Security, to navigate the many technology options available in the marketplace, and to identify untapped opportunities across IT. Our senior principal consultants can serve in various capacities depending on the specific needs of the client.​
Whether defined as a key component of an overall IT strategy, or developed specifically to identify opportunities to leverage and derive value from cloud solutions, we work closely with our clients to evaluate. We consider all aspects of your IT portfolio – including applications and infrastructure – and provide a comprehensive cloud transformation strategy that best aligns with and supports your business and technology objectives. We work with you to understand your entire technology portfolio as well as the specific business capabilities you are supporting, and work with you to establish a set of guiding principles that are right for your organization (e.g. are you ready for a “SaaS first” approach? Or should we focus primarily on moving workloads to Cloud?). Based on the approach we define together, we work with you to define the strategy for components of your portfolio over the short, medium, and long term.
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Capabilities
Portfolio analysis and assessment (IT to business capability mapping)
Application rationalization
Infrastructure and Organizational effectiveness
Cloud strategy
Cloud vendor evaluation / selection
Organizational effectiveness / Change readiness assessments
Migration Planning and Support
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Credentials
Highly experienced team (10+ years average experience with Cloud strategy and migration)
Expertise across wide range of cloud applications and platforms
Embedded organizational effectiveness and change readiness capability
Business Process Optimization
Effective and efficient financial management in today’s fast-paced and competitive world is paramount to an organization’s ability to achieve the business results they target. Sequoyah understands that finance organizations must deliver the insights and analysis needed to drive effective decision making, operate in an efficient and cost-effective manner, and manage / mitigate financial risk across the company. We help our clients evaluate current capabilities, identify opportunities to improve and deliver increased value to the business, and define, plan, and execute initiatives to realize benefits and value. We focus holistically on the finance function, including finance operating model, financial processes, organizational effectiveness, and enabling technologies. Our multi-disciplined teams has worked with many finance organizations in their transformational journey, both as external advisors and as senior leaders and change agents within high-performing finance organizations.
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Capabilities
Finance operating model / shared services strategy
Financial process improvement
Finance organizational effectiveness assessment
Finance technology analysis / recommendations
Insights / analytics strategy
Transformational initiative planning and execution
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Industry Credentials
Experienced team who have “been in the chair” as Finance leaders across FP&A, controllership, and reporting / compliance.
Comprehensive methodology for finance transformation
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is the holistic approach to understanding what critical business functions an entity performs, and what impacts to revenue, operations, reputation, statutory, or regulatory entities the loss of those functions can present. Understanding those risks and impacts enables proactive mitigation strategies to be implemented. Instead of the common “once-and-done” approach, our team implements a culture of resiliency.
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Capabilities
Risk Register
Business Impact Analysis
Business Continuity Plans
Disaster Recovery Plans
Incident Response Capabilities
Crisis Management Plans
Program Cycles
Exercise and Training
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Credentials
BCP 2 of the 600 Masters in BCP Certified Professionals
Average experience 10+ years
Experience working at Fortune 100 companies
Utilization of ISO 22301, 22317 or NIST 800-34 standards to establish program
Data Strategy & Architecture
Not sure where to start when you begin to review your data ecosystem? Sequoyah provides Data Transformation Strategy support to include transformation roadmaps and executive communication. We assist in evaluating partners and technologies and are a trusted advisor in reviewing complicated or ‘fluffy’ data implementation strategies and plans.
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Capabilities
Data Maturity Assessments – We can help you get a handle on where you are
Data Roadmaps – Multi-year roadmaps documenting your data strategy and your implementation plans for getting where you want to be.
Data Architecture – We’ll help you determine what makes sense for your environment
Vendor / Proposal Analysis – We’ll review your proposals and give you an unbiased assessment of the costs and the strengths and weaknesses.
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Industry Credentials
Certified professionals with technical and functional experience working at Fortune 100 companies.
Average experience is 15+ years
Think We’re A Good Fit?
Aireagoir’s experienced team of technical consultants has worked with organizations at the highest levels of Automotive, Manufacturing, Finance, Insurance, and more. Our clients trust us to guide them in harnessing the power of today’s most powerful analytics and database platforms to align with their complex business objectives.
Technical Expertise
Our business advisory team has the breadth of experience your organization needs to tackle any Enterprise Performance Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Analytics, or ongoing technology support & maintenance initiative. The proof is in our past, as some of the world’s largest and most respected organizations have trusted us to guide them in harnessing the power of today’s most powerful technology platforms. This trust originates not from our fancy sales pitches or endless promises, but from our extensive experience in bespoke consulting and advisory services, and in managing all elements of these technology platforms. From Implementations to Upgrades, End User Experience Improvements to Performance Optimization & Tuning, and Patching to Support & Disaster Recovery, we have seen and done it all.
We Are Excited To Work With You
Let’s get together and talk through your business. We are looking forward to meeting you and finding a new way to visualize growth.
