FAQ

We are security architects and take your challenges personally. CyberCompare does not enter into reselling agreements with vendors and does not offer its own products or managed services, in order to maintain our independence. This enables us to provide our clients with expertise in IT security whilst remaining impartial when prioritising measures. We assist with gap assessments, strategy, architectures, solution and vendor selection, and the implementation and optimisation of processes. We specialise in leading complex security and compliance projects, either as an interim CISO or by bolstering your security team. Many of our projects involve comparing quotes, tendering processes and make-or-buy decisions.

Our aim is always to make cybersecurity more affordable, efficient and effective. We are committed to saving our clients time, money and resources, and to producing clear decision-making documents.

As a platform, we can pool our resources, find new solutions together and work together to improve safety for everyone. We draw on the experience of around 500 clients across the private and public sectors. With our help, you can save time and make the most of your budget.

Facts about CyberCompare you should know:

~500 external customers served – private and public sectors in DACH and UK. From SMB to Fortune 500, from critical infrastructure like utilities, hospitals, airports or banks to chemicals, pharma, manufacturing, engineering, logistics, e-commerce or retail.

>700 IT-, OT- and IoT-Security projects carried out.

No reselling contracts – 100% vendor neutral advice. No commissions, no referral fees, no payments by vendors in RfPs, no incentive to recommend expensive options or long consulting projects.

All security vendors, service providers, consultancies + channel partners can be involved in RfPs.

10-30 workdays effort saved for your teams in a project, e.g., in requirements engineering and evaluation of quotes.

Best price: We ensure that you receive the best terms for a specific scope of services, qualifications, service or products. Our systematic approach and benchmarking databases help us to achieve this. 

20% typical savings in external spend achieved vs. project without our involvement.

One mission: Good cybersecurity decisions – from strategy to operational excellence.

No headache. We deliver clear recommendations and stay with you until the job is done, to reduce the risk in cybersecurity decisions. There are no perfect answers, but together is better than alone.

Two payment models: Fixed fees per project or payment based on time and effort.

Solid advisory board with battle-tested CIOs and CISOs.

A constantly increasing number of organizations of any size is becoming the targets of cyber-attacks. Thereby, the growing connectivity along the value chain acts as an accelerator and increases the potential impact of such attacks. The attacks often involve stealing and exposing data, shutting down networks and machines, and extorting ransoms (typically payable in cryptocurrencies) for the release of stolen data.
Furthermore, both regulatory requirements and complexity in cybersecurity management are continuously increasing.
We are your independent partner for cybersecurity.

Efficient: We save your team time – e.g. with standardized recommendations during specification, bid comparison, with budget estimates, with templates and playbooks. We know that preparing specifications and clarifying issues with vendors costs you and your colleagues a lot of time.

Anonymized: Inquiries to security providers can be made under the CyberCompare brand, to protect sensitive information and secure favourable terms.

Independent: 100% independent of providers and always on behalf of the customer, without reselling contracts or exclusivity. From giant American consulting groups to German specialist providers to Israeli start-ups, whether hidden champion or desired candidate: We obtain binding quotes and compare them for you. We recommend providers with whom we have had positive experiences when working with our customers. At the same time, we are open to alternatives because – unlike many resellers – we have no vendor sales targets and our remuneration is not dependent on sales-related discounts on list prices. Our goal is to represent the customer’s interests in the best possible way.

Years of expertise: Experience from projects with around 500 external customers and units of the Bosch group. Digitization and automation are driving the complexity and scope of necessary cybersecurity – whether in enterprise IT or in the industrial environment (operations technology and internet of things / networked devices). We work with you to identify your needs, support you in prioritizing them, and find the right solution for your specific problem.

Always up to date: The cybersecurity market is dynamic. Vendors need to keep cybersecurity solutions up to date and implement the latest best practices. The technical scope of hardware and software is constantly changing, more features are being developed all the time. Old vendors disappear and new vendors emerge that can better protect your business. With us you can switch providers with confidence.

We relieve you and your team of time-consuming preparation work: From specification and requirements specification templates, playbooks, best practices, budget estimates, templates, market research, vendor communication to offer comparisons and complete tender processes. Making offers comparable and using them to develop transparent bases for decision-making takes time – especially when you’re doing it for the first time. We offer the experience of similar projects, standardized processes and existing results – together and efficiently. We provide a regular exchange of information with companies in a similar situation and our independent network of experts. What are the benefits for purchasing? We support you in obtaining and evaluating comparative offers and with clear decision-making templates. Our goal is always the best price-performance ratio for your organization.

A typical task for us: There is already an offer from a provider. However, at least 3 offers as well as a structured, comprehensible comparison are required to comply with compliance requirements and to avoid maverick buying. We take care of this – together with you, we define technical and commercial criteria, obtain qualified alternative offers on your behalf and deliver a methodical offer comparison with a management summary. An iterative coordination with you is a matter of course.

If desired, we offer a neutral initial diagnosis and creation or review of a security roadmap. Together with you, we prioritize the topics according to risk, cost and effectiveness to enable a staggered implementation. Via our procurement platform, you can then tender and implement security measures at low cost, or get into a better negotiating position with existing providers via comparative offers. We work with you, insurance brokers and cyber insurance carriers to achieve affordable insurance coverage for your company.

For many of our customers, an anonymous tender via CyberCompare is a great advantage, since current vulnerabilities and deployed solutions are not widely distributed in the market. In addition, fewer confidentiality agreements (NDA) are required.

Why to work with CyberCompare?

• Greater reach: We connect providers of cybersecurity services, hardware and software with qualified leads. Through our tenders, as well as our conferences and information resources.
• Pre-screened clients: We ensure that, as a supplier, you only receive qualified enquiries where there is a realistic chance of the contract being awarded.
• We also prespecify the requirements so that an offer can be prepared rapidly.
• We offer assistance to young companies with innovative solutions or specialised consultants in variety of areas including: Product review, market compatibility, prioritising feature development and business development.

In all our offer comparisons, the customer receives not only our evaluation documents with scores and weights for each criterion but also all complete original information from the providers, including their respective contact details. This ensures that our independent assessments are methodically traceable and verifiably free from any favoritism towards providers. This transparently documented decision-making process is also important for our customers to comply with compliance guidelines.

At CyberCompare, your satisfaction is our top priority. If you are not satisfied with our service, we encourage you to contact us directly. We will promptly address your concerns and find a solution or offer a satisfaction guarantee.