A part-time IT Director.
One day a week is enough.
Your IT is becoming strategic, but hiring a full-time CIO isn't justified. DMC DEFENSE puts a senior expert at your disposal, one day a week, to steer your IT, secure your NIS2 compliance and take back control of your costs.
Less mental load, more decisions
Compare 4 IT quotes you only half understand
Check if your vendor is really telling you the truth
Read dozens of pages about NIS2 regulation
Renegotiate your software subscriptions every year
Justify in meetings why the IT budget has blown up again
Your external CIO takes care of it for you.
What your external CIO takes care of
A single senior point of contact who acts as your CIO — without the cost of a full-time hire.
IT strategy & roadmap
Align your information system with your business goals over 12 to 36 months.
Governance & NIS2 compliance
Compliance, cyber risk steering, relationship with auditors and regulators.
Budget steering
License cost optimization, vendor contracts, CAPEX / OPEX trade-offs.
Project leadership
Microsoft 365 / Azure migrations, SaaS rollouts, IT redesign — framing, steering, acceptance.
IT team management
Managing your internal engineers, hiring, upskilling.
Reporting & steering committee
Monthly dashboard, quarterly committee, presentation to ExCom / board.
The right relay between your strategy and the field
The external CIO bridges your business goals and your technical teams. He translates, arbitrates, steers.
You, executive
Your goals, your vision, your budget
DMC DEFENSE — your external CIO
Translates, arbitrates, decides, steers
Your IT teams & vendors
Execute, deliver, maintain
A fit for growing companies
When the IT system becomes strategic but a full-time CIO is not yet justified.
SMEs & mid-caps (20 to 250)
You need a clear IT vision but not a €120k/year hire.
Companies impacted by NIS2
Cyber governance obligations, security policy, incident notification.
High-growth scale-ups
Structure the IS before the next round, a new country or a SOC 2 / ISO 27001 audit.
External CIO: the best of three options
Are you hesitating between keeping your current vendor, hiring a CIO or calling a consulting firm? Here's the honest comparison.
| Criterion | IT vendor | In-house CIO | Consulting firm | DMC DEFENSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Role | Executes, and sells you services | Full-time employee | One-shot consultant | Regular strategic partner |
| Vision | Limited to the technical side | Complete but costly | Scoped to a specific project | Centered on your growth |
| Cost | Variable, not transparent | ~€150k/year all-in | €1,200 to €2,000/day | Controlled monthly package |
| Commitment | Per service | Long-term contract | Limited mission | Renewable quarter |
| Neutrality | ❌ Sells its own tools | ✅ Neutral | ⚠️ Often brand-partnered | ✅ 100% neutral, zero resale |
| NIS2 compliance | Rarely handled | Depends on profile | Optional, billed separately | Included in the mission |
- IT vendor
- Executes, and sells you services
- In-house CIO
- Full-time employee
- Consulting firm
- One-shot consultant
- DMC DEFENSE
- Regular strategic partner
- IT vendor
- Limited to the technical side
- In-house CIO
- Complete but costly
- Consulting firm
- Scoped to a specific project
- DMC DEFENSE
- Centered on your growth
- IT vendor
- Variable, not transparent
- In-house CIO
- ~€150k/year all-in
- Consulting firm
- €1,200 to €2,000/day
- DMC DEFENSE
- Controlled monthly package
- IT vendor
- Per service
- In-house CIO
- Long-term contract
- Consulting firm
- Limited mission
- DMC DEFENSE
- Renewable quarter
- IT vendor
- ❌ Sells its own tools
- In-house CIO
- ✅ Neutral
- Consulting firm
- ⚠️ Often brand-partnered
- DMC DEFENSE
- ✅ 100% neutral, zero resale
- IT vendor
- Rarely handled
- In-house CIO
- Depends on profile
- Consulting firm
- Optional, billed separately
- DMC DEFENSE
- Included in the mission
A proven 4-step method
From initial audit to continuous steering: a clear, measurable framework with no surprises.
Flash Audit & Diagnosis
Review of the existing setup, risk mapping, tools inventory and assessment of technical debt.
Roadmap
Prioritization of initiatives, target budget definition and milestones over 12 to 36 months.
Operational steering
Weekly CIO presence, vendor management, technical trade-offs and project follow-up.
Continuous improvement
Board reporting, tech watch, budget adjustments and evolution of the IS strategy.
Your first 90 days with us
No long weeks without news. Every month, a concrete deliverable lands on your desk.
Diagnosis and first savings
Full audit of your IT, securing of emergencies, identification of costs to cut right away.
Ce que vous recevez : A clear audit report and 5 quantified savings to activate immediately.
Strategic framing
Presentation of your IT roadmap and target budget directly to your executive committee.
Ce que vous recevez : A 12-month action plan and a validated budget.
Putting it in motion
Launch of the first initiatives, DMC Cockpit opening, first steering committee held with you.
Ce que vous recevez : Your dashboard live and the minutes of the first committee.
Defense mindset at the service of your SMB
Our name isn't a coincidence. We apply to your IT the methods of sectors where mistakes are not allowed: rigorous procedures, risk anticipation, crisis management and thorough documentation of every decision.
Anticipation
We identify threats before they become incidents.
Rigor
Every decision is traced and defensible in an audit.
Resilience
We prepare your business for the worst scenarios so it never stops.
Direct consequence: your NIS2 compliance isn't a separate topic. It flows naturally from the way we work.
NIS2 isn’t tomorrow anymore.
Sanctions go up to €10 million or 2% of global revenue. 8,000 French companies are concerned.
You have a few quarters left, not several years.
What you receive, in black and white
Our work produces concrete, usable and defensible documents. No empty promises.
Map of your IT
to know exactly what you have
Security policy
your company’s clear rules
Cyber risk register
your vulnerabilities, prioritized
1-to-3-year IT roadmap
your next initiatives, planned
Annual budget plan
how much you will spend, and why
Monthly dashboard
the state of your IT at a glance
NIS2 compliance folder
ready for an audit
Business continuity plan
to restart quickly in a crisis
DMC Cockpit, your real-time IT dashboard
A CIO present one day a week, but active steering 7 days a week. That's what DMC Cockpit enables: a single dashboard, available whenever you want, giving the same information to you, your teams and us.
Cyber health
your vulnerabilities, your NIS2 compliance, your incidents
IT budget
your actual spend vs forecast, alerts on drift
Ongoing projects
progress of each initiative, risks, deadlines
Your questions, our answers
Two ways to start
Pick the pace that fits you.