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Proven Results in Cybersecurity Recruitment

MVPeople Group delivers measurable results for organisations across all sectors. From building complete security teams to finding scarce C-level profiles — discover how we make the difference.

200+

Cybersecurity professionals placed

48 hrs

Average time to first shortlist

97%

Client satisfaction

40+

Organisations served

Our Success Stories

Every assignment is unique. Below you can read how we found the right cybersecurity professionals for a wide range of organisations.

Financial Services
6 weeks8 FTE

NIS2-ready in 6 months: complete security team for Tier-1 bank

Tier-1 bank with 17,000 employees, operating across 8 European countries. Regulated by DNB and ECB, with annual revenue exceeding 2 billion euros. The...

Results

  • All 8 positions filled within 6 weeks (vs. 4 months internally without result)
  • NIS2 readiness assessment score from 34% to 91% in 5 months
  • Security maturity increased from NIST CSF level 2 to level 4

MVPeople understood exactly which profiles we needed. Where our own team searched for months without result, MVPeople presented eight qualified candidates within two weeks. The NIS2 knowledge they brought was unmatched.

Head of Information Security
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Energy & Utilities
7 weeks1 CISO (executive search)

CISO search for critical infrastructure: OT expertise as dealbreaker

International energy company with 8,500 employees and operations in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Manages 3 power plants, 12,000 km of gas pip...

Results

  • CISO appointed within 7 weeks (after 5 months without result via other firms)
  • Security strategy presented to the Board of Directors within 90 days
  • OT security roadmap delivered with 3-year investment plan

MVPeople's sector expertise made the difference. They understood that our CISO needs to know more than just ISO 27001 — they also need to know what happens when a PLC controller fails in a power plant. You won't find that combination at a generalist firm.

CHRO
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Government
4 months12 FTE

SOC built from scratch: 12 FTE team for government organisation

Large executive agency of the Dutch central government with 6,000 employees and 4 million citizens as end users. Processes BSN (citizen service number...

Results

  • Complete SOC team of 12 FTE operational within 4 months
  • 24/7 monitoring achieved (3 shifts) with in-house staff
  • Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) decreased from 72 hours (MSSP) to 8 hours (in-house SOC)

From SOC manager to tier-1 analysts, MVPeople delivered the complete spectrum. But the MVPrentice concept was the game-changer: we now have three internally trained analysts who perfectly fit our organisational culture and are growing into senior roles.

Director ICT
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Healthcare
5 weeks3 specialists

Privacy & DPO team strengthened for top-10 hospital

Academic hospital in the Dutch top-10 with 11,000 employees, 800 beds and 450,000 patient contacts per year. Processes medical records, genetic data a...

Results

  • DPO and 2 privacy professionals placed within 5 weeks
  • DPIA backlog reduced from 85 to 12 in 4 months
  • Processing register fully revised and updated (340 processing activities)

In healthcare, you need privacy specialists who understand both GDPR and healthcare legislation, and who know how an EHR system works. MVPeople found three professionals who met all these criteria. I didn't think that was possible.

Chief Privacy Officer
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Technology
9 months6 FTE + project team

From 0 to ISO 27001: security transformation at fast-growing scale-up

SaaS scale-up with 280 employees and a platform processing financial data for 1,200 business clients in the Benelux. Received Series B funding of 35 m...

Results

  • ISO 27001 certification achieved within 9 months (on deadline)
  • Security team built from 0 to 6 FTE (CISO + 5 engineers)
  • Enterprise deal of 2.2 million euros per year signed within 2 weeks of certification

MVPeople was not just our recruiter, but our trusted advisor. The interim CISO they delivered had completed exactly this journey three times before at similar scale-ups. That experience was the difference between certification on time or a six-month delay.

CTO
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Retail & E-commerce
Ongoing4 partner organisations, 18 specialists

Structural offensive security capability for international retailer

International retail organisation with 22,000 employees, 450 stores across 6 countries and an e-commerce platform processing 15 million transactions p...

Results

  • From 12 separate tenders to 1 ongoing contract with 4 validated partners
  • Consistent reporting quality: CVSS scores standardised, uniform format
  • Procurement overhead reduced by 85% (from 12 to 1 tender per year)

Thanks to MVPartners, we always have access to the right offensive security expertise, without having to recruit or tender ourselves. Our CVSS remediation rate has increased from 64% to 91% — that says everything about the quality improvement.

CISO
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What Our Clients Say

The best reference is a satisfied client. Read what our clients say about working with MVPeople Group.

The speed and quality with which MVPeople presented candidates exceeded our expectations. Within a week, we had 3 strong profiles.

Security Director

Financial services firm

What sets MVPeople apart is their deep understanding of cybersecurity. They ask the right questions and understand the nuances of our field.

CISO

Telecom company

We have been working with MVPeople for over 2 years. The consistency in quality and the personal approach makes the difference.

HR Director

Government agency

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