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vCISO & Compliance Advisory
Senior security leadership for organizations that need the judgment of a CISO without the cost of a full-time hire. Policy, risk, incident response readiness, and the boardroom conversations that come with the role.
What it covers
The work a security leader actually does
A full-time CISO is the right call for some organizations. For many small and mid-sized ones, fractional leadership is the right shape: the judgment, the policies, the boardroom presence, and the audit support, sized to your actual risk and revenue.
Policy authoring and lifecycle
The information security policies your compliance regime requires (access control, incident response, business continuity, acceptable use), written for your organization, reviewed on a defined cadence, and signed off by leadership.
Risk assessment and management
Annual risk assessment to your regulatory baseline (NIST SP 800-171, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, or your industry equivalent), risk register management, and treatment plan execution.
Vendor and third-party risk
Vendor security review process, contract security clause review, and the third-party risk posture that auditors increasingly want documented.
Incident response readiness
Incident response plan authoring, tabletop exercises, communication templates, and the playbooks your team will actually use when something goes wrong.
Board and leadership reporting
Translation of security posture into the language leadership and audit committees actually need. Quarterly briefings, dashboards, and the strategic context behind the numbers.
Audit and assessment support
A senior security leader sitting on your side of the table during external audits, SOC 2 reviews, customer security questionnaires, and CMMC assessments.
How a vCISO engagement runs
1. Discovery and scoping
A working call about your compliance regime, your board cadence, your current security maturity, and the gaps you are trying to close. We agree on the charter and the deliverables.
2. Charter and cadence
Written charter covering scope, deliverables, meeting cadence, and escalation paths. Standing time on your calendar for the recurring work.
3. Foundational work
The first 90 days focus on the foundational artifacts: a current-state assessment, the priority policy set, and the risk register. By month four you have the documentation your auditors expect.
4. Steady-state advisory
Ongoing monthly engagement covering policy reviews, risk register updates, board reporting, vendor risk decisions, and the day-to-day questions a security leader fields.
Senior leadership in the room when it counts
Need a security leader without the headcount?
Let's talk about whether a fractional CISO is the right shape for your organization.