Leadership teams needing security direction without a full time CISO
Govern
vCISO and Fractional CISO Services
Turn disconnected security tasks into an actively managed program with priorities, ownership, policy, and executive visibility.
Available as ongoing security leadership and managed program support.
01Establish clear governance and accountability
02Prioritize investment against business risk
03Maintain progress through a recurring operating cadence
04Respond confidently to customers, auditors, and leadership
What is included
vCISO deliverables and managed security program support
Final scope is tailored to your environment, objectives, and constraints. A typical engagement can include:
- Security program maturity review
- Recurring managed security program support
- Risk register and remediation tracking
- Monthly or quarterly control reviews
- Security policy creation or refresh
- AI usage and acceptable use policies
- Access control and password policies
- Incident response and BCDR policies
- Backup and patch management policies
- Patch remediation timeframes, ownership, exception governance, and reporting
- Vendor and security questionnaire support
- SOC 2, NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, CMMC, TX RAMP, NYDFS 500, or FTC Safeguards mapping
- Executive briefings and 12-month roadmap
A strong fit for
Ideal company stage for fractional CISO services
Organizations responding to enterprise customer diligence
Businesses preparing for audit, acquisition, or rapid growth
Engagement model
vCISO engagement cadence and operating model
Scope, communication, and handoff are designed to work with enterprise stakeholders without creating unnecessary process.
Understand
Review business priorities, obligations, risk, current controls, and stakeholder expectations.
Prioritize
Translate findings into decisions, owners, sequencing, and a right sized operating roadmap.
Guide
Support leadership and delivery teams with recurring governance, review, and course correction.
Service details
vCISO versus an MSP
An MSP operates technology and support services. A vCISO provides independent security leadership, risk prioritization, governance, executive communication, and accountability while coordinating with the MSP, internal IT, and other specialists.
vCISO versus a full-time CISO
A fractional CISO provides experienced leadership at a scope and cadence matched to the business. It is often the practical choice when the organization needs strategic ownership but does not yet require or cannot justify a full-time executive role.
vCISO deliverables
Typical deliverables include a risk register, security roadmap, policy set, governance calendar, control status reporting, customer diligence support, executive briefings, and clear ownership for remediation work.
vCISO engagement cadence
Engagements commonly use weekly working sessions during program development, monthly operating reviews, quarterly executive updates, and additional support around audits, customer requests, incidents, or major business changes.
Ideal company stage
Fractional CISO support fits growing companies facing enterprise customer reviews, new regulatory obligations, acquisition activity, cyber insurance requirements, or increasing security complexity before a full internal security leadership team is needed.
vCISO pricing approach
Pricing is based on the program scope, operating cadence, stakeholder load, compliance obligations, and hands-on delivery required. Work can begin as a fixed-scope foundation project and continue through a predictable monthly advisory engagement.
Questions
vCISO service and pricing FAQs
The scoping call covers environment specific questions, dependencies, timing, and deliverables.
Is this only for companies without security leadership?
No. vCISO support can establish the program, add specialist capacity, or help an existing leader move a defined initiative forward.
Can you support customer security questionnaires?
Yes. We help answer accurately, identify the evidence behind each response, and close gaps rather than overstate controls.
What can ongoing managed security support include?
Support can include recurring risk and control reviews, roadmap management, policy maintenance, executive reporting, customer diligence, remediation tracking, and coordination with IT and engineering.
Managed Security & vCISO
Turn this priority into a controlled plan.
Use the scoping call to confirm the objective, environment, stakeholders, and right sized engagement before making a commitment.