vCISO Services

Virtual CISO, built for small teams

Fractional security leadership for organizations that need clarity, prioritization, and defensible decisions without hiring a full-time CISO.

What you get

  • Program ownership with a clear operating model: decisions, prioritization, and accountability.
  • Risk visibility through leadership-ready reporting grounded in evidence and business impact.
  • Executable roadmap aligned to budget, staffing, and real constraints.
  • Vendor and tool rationalization to reduce waste and clarify what is delivering value.
  • Incident readiness through escalation paths, tabletop exercises, and minimum viable response planning.

Engagement model

Engagements are structured and outcome-driven, not open-ended consulting.

  • Working cadence: weekly or monthly working sessions with key stakeholders.
  • Asynchronous support: quick decisions, policy review, and security questionnaire support.
  • Monthly executive brief: risk, progress, and decisions required.
  • Quarterly roadmap refresh: adjusts for business changes, threat changes, and constraints.

30-day onboarding

  • Week 1: Discovery, goals, constraints, and current-state inventory.
  • Week 2: Risk register draft and control posture snapshot.
  • Week 3: Prioritized roadmap and operating cadence established.
  • Week 4: Executive brief delivered and steady-state execution begins.

Engagement tiers

Foundation vCISO

Best for organizations that need structure and leadership cadence.

  • Monthly executive brief (risk and progress)
  • Risk register and top-priority roadmap
  • Minimum viable policy and standards baseline
  • One working session per month

Core vCISO

Best for organizations actively executing a security roadmap.

  • Everything in Foundation
  • Weekly working session
  • Roadmap management and decision support
  • Vendor review and tool rationalization guidance
  • Incident readiness: escalation model, tabletop planning, and minimum viable IR runbook

Core Plus vCISO

Best for regulated or audit-driven organizations that need stronger evidence and governance.

  • Everything in Core
  • Control evidence strategy and audit readiness support
  • Third-party risk program starter kit (intake, scoring, minimum due diligence)
  • Security metrics design: what to measure, how to report it, and what decisions it supports

Pricing depends on scope and complexity. If the fit is wrong, I will say so.

Who this is for

  • Organizations with IT leadership but no dedicated security leadership
  • Teams under audit, insurance scrutiny, or customer questionnaire pressure
  • Organizations that need governance and prioritization, not more tools

Who this is not for

  • Organizations seeking 24/7 SOC coverage or managed detection services
  • Checkbox compliance without risk ownership
  • Teams requiring a full-time, on-site CISO

Common outcomes after 90 days

  • Clear top risks with owners and an executable roadmap
  • Leadership reporting that supports prioritization instead of panic
  • Policies and standards that are used, not shelfware
  • Incident response readiness that is executable under pressure

Start with a fit check

Describe your environment and constraints. I will respond with a recommended engagement level and a proposed first 30-day plan.