// services / virtual ciso
Senior security leadership, without the full-time hire.
A virtual CISO gives you an experienced security leader on demand: someone to set the strategy, decide what to fix first, and own the hard calls, at a fraction of a full-time salary. We baseline your risk, build the roadmap, drive fixes with your team, and get you ready for the board, customers and auditors.
// what a vciso does
A CISO’s judgement, sized to your stage.
A virtual CISO, or fractional CISO, is a senior security leader who works with you part-time. They set your security strategy, prioritise risk, choose tools and vendors, steer compliance, and represent security to your board and customers. The same decisions a full-time CISO makes, without the full-time cost or the long hire.
Fractional, not junior
You get a seasoned operator making the calls, not a checklist run by someone learning on your systems.
Yours, not outsourced away
We work as part of your team and hand over context, so security capability stays in the business.
// what your vciso owns
The decisions a security leader is supposed to make.
Security strategy & roadmap
A prioritised plan tied to your business goals and budget, not a generic checklist.
Risk assessment & prioritisation
A clear view of what could actually hurt you, ranked by real impact, not raw severity.
Board & customer-ready reporting
Security explained in plain terms for leadership, prospects and due diligence.
Vendor & tool decisions
Which tools you actually need, tuned to your stack and spend, with nothing bought on reflex.
Compliance direction
SOC 2, ISO 27001 and India’s DPDP steered from the top, so certifications never stall a deal.
Escalation on call
A senior contact when something breaks and you need a decision made fast.
// how we plug in
Embedded in weeks, not quarters.
01
Baseline your risk
We assess where you are: systems, gaps and the exposure that matters most.
02
Build the roadmap
A prioritised plan tied to your goals and budget, with clear owners and timelines.
03
Drive the fixes
We work with your team to close what matters, in the right order.
04
Report up
Board-, customer- and auditor-ready updates that make security legible.
05
Stay on call
A senior leader you can reach when a decision cannot wait.
// proof
What senior leadership looked like in practice.
For a venture-backed technology company, we set the security direction and ran the full loop across their cloud and applications, then stayed on through remediation. Client name withheld and specifics anonymised at their request.
900+
AWS findings surfaced and triaged
580+
GCP findings surfaced and triaged
100%
endpoints brought under EDR
An active intrusion was also detected and contained during the engagement.
// vciso vs a full-time hire
When a fractional CISO makes more sense.
A full-time CISO is a senior hire that can take months to find and a large salary to keep. A virtual CISO gives you the same seniority and judgement from day one, scaled to the hours you actually need, so you get leadership now and keep budget for the fixes it uncovers.
A virtual CISO fits when
You need senior direction now, your security needs are real but not yet full-time, and budget should go to fixing risk as much as leading it.
A full-time CISO fits when
Security is a daily, org-wide function at scale, with a team to run and enough surface to keep a senior leader busy every day.
// frequently asked
vCISO questions, answered straight.
What does a virtual CISO actually do?
A vCISO sets your security strategy, prioritises risk, chooses tools and vendors, steers compliance, and reports security to your board and customers. In short, the decisions a full-time CISO would make, on a part-time basis.
How much does a vCISO cost?
vCISO or a full-time CISO, which do we need?
Do early-stage startups really need a CISO?
How many hours a month is a vCISO?
Can the vCISO talk to our board and customers?
// start here
Get security leadership from day one.
Book a free security review and we’ll show you where a vCISO would start, and what it would change first. No obligation.