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vCISO Advisory
Security leadership that speaks business and packets.

vCISO Advisory gives you access to senior security leadership without the full-time headcount. We help you define direction, make tradeoffs, and explain security to executives, boards, and customers—grounded in real technical depth across cloud, identity, and modern threats.

Strategy, roadmap & governance NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC aware Board & customer ready narratives

Especially useful for growing organizations where security is material to the business, but a full-time CISO is either out of reach or not yet the right move.

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Why this service exists

What vCISO Advisory actually solves

Many organizations bounce between audits, incidents, and customer requests without a single, coherent view of where security is going. vCISO Advisory connects the dots between projects, controls, threats, and business priorities.

Direction

Fragmented initiatives & no narrative

Security work often starts as tickets and tools. We help tie them back to a clear strategy and roadmap so stakeholders can see the bigger picture.

  • Current-state posture and capability review
  • Security strategy aligned to business objectives
  • Yearly roadmap with clear phases and priorities
Translation

Gap between technical teams & leadership

Engineers speak in findings and controls. Boards speak in risk and outcomes. We bridge the language and expectations.

  • Board and executive-ready material & briefings
  • Risk framing tied to revenue, operations, and trust
  • Support for customer questionnaires and due diligence
Alignment

Frameworks without real-world mapping

NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC, and sector regulations all show up at once. We make them manageable and connected to the same core program.

  • Framework crosswalks and prioritization
  • Mapping between requirements and existing controls
  • Roadmap that serves both security and compliance
Approach

How vCISO Advisory works

We operate as an extension of your leadership team: recurring touchpoints, structured planning, and on-call support for the decisions that matter most.

Phase 1

Onboarding & current-state view

We build enough understanding of your environment, team, and obligations to give opinionated advice quickly and safely.

  • Interviews with security, IT, and key business owners
  • Review of existing docs, assessments, and incidents
  • Initial posture summary & quick-win recommendations
Phase 2

Roadmap & governance design

We define where you’re going and how decisions will be made along the way.

  • 12–24 month security roadmap and milestones
  • Governance structure: roles, committees, cadences
  • Metrics and signals that show progress without overload
Phase 3

Ongoing advisory & representation

We stay engaged to support execution, unblock decisions, and represent security in key conversations.

  • Recurring check-ins with security & IT leads
  • Participation in leadership / board / customer meetings
  • Ad hoc guidance on incidents, deals, and roadmap changes
Deliverables

Outputs that support strategy & execution

vCISO work is part ongoing conversation, part durable artifacts you can reuse across audits, customer conversations, and leadership changes.

Security strategy & posture summary

A living view of where you are, where you’re going, and how that aligns with business and regulatory expectations.

Roadmap & investment view

A pragmatic roadmap, with enough detail to guide budget, hiring, and vendor decisions over time.

Governance & operating model

Clarity on who owns what, how decisions get made, and how the program is reviewed and adjusted.

Board & stakeholder material

Slides, narratives, and briefing documents tailored to boards, executives, and customers, rooted in your actual risk and posture.

Fit

Who vCISO Advisory is for

Best suited for organizations where security has board or customer visibility, but the internal leadership bench is still growing or stretched thin.

High-growth companies

Teams scaling fast, adding SaaS and cloud services, or entering new markets where security expectations increase quickly.

Owner-led & mid-market organizations

Businesses where security decisions are intertwined with long-term customer relationships and brand reputation.

Teams under new scrutiny

Organizations facing new audits, regulatory expectations, or enterprise customer demands for formal security programs.

Need security leadership without a full-time CISO?

We’ll help you build and communicate a security program that leadership, customers, and regulators can trust—grounded in real-world engineering.

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