A security leader on your team, without a full-time hire.

The problem

Security has quietly become a leadership job, and you don't have the leader. Customers send security questionnaires. Insurers ask harder questions every renewal. Your team can handle the day-to-day, but someone needs to own the strategy: decide what matters, what to spend, what to say to the board, how to answer the customer who's threatening to walk without proof you're secure.

A full-time CISO is a senior salary plus benefits, and most organizations your size don't have enough work to justify one, or the budget to land one if they did. So the responsibility falls on a founder, a CTO already doing three jobs, or an IT lead who's strong on operations but was never meant to set security strategy. It works until it doesn't, usually at the worst possible moment.

What we do

We're your security leader for the hours you actually need one. We own the security program: we set the strategy, prioritize the work, make the build-versus-buy calls, and translate security into terms your executives and board can act on. When a customer's security team comes calling, we're the ones who answer them. When something goes wrong, we're the ones running point.

I've been the CTO. I've been the lead architect on financial-services systems where the details had to be exactly right. So I'm not advising from theory. I've owned the decisions, signed off on the architecture, and lived with the consequences. That's the difference between a consultant who hands you a strategy and a leader who runs it with you.

And because we're an advisory-led prime, we don't stop at advice. If the work needs hands we don't have, monitoring, testing, managed operations, we bring in vetted partners and run them under our direction, so you get one accountable point of contact instead of a roster to coordinate.

How it works

We work at the level of involvement your situation calls for: from a steady few hours a month keeping strategy on track and being available when questions come up, to a regular cadence with deeper hands-on program work, to a closely embedded role where we're effectively your part-time security executive week to week.

We start by matching the level to what's actually on your plate, and adjust as that changes, scaling up ahead of an audit or a funding round, easing back once a program is running smoothly.

What you get

Clear security strategy and a prioritized roadmap, owned and kept current. Someone who handles customer security reviews, vendor assessments, and insurer questions so your team doesn't have to. Board- and executive-ready communication that turns security from a vague anxiety into a set of decisions. And a steady hand who already knows your environment when something urgent happens, so you're not explaining your business to a stranger mid-crisis.

Who this is for

You're past the point where security can be nobody's job, but not at the point where it's a full-time hire. You're a founder, CEO, COO, or CTO who needs the strategy owned by someone accountable. You've got customers or regulators raising the bar, a board that wants answers, or a team that's strong operationally but needs senior direction on security. You want a leader, not just another vendor.

Engagement

vCISO support is an ongoing retainer, sized to your needs and adjustable as they change. We'll right-size it together on a first call, no long lock-in to figure out the fit.