Virtual CISO & Security
A security program with an owner: control frameworks that hold up under scrutiny, third-party risk you can see, and clear accountability when something goes wrong, led by a security executive, not filled by a tool.
The problem we own
If you're reading this after a failed audit or a customer's security questionnaire, you already know the pattern.
The evidence is scattered, the controls are informal, and the deadline is real. Nobody owns the response, so it lands on whoever is nearest.
ISO 27001, SOC 2, or NIST CSF exists as a binder no one maintains. It maps to a program that isn't actually running.
Vendors and subprocessors touch your data with no consistent review, so their exposure quietly becomes yours.
When something happens, roles are improvised. Cyber-insurance renewals and customer trust both depend on that not being true.
What we actually do
Senior security leadership, owned as an ongoing responsibility, not a one-time gap analysis. Security work is almost always forced by something. This is what we own when it is.
| What forces the work | What we own | What you can show |
|---|---|---|
| A certification or recertification audit | Security strategy and the control framework that fits you (ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST CSF), and steering the audit itself. | Policies, evidence, and audit readiness built and maintained continuously, not assembled the month before. |
| A customer security questionnaire | Answers backed by real evidence, and the data-flow and access governance behind them. | One consistent answer across customers, traceable to the control that produces it. |
| A cyber-insurance application or renewal | Cyber-insurance readiness and renewal support. | The controls carriers ask about, in place and documented before the questionnaire lands. |
| A vendor holding your data | Third-party and vendor risk review, tiering, and monitoring. | A tiered vendor list, with the ones that carry real risk actually monitored. |
| An incident | Incident response planning with defined roles and accountability, plus the security awareness and operational habits that back it up. | A plan with named owners and a defined escalation path, rather than a document nobody has opened. |
| The board asking who owns security | One security leader accountable to your board and your customers. | Reporting that translates risk into business terms, and a defensible answer to "who owns security here?" |
A security readiness assessment first, unless the clock is already running. Most engagements begin with a fixed-scope review against your target framework. If you're mid-audit, mid-incident, or facing a hard customer deadline, we start immediately and assess in parallel.
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Proof
A company lost its security leadership just before a recertification audit. We stepped in as virtual CISO, rebuilt the program and its evidence, and carried it through recertification with zero major nonconformities.
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Tell us what's forcing the deadline. We'll tell you, honestly, whether we can help, and how fast.
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