Founder-Led vCISO Services for Strategic Founders & CEOs

Achieve cybersecurity clarity and DPDPA compliance readiness in 30 days. No full-time hire required.


Advisory-focused | Tool-agnostic | Outcome-driven

Understanding vCISO Services

How a Virtual CISO can transform your security posture.

Tools create noise | Compliance creates checklists | Breaches happen when risk has no clear owner.

What is a Virtual CISO ?

A Virtual Chief Information Security Officer provides strategic security leadership on a flexible, cost-effective basis

A vCISO acts as your external security executive, providing strategic direction, policy development, and program management without the overhead of a full-time hire.

Perfect for SMBs, startups, and growth-stage companies that need enterprise-grade security leadership.

Security Leadership

Cost-Effective Solution

Immediate Expertise

Save 60-70% compared to hiring a full-time CISO. No recruitment costs, no benefits, no long-term commitment.

Scalable engagement model that grows with your business - from advisory to full strategic leadership.

Access to seasoned security executives with 10+ years of experience across multiple industries and compliance frameworks.

No learning curve - our vCISOs hit the ground running with proven methodologies and templates.

Our vCISO Engagement Models

We offer three engagement tiers based on leadership depth, execution needs, and business risk.

Best for: Early-stage or growing businesses that need leadership-level guidance without daily execution.

This tier provides strategic oversight and executive decision support—so security stops being guesswork.

What you get:

  • Executive-level security risk visibility

  • Monthly leadership security sessions

  • Business-aligned risk assessments (not technical noise)

  • Policy and governance guidance without bureaucracy

  • Compliance readiness roadmap (ISO, SOC 2, DPDPA, etc.)

  • Vendor and third-party risk perspective

  • Quarterly executive security reporting

Outcome:
Leadership knows what matters, what doesn’t, and what to do next.

vCISO Advisory

vCISO Strategy & Execution

Best for: Scaling companies that need a security program built, run, and improved, not just advised.

This is our most common and highest-impact engagement.

We don’t just advise—we own execution.

Everything in Advisory, plus:

  • Security program design aligned to business growth

  • Incident response planning before something breaks

  • Security awareness that changes behavior

  • Clear metrics and KPIs leadership understands

  • Board-ready reporting (no jargon)

  • Vendor and technology risk oversight

  • Continuous improvement, not one-time assessments

Outcome:
Security decisions are faster, clearer, and owned—without slowing the business.

vCISO Enterprise

Best for: High-growth, regulated, or investor-facing organizations that need full security leadership.

This tier functions as a true acting CISO.

Everything in Strategy & Execution, plus:

  • Acting CISO with executive authority

  • Security team leadership and mentoring

  • Budget planning and security investment governance

  • Technology selection without vendor bias

  • M&A and due diligence security support

  • Crisis management and breach leadership

  • 24/7 executive availability during critical events

Outcome:
You have real CISO leadership—without the cost, delay, or risk of a full-time hire..

Our Strategic Approach

  • Risk-Driven: Focused on identifying and mitigating critical business risks.

  • Compliance-Aligned: Mapping your security posture with standards like ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, HIPAA, DPDPA and PCI-DSS.

  • Business-Focused: Cybersecurity strategies that enable innovation, not hinder it.

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  • Threat Intelligence-Enabled: Actionable insights to proactively respond to evolving threats.

Our vCISO Engagement Models

Why more businesses are choosing the vCISO model

Traditional CISO

  • Annual salary: $150K - $300K+

  • Benefits & overhead: Additional 30-40%

  • Recruitment time: 3-6 months

  • Single point of expertise

  • Fixed commitment (full-time)

  • Limited industry exposure

  • Scalability challenges

  • Knowledge silo risks

Virtual CISO

  • Cost: 60-70% less than full-time

  • No benefits or overhead costs

  • Deployment: 2-4 weeks

  • Access to team of experts

  • Flexible engagement models

  • Cross-industry experience

  • Easily scalable services

  • Continuity & knowledge sharing

Ready for Strategic Security Leadership?

Schedule a free 45-minute vCISO consultation to discuss your security challenges and how our virtual CISO services can help.

Response time: Typically within 4 business hours

vCISO-led cybersecurity for SMBs and startups—helping founders reduce risk, meet compliance, and scale securely without enterprise complexity.

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