Virtual CISO (vCISO)

Most mid-market and many large enterprises cannot justify or attract a full-time Chief Information Security Officer of the calibre regulators, customers and boards now expect.

• A fractional or virtual CISO (vCISO) delivers the senior leadership, regulator credibility and board presence of an executive CISO on a 2- to 8-days-per-month basis, ideal for organisations between $50M and $2B revenue or those scaling toward IPO, regulator licensing or enterprise expansion.

Coverage includes cyber strategy and target operating model, board and audit committee reporting, regulator liaison (CBUAE, SAMA, NCA, RBI, SEBI, DFSA, ADGM, DESC), third-party and supply-chain risk, security budget ownership and defence, M&A cyber due diligence, security architecture decisions, vendor selection and contract negotiation, incident command and breach response leadership, and mentoring of internal security managers.

An experienced CISO (15–25 years, CISSP/CISM/CRISC, prior CISO or deputy CISO roles in regulated industries) is matched to your sector, scale and culture.

• Monthly steering with the executive team, quarterly board pack, weekly check-ins with the security lead, on-call during incidents, and a documented 12-month roadmap.
• Engagement scales up during regulator submissions, audits, incidents or strategic initiatives.

Clients gain board-credible cyber leadership at 25–40 percent the cost of a permanent hire, faster decisions, defensible regulator and auditor relationships, and a continuously refreshed security strategy.

• Many vCISO engagements either convert to a permanent hire mentored by the vCISO or run multi-year as a long-term operating model.