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vCISO and Fractional Leadership
Interim Chief Information Security Officer
Full-time interim CISO coverage during a leadership transition, maintaining program continuity, regulatory standing, and team stability through handover.
What it covers
The engagement in detail
Full-time interim leadership during an executive transition, holding the accountabilities of the role, maintaining program continuity and regulatory standing, stabilizing the team, and preparing a clean handover to the permanent appointee, with support for the search and selection where the client wants it.
Who it is for
Designed for established organizations measuring and maturing an existing security program.
What you receive
Deliverables from this engagement
- Full role coverage
- Continuity of program and reporting
- Team leadership
- Transition documentation and handover
Terms
How an engagement works
Every engagement is scoped individually and conducted under a nondisclosure agreement and a master services agreement, beginning with a scoping conversation and a written statement of work that defines scope, deliverables, and sequence. The four steps this practice follows are set out in full on the vCISO and Fractional Leadership page.
- Add senior security leadership
- Established Enterprises
vCISO and Fractional Leadership
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Senior security leadership at the commitment level you need, without a full-time executive hire.
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Start with a confidential conversation
Thirty minutes on whether this is the right engagement for the question you have been asked, and what it would take to answer it.