Virtual CISO
A Security Leader for Your Business, Without the Full-Time Salary.
Someone has to own security decisions, answer the questionnaire from your biggest client and tell leadership where the risk is. A virtual CISO does that part time, with our team behind them.
For businesses that need security leadership and governance but not a full-time executive.
What Does a Virtual CISO Do?
An experienced security professional learns your goals and builds a Technology Roadmap that lines them up with the right technology. They develop governance frameworks and policies, write the incident response plan, oversee the security program and support improvement, so security becomes something leadership manages rather than worries about.
When Does a Business Need a vCISO?
When clients, insurers or regulators start asking questions only a security leader can answer: security questionnaires from customers, cyber insurance applications, a Qualified Individual under the FTC Safeguards Rule, or a board that wants a straight answer on risk.
How Is This Different From Managed IT?
Managed IT runs the systems. A vCISO decides what the security program should be, sets priorities and checks that it is working. With us, both are the same company, so the plan and the people carrying it out do not drift apart.
What Is Included
6 PARTSTechnology Roadmap
Your goals lined up with the right technology, in order.
Governance and Policy
A cybersecurity policy and the procedures under it.
Incident Response Planning
A written plan, tested so people know their part.
Program Oversight
Security program management and regulatory oversight.
Questionnaires and Reviews
Help with client, supplier and insurer security questionnaires.
Leadership Reporting
Risk explained in plain language to the people who decide.
Frequently Asked Questions
4 QUESTIONSIs a vCISO the same as a vCSO?
Yes, for our purposes. Our earlier pages called the role a virtual Chief Security Officer (vCSO); the work is the same security leadership.
Can a vCISO serve as our FTC Safeguards Rule Qualified Individual?
The rule asks for a designated Qualified Individual to oversee your information security program. How that role is filled for your firm is part of the compliance scope, delivered by our Compliance Division, Capital Cyber Compliance.
Do you offer a fractional CISO for CMMC?
Yes, through our Compliance Division. Its fractional CISO service is on the Capital Cyber Compliance site.
How much time does a vCISO spend with us?
It is scoped to what you need, from a regular cadence of meetings to deeper involvement during an audit or an incident. We set it on the call.
Related Services and Industries
Managed Security Monitoring (MDR and SOC)
Round the clock monitoring, detection and response from a security operations center.
Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing
Find the weaknesses before an attacker does, then retest every fix.
Cyber Insurance Readiness
Know what your insurer requires, prove the controls are in place, and have the documents ready.
Security Awareness Training
Training and phishing simulations that turn staff into a line of defense.
For Government Contractors
IT support, managed security and CMMC experience for defense and federal suppliers.
For Accounting and CPA Firms
Managed IT and security for CPA firms, with the WISP and FTC Safeguards Rule in view.
For Dental Practices
Managed IT, managed security and HIPAA compliance management for dental practices and DSOs.
For Auto Repair Shops and Auto Groups
Managed IT, networks and security for repair shops and multi-location auto groups.
Talk Through Security Leadership.
Pick a time. Tell us who asks you security questions today.
Looking for CMMC? Our Compliance Division, Capital Cyber Compliance, delivers it.