Security leadership before you're ready to hire one
A first SOC 2, a close call, hard customer questions, or fast growth outpacing your team. A fractional CISO brings the technical depth and leadership to handle it, faster and at a fraction of the cost.
30 minutes. No pitch. Talk to a practicing CISO.
Get audit-ready and enterprise-ready
You don't need a full-time CISO yet. You need this.
A breach, or a close call
An incident exposed the gaps. You need experienced security leadership now, running the response and making sure the next one doesn't land.
Questions you can't answer
Customers and prospects are asking hard, technical security questions your team can't answer with confidence. We answer them and close the gaps behind them.
Threats outpacing your bench
The threat landscape moves faster than your in-house depth. We bring the technical expertise to keep up, without hiring a full security team to get it.
Growth outrunning your controls
Headcount, data, and infrastructure are scaling faster than your security. We build controls and processes that scale with you instead of breaking under the load.
Your first SOC 2
A deadline and no roadmap. We define the controls, run the program, and get you to the report without stalling the business.
A board that wants a roadmap
The board is asking about security posture. We give founders a credible story and a plan the board and your customers accept.
You get the leadership. You skip the full-time salary.
Full-time CISO hire
- × $250K+ salary before you need the bandwidth
- × Months to source and hire the right person
- × Overkill for an early-stage program
- × One person's playbook, not a bench
IOmergent Fractional CISO
- ✓ Senior leadership at a fraction of the cost
- ✓ Up and running within weeks
- ✓ Right-sized to your stage, scaling as you grow
- ✓ A team and playbooks behind one point of contact
From first call to board-ready.
Assess where you stand
A fast, honest read on your risks, gaps, and the deadlines driving them. No 200-page audit, just the ground truth.
Build the roadmap
A prioritized plan tied to your business goals: the audit, the deal, the board ask. Sequenced so nothing stalls.
Run the program
We own the leadership layer and drive the work, controls, policies, evidence, so your team keeps shipping.
Represent you
We stand in front of the board, the auditor, and the enterprise buyer, and give them a story they accept.
Fractional CISO and vCISO questions
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Not sure you need a full-time CISO yet?
Tell us what's driving the need, an audit, a deal, a board. We'll give you a straight read on whether fractional is the right fit and what it would take.