CISO Advisory & Security Strategy
Senior security leadership — without a full-time hire.
The problem
Many companies need security leadership before they can justify a full-time CISO — so strategy, budget, and board reporting fall to people already stretched thin.
We provide that leadership on a fractional basis: a clear roadmap, a defensible budget, and security framed as something that wins deals rather than blocks them.
What you get
Concrete deliverables, fixed scope.
- Security strategy and multi-quarter roadmap
- Budget planning and tooling rationalisation
- Board and executive reporting
- Security organisation and hiring guidance
- Programme oversight across compliance, risk, and engineering
- On-call strategic counsel for the leadership team
How we work
Four steps. No surprises.
01
Discover
We map what you have, what's broken, and what 'done' looks like — in plain language.
02
Design
A short scoped proposal. Fixed deliverables, fixed price, no open-ended retainers.
03
Build
Weekly demos. You see real working software, not status decks.
04
Operate
Handover with documentation, or stay on for ongoing support — your call.
Where this fits
Three real-world scenarios.
No full-time CISO yet
Get senior security leadership and direction before the headcount makes sense.
Security as a sales enabler
Reframe security from cost centre to deal-winner with the board behind it.
Programme oversight
A senior owner across compliance, risk, and engineering keeping the programme coherent.
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