vCISO services — fractional CISO leadership, evidence-backed
Fractional CISO leadership for organizations that need senior security strategy without a full-time hire — backed by KeenSafe platform evidence, not opinion.
Where teams get stuck
Many organisations need senior security leadership but cannot justify a full-time CISO. Generic vCISO offerings deliver slide decks and policy templates; what executives actually need is evidence-backed risk reduction, traceable to business outcomes.
How we engage
KeenSafe vCISO combines senior security leadership with the platform evidence base — every strategic recommendation is grounded in actual attack paths, validated controls and measurable risk reduction. Executives get a CISO who reports with proof, not opinion.
Four-step engagement model
Same rigour every engagement, calibrated to your environment, threat model and regulatory exposure.
Maturity & risk baseline
NIST CSF / ISO 27001 maturity, validated attack-path risk baseline, board-level threat profile.
Strategy & roadmap
12–24 month security roadmap aligned to business strategy, regulatory drivers and validated risk.
Operating cadence
Monthly steering, quarterly board reporting, security committee facilitation, executive coaching.
Evidence-backed reporting
KPIs tied to validated attack paths, control efficacy and remediation velocity — not vanity metrics.
Deliverables
Every engagement ships these outputs — reproducible, evidence-backed and ready for executives, engineers and auditors.
Security strategy & roadmap
12–24 month plan, risk-prioritised, mapped to business outcomes.
Board-grade reporting
Quarterly narrative: validated risk, control efficacy, remediation velocity.
Security committee facilitation
Run the steering committee, RACI, decision logs.
Executive coaching
CISO-as-coach to internal heads of security, IT and engineering leadership.
What this engagement covers
Concrete coverage. Clear boundaries. Optional add-on tracks where customers want to extend.
- Maturity baseline (NIST CSF / ISO 27001) + validated attack-path risk baseline
- 12–24 month security strategy + roadmap aligned to business strategy
- Monthly steering committee facilitation + decision logs
- Quarterly board reporting (board pack + audit-committee narrative)
- Executive coaching for internal heads of security + IT
- Vendor management: cyber insurance, MSSP, audit firms
- Regulator-facing representation as named accountable executive (where regime permits)
- KPIs tied to validated attack paths, control efficacy, remediation velocity
- Sectoral specialist (financial / healthcare / energy / government)
- M&A cyber due diligence support
- Crisis CISO mode: dedicated coverage during major incident
- Insurance + reinsurance renewal narrative ownership
- Sub-board committee chairing (where allowed)
- ✕Day-to-day SOC operations (covered by MDR / SOC service)
- ✕Hands-on penetration testing (covered by Managed Pentesting)
- ✕Legal counsel — coordinated with, not replaced
How we deliver
- CEOs without an in-house CISO
- Heads of IT / Security needing CISO-grade air cover
- Audit-committee chairs
- PE / VC portfolio companies needing security leadership
What lands on your desk
Sections customers actually see in the engagement deliverable.
- 01Strategy + roadmap document
12–24 month plan, risk-prioritised, mapped to business outcomes — board-readable.
- 02Monthly steering pack
Decisions, risk movement, programme delivery status — executable in 30 minutes.
- 03Quarterly board narrative
Validated risk, control efficacy, remediation velocity — defensible to audit committee and insurer.
- 04KPI dashboard
Outcome-based metrics tied to validated attack paths and remediation velocity. Auto-generated, defensible to regulators.
Frameworks & regulations
Frequently asked
How many days a month?
Do you replace an internal CISO?
Can you sign off on regulator filings?
Pairs well with
Compliance readiness
Gap assessments, remediation programs and audit-ready evidence packs for ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, NIS2, KVKK and sectoral regulators.
Read moreSecurity program development
End-to-end security program design — strategy, roadmap, KPIs, governance and operating model — calibrated to validated risk, not generic frameworks.
Read moreEnterprise risk assessments
Business and technical risk assessments grounded in real, exploitable attack paths — not theoretical likelihood × impact tables.
Read moreWork with the team behind KeenSafe
Continuous adversarial validation, managed security operations and executive-grade risk visibility — delivered by senior offensive security engineers.