Fractional CISO leadership, scoped per programme.
Strategy, governance, risk and board reporting from a CISO bench with 30+ years’ combined experience. Standard engagements run Monday–Friday business hours. Scoped on a call.
What we mean by vCISO
A virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) provides senior security leadership on a fractional basis — strategy, governance, risk, programme oversight, board reporting. Different from a full-time hire only in the staffing model: the responsibilities, accountabilities, and deliverables are the same.
Our vCISO bench brings over 30 years of combined experience. Standard engagements run Monday–Friday business hours, scoped per programme. The role is structured around the NIST CSF 2.0 Govern function introduced in February 2024 — strategy, governance, risk, supply-chain, oversight — alongside the traditional CISO domains.
Key facts
- Years combined
- 30+
- Standard hours
- M-F
- Govern function
- CSF 2.0
- Headline focus areas
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What we do
Four headline focus areas. Engagements typically deliver against several together rather than a narrow slice. Beyond these focus areas, the vCISO also covers programme & vendor management and audit & regulator liaison as part of the engagement.
Strategy & roadmap
90/180/365-day security roadmap aligned to business objectives, regulatory drivers, and the NIST CSF 2.0 Govern function.
Governance & policy
Policy framework, governance forums, accountabilities, and the management-system structure that holds programmes together over time.
Risk management
Risk register authoring and maintenance, risk-acceptance pathways, third-party risk integration, board-relevant risk reporting.
Board reporting & metrics
Board-relevant security metrics, narrative for non-technical audiences, agreed cadence with named reporting deliverables.
How an engagement runs
Five stages from scoping call to quarterly review. Most of the value comes from sustained presence, not one-off interventions.
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Scoping call
30 minutes, freeProgramme objectives, current maturity, board and stakeholder context, urgent drivers. We will not pretend a vCISO is the right answer if you actually need a different role.
- 2
Onboarding
2 weeksDiscovery interviews with leadership, document review, current-state assessment. Output is a fact base for the programme plan rather than an audit report.
- 3
Programme plan
2 weeks90/180/365-day roadmap, risk register, metrics framework aligned to NIST CSF 2.0 Govern. Plan signed off by sponsor before steady-state delivery begins.
- 4
Steady-state delivery
Monday–Friday business hoursStrategic guidance, governance forums, board reporting, audit preparation, supplier engagement. Scoped per programme rather than priced by the hour.
- 5
Quarterly review
QuarterlyProgramme status against roadmap, metric trends, scope adjustment, renewal planning. Avoids the slow drift that ends silent vCISO engagements.
Why 1 Sequence Cyber
30+ years combined experience
Our vCISO bench brings over 30 years of combined experience across regulated industries and security programme types. The right vCISO for your engagement is matched to your sector and scale during scoping; we do not allocate by availability alone.
Aligned to NIST CSF 2.0 Govern
CSF 2.0 (February 2024) introduced the Govern function as a peer to Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover. The vCISO programme is structured around it — strategy, governance, risk, supply-chain, oversight. The framework is not branding; it is the structure board, audit, and regulators recognise.
Ready to talk through a programme?
Tell us your stage, your stakeholder context, and what is driving the requirement. We’ll come back with a programme proposal within 48 hours.
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