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CISO Leadership (Flexible / Fractional Engagement)

Starter

Light-touch, advisory-led engagement

Ideal for startups and early-stage businesses establishing their cybersecurity foundations.

This engagement provides senior CISO guidance to define core security policies, compliance baselines, and risk awareness.

Best suited to organisations that need direction, structure, and assurance rather than day-to-day security management.

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Growth

Ongoing senior involvement with operational oversight

Designed for growing organisations facing increased operational complexity and security risk.

This engagement supports the formalisation of cybersecurity governance, risk management, and vendor oversight, while embedding security into business operations and delivery.

Ideal where leadership requires consistent senior input, prioritisation, and accountability.

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Strategic

Embedded leadership and executive accountability

Built for organisations requiring ongoing, senior cybersecurity leadership.

This engagement functions as an embedded fractional CISO role, providing board-level reporting, regulatory and audit readiness, proactive risk management, and strategic security direction.

Best suited to regulated environments or businesses where cybersecurity is a material governance and commercial concern.

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Emergency Support

  • Emergency CISO and crisis response services are available as specialist add-ons.

  • Flexible engagement models are available where appropriate. All work is scoped and agreed in advance.

Hourly

Hourly Advisory

Designed for organisations requiring targeted, senior cybersecurity leadership.

This option provides access to CISO-level judgement for clearly defined needs such as risk assessments, policy reviews, executive advice, or strategic decision support.

Hourly advisory is intentionally scoped and outcome-focused, ensuring time is spent on high-impact guidance rather than operational execution.

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Crisis

Crisis Response

For organisations facing active cybersecurity incidents or urgent risk exposure.

This engagement delivers immediate, senior-led incident leadership, focusing on containment, decision-making, recovery coordination, and regulatory or stakeholder assurance.

Crisis support is designed to stabilise situations quickly, minimise impact, and restore control during high-pressure security events.

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Pricing Notes

  • Emergency support is billed at a premium rate due to priority and availability requirements.

  • Both services can be engaged standalone or as supplements to ongoing packages.

  • Flexible scheduling to suit urgent or planned engagements.

Which CISO Plan Is Right for You?

Choose the option that best reflects your current reality.

Starter

  • You do not have a CISO today

  • Security policies and risk management are informal or incomplete

  • You need senior guidance to establish a baseline, not day-to-day management

Growth

  • Operational complexity and vendor risk are increasing

  • You need consistent senior oversight and prioritisation

  • Compliance, audits, or customer assurance are becoming material concerns

Strategic

  • Cybersecurity is a board-level or regulatory issue

  • You require ongoing executive accountability for security

  • You need an embedded CISO presence

Hourly Advisory

  • You need targeted CISO-level input for a defined decision or issue

  • You want senior judgement

Crisis Response

  • You are managing an active security incident or urgent risk exposure

  • Immediate senior-led decision-making is required

Custom Engagements

Not every organisation fits a standard engagement model.

Where your risk profile, regulatory environment, or delivery requirements fall outside the defined plans, we offer bespoke engagements scoped directly with senior leadership.

Custom engagements are designed deliberately, not assembled from components.

How It Works

  1. Define the Objective
    We start with your business goals, risk exposure, and governance requirements.

  2. Agree the Level of Senior Involvement
    Advisory, fractional leadership, or time-bound intervention.

  3. Scope the Engagement
    Clear responsibilities, outcomes, cadence, and decision ownership.

  4. Receive a Defined Proposal
    A clear, no-obligation proposal outlining scope, expectations, and commercial structure.

Suitable For

  • Organisations with complex or non-standard security requirements

  • Regulated environments with overlapping obligations

  • Businesses transitioning between growth stages

  • Teams requiring combined CISO, GRC, or infrastructure leadership

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CISO Package Comparison Table

FeatureStarterGrowthStrategic
Security posture assessment✓✓✓
Policy development✓✓✓
Compliance guidanceBasic frameworksExpanded frameworksComprehensive regulatory
Risk management oversightLimitedOngoingFull program management
Vendor risk assessments-IncludedIncluded
Staff security training-Quarterly sessionsCustomized ongoing training
Incident management supportPriority accessIncludedIncluded with dedicated support
Compliance audit support--Audit prep & auditor liaison
Executive reporting--Board-level reporting
On-call support--Dedicated on-call availability
Level of CISO involvementAdvisory and guidanceOngoing oversight and prioritisationStrategic: Embedded executive leadership

CISO Package Comparison Table

Starter

  • Security posture assessment: ✓
  • Policy development: ✓
  • Compliance guidance: Basic frameworks
  • Risk management oversight: Limited
  • Vendor risk assessments: -
  • Staff security training: -
  • Incident management support: Priority access
  • Compliance audit support: -
  • Executive reporting: -
  • On-call support: -
  • Level of CISO involvement: Advisory and guidance

Growth

  • Security posture assessment: ✓
  • Policy development: ✓
  • Compliance guidance: Expanded frameworks
  • Risk management oversight: Ongoing
  • Vendor risk assessments: Included
  • Staff security training: Quarterly sessions
  • Incident management support: Included
  • Compliance audit support: -
  • Executive reporting: -
  • On-call support: -
  • Level of CISO involvement: Ongoing oversight and prioritisation

Strategic

  • Security posture assessment: ✓
  • Policy development: ✓
  • Compliance guidance: Comprehensive regulatory
  • Risk management oversight: Full program management
  • Vendor risk assessments: Included
  • Staff security training: Customized ongoing training
  • Incident management support: Included with dedicated support
  • Compliance audit support: Audit prep & auditor liaison
  • Executive reporting: Board-level reporting
  • On-call support: Dedicated on-call availability
  • Level of CISO involvement: Strategic: Embedded executive leadership
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