Virtual CISO

Security leadership, without the full-time price tag

A senior security lead for your business on a flexible monthly retainer — board reporting, risk ownership, and a strategy that actually gets executed, not just written down.

No long-term commitment required to start

Most businesses don't need a full-time CISO. They need the function.

A full-time, experienced security executive is a significant salary most growing businesses can't justify yet — but the work still needs doing. Someone needs to own the risk register, brief the board, and make the hard calls on what to fix first.

We do that work on a retainer, scaled to what your business actually needs right now, and we adjust as you grow.

Virtual CISO board reporting and strategy session

Everything a security leader does, on a flexible retainer

Board & executive reporting

Monthly reporting on your actual security posture, written in language your board and executives can act on — not a wall of technical jargon.

Security roadmap

A prioritized, multi-year strategy that lines up with where your business is actually heading, reviewed and adjusted every quarter.

Regulatory & client representation

We represent your security function to auditors, regulators, and enterprise customers running due diligence — including security questionnaires and RFP responses.

Program ownership

We own and maintain your risk register, incident response plan, and security policies end to end — with full documentation and accountability.

Technology advisory

Honest guidance on what security tools you actually need versus what a vendor wants to sell you — we have no product to push.

Third-party risk oversight

Supplier risk assessments and ongoing monitoring built into how you already manage vendor relationships and contracts.

Choose your level of coverage

Retainer-based pricing — predictable cost, consistent oversight, no surprise invoices.

Starter

For businesses just starting to formalize security — a basic risk register, quarterly review, and a first compliance gap assessment.

8 hours / month · 1 framework · Email support
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Growth

Full program ownership, monthly board reporting, multi-framework compliance support, and direct access via call or chat.

20 hours / month · Multi-framework · Direct access

Enterprise

Full program ownership, board presence, acquisition due diligence support, and priority response when something urgent comes up.

40 hours / month · Unlimited scope · Priority response
The Faustianloop difference

A vCISO who can actually do the technical work, not just talk about it

Many fractional CISOs come from a pure management background — strong on strategy, but reliant on a separate technical team to verify anything. We can personally run the penetration test, build the compliance documentation, and then sit on your leadership calls to report on it — one relationship, full technical credibility.

Ready for a security leader in your corner?

Let's talk about what your security program actually needs right now — no long-term commitment required to start.

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