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Virtual CISO

You don't need a full-time hire. You need a virtual CISO. We run your security and compliance program alongside your team — strategy, oversight, and accountability — so deals close, diligence moves, and your team stays focused on the business

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Senior, cross-industry expertiseEmbedded in your systemsUp to 70% savings vs. full-time hire

A CISO is no longer optional

A security program needs senior ownership — to build it, run it, and stand behind it. Without it, security stays reactive, audits stay painful, and deals stall on a missing seat

Building security without a lead

Security gets built control by control, framework by framework, with no one owning the whole. Policies don't fit each other, controls don't operate as documented, and what passes one audit fails the next. The program never actually matures — it just adds layers

Deals and audits stall on a missing seat

Enterprise reviews ask who owns your security. So do investors. So do auditors signing off your ISMS. Without a senior, accountable name on the page, deals slow down, rounds slip, and audits drag

Reactive at the worst moments

Without senior security leadership, decisions get made under pressure — after the customer asks, after the incident, after the regulator emails. Reactive costs more, lands worse, and pulls engineering and leadership off the work that actually grows the business

A vCISO, in practice.

Deals and audits keep moving

Enterprise buyers and auditors get a senior, accountable owner of your security — by name, on the call, with the substance behind them. Diligence doesn't pause because the seat is filled

Compliance that scales

Senior ownership turns security into a strategy. The program scales with the business, anticipates the next framework before the buyer asks for it, and keeps your team focused on building rather than catching up

Board-ready security, always

Monthly strategic sessions, maintained risk register, KPI dashboards, and reporting in language your leadership and investors already speak. Security becomes something you report on — not something that reports up

Fill the seat. Skip the hire.

Get a vCISO

Do you need a vCISO?

Companies usually look for a vCISO at one of these points.

  • Setting up security from scratch
  • Closing enterprise deals
  • Preparing for a funding round
  • Pursuing a certification or standard
  • Operating across multiple frameworks
  • Filling the seat between CISO hires

Recognise yourself?

How We Work

01

Discovery & Scoping

We assess your current state — maturity, frameworks in scope, team structure, risks, and business priorities — so the engagement is shaped to your situation, not a generic playbook

02

Strategy & Roadmap

We build a security strategy aligned to your frameworks and business goals, with priorities, timelines, and clear ownership. Leadership and the board get a plan they can actually execute

03

Implementation Support

We guide your team through control rollout, policy design, and awareness — translating the strategy into practical changes across systems, processes, and people

04

Ongoing Oversight

We run weekly or bi-weekly alignment sessions with your internal lead, maintain the risk register and policies, plan and document audits and management reviews, and adjust the program as your business scales — all inside the tools you already use

Packages built around your needs

Ready?

  • Bi-weekly IT security meetings
  • CISO support to your internal lead
  • Project management
  • Policy review
  • Quarterly newsletter
  • Chat support

Sec.

  • Weekly IT security meetings
  • ISMS alignment with CTO
  • Project management
  • Policy review
  • Quarterly newsletter
  • Chat support
  • Corrective action management
  • Risk workshops & risk inventory
  • Annual management review
  • Annual awareness training
  • KPI tracking
  • Annual BCM exercise
  • External certification audit support

Go!

  • Project management
  • Policy review
  • Quarterly newsletter
  • Chat support
  • Corrective action management
  • Risk workshops & risk inventory
  • Annual management review
  • Annual awareness training
  • KPI tracking & broader reporting
  • Annual BCM exercise
  • External CISO representation in audits
  • Customer questionnaire & RFP support
  • Sales & RFP support
  • ISMS project consulting
  • Major incident response & forensics
  • Penetration test coordination
  • Bespoke training workshops

Why ReadySecGo

The fine print

Virtual CISO now. A hire later — if at all.

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