Security maturity has to survive due diligence
Enterprise customers expect clear ownership, evidence and credible answers before they trust a supplier.
vCISO
vCISO
Executive Security Leadership. Without the Cost of a Full-Time CISO.
Most companies need a CISO's judgement long before they can justify a CISO's salary.
Boards and investors need decisions, not noise
Leadership needs a view of cyber risk, what is being accepted and what should be funded next.
Compliance needs an operating owner
Standards and regulations demand an ongoing programme rather than occasional advice before an audit.
But hiring a full-time Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) isn't always practical.
SecComply's Virtual CISO (vCISO) service gives you experienced security leadership, strategic guidance, and ongoing execution—without the cost and commitment of a full-time executive.
Whether you need a trusted advisor, a complete security function, or additional delivery capacity, we become an extension of your team and help you build a security programme that grows with your business.
Engagement models
Choose the Engagement Model That Fits Your Business
vCISO as a Service
Strategic Security Leadership for Growing Businesses
- Best for
- Companies needing strategic security leadership
- Leadership owner
- A named SecComply vCISO
- Delivery depth
- Leadership with targeted specialist support
- Outcome
- Executive guidance, governance, compliance, and risk management
Ideal for organisations that need executive-level cybersecurity leadership but don't require a full-time CISO.
Operating relationshipWorks inside your leadership team as the accountable fractional security leader.
Explore the full scope
Your dedicated vCISO works closely with leadership teams to build, manage, and continuously improve your security programme.
Rather than simply providing recommendations, we take ownership of your security roadmap and help you make informed business decisions.
What We Help You With
- Develop a cybersecurity strategy aligned with business goals
- Build a practical security roadmap
- Establish governance and risk management processes
- Lead compliance initiatives (ISO 27001, SOC 2, ISO 42001, DPDP, HIPAA, GDPR)
- Review security architecture and technology decisions
- Support customer security reviews and due diligence
- Prepare board and executive security reports
- Manage security incidents and crisis response
- Guide vendor selection and third-party risk management
- Build internal security capabilities as your organisation grows
The First 90 Days
Every engagement begins with understanding your business.
We assess your current security posture, identify immediate risks, review compliance obligations, and develop a prioritised roadmap that balances quick wins with long-term improvements.
By the end of the engagement, leadership has complete visibility into where the organisation stands and what actions should be taken next.
CISO Office as a Service
More Than a CISO. An Entire Security Function.
- Best for
- Organisations seeking a fully managed security function
- Leadership owner
- A named CISO lead backed by a full security office
- Delivery depth
- Leadership, specialists, operations, and continuous management
- Outcome
- Complete cybersecurity leadership, operations, and continuous management
A single CISO cannot manage cybersecurity alone.
Operating relationshipOperates as an extension of your organisation, with clear governance and reporting.
Explore the full scope
An effective security programme requires governance, technical expertise, operational support, reporting, compliance management, and continuous monitoring.
Our CISO Office as a Service provides a fully managed cybersecurity function—combining experienced leadership, specialist teams, and our AI-enabled platform into one integrated solution.
Instead of hiring multiple security professionals, you gain access to an entire security office that works as part of your organisation.
Your Dedicated Security Office Includes
- Virtual CISO
- GRC Specialists
- Cloud Security Experts
- Application Security Specialists
- AI Security Consultants
- Compliance Advisors
- Risk Management Experts
- Security Awareness Support
- Continuous Monitoring Platform
What We Manage
- Security Governance
- Risk Management
- Compliance Programmes
- Internal Audits
- Security Assessments
- Vendor Risk Management
- Security Reporting
- Incident Response Planning
- Executive & Board Reporting
- Security Roadmaps & KPIs
A Structured Operating Model
We don't just deliver projects—we establish an ongoing security function.
Our engagement includes:
- Weekly operational reviews
- Monthly risk and compliance reporting
- Quarterly executive and board updates
- Annual security planning and roadmap reviews
- Clearly defined roles and responsibilities (RACI)
- Continuous performance measurement through agreed KPIs and KRIs
As your organisation matures, we can continue operating as your security office or support the transition to an in-house team.
vCISO Resourcing
Helping Security Consultants Scale Their Practice
- Best for
- Independent vCISOs and cybersecurity consultancies
- Leadership owner
- You retain the client relationship and strategic lead
- Delivery depth
- Flexible delivery workstreams behind your practice
- Outcome
- White-labelled delivery, specialist expertise, and scalable execution
Independent vCISOs and boutique security firms often reach a point where client demand grows faster than delivery capacity.
Operating relationshipWorks behind your brand while you keep complete ownership of the client relationship.
Explore the full scope
Instead of hiring an internal team, partner with SecComply.
We become your extended delivery arm, allowing you to focus on strategic advisory while we handle implementation and operational execution.
Everything is delivered under your client relationship, with complete confidentiality and white-labelled support when required.
Delivery Support Includes
- GRC Implementation
- ISO 27001 & SOC 2 Readiness
- Internal Audits
- Security Documentation
- Evidence Collection
- Application Security Testing
- API & Mobile Security Assessments
- Cloud Security Assessments
- AI Security Reviews
- DPDP Compliance
- Continuous Compliance Monitoring
- Platform Access for Clients
Why Partner With Us?
- Expand service offerings without increasing headcount
- Deliver projects faster
- Access specialised cybersecurity experts
- Maintain complete ownership of client relationships
- Scale your practice with predictable delivery support
Security leaders: join our vCISO partner network and get matched to client engagements in your region.
Join the network At a glance
Three Clear Service Models
| Service | Best For | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| vCISO as a Service | Companies needing strategic security leadership | Executive guidance, governance, compliance, and risk management |
| CISO Office as a Service | Organisations seeking a fully managed security function | Complete cybersecurity leadership, operations, and continuous management |
| vCISO Resourcing | Independent vCISOs and cybersecurity consultancies | White-labelled delivery, specialist expertise, and scalable execution |
Compliance
Frameworks We Lead You Through
One team covers the standards your customers, investors and regulators ask about, so a new certification does not mean a new vendor:
- ISO 27001
- ISO 27701
- ISO 42001
- SOC 2
- DPDP Act
- GDPR
- HIPAA
- PCI DSS
Most engagements start with whichever certification is blocking a deal, then widen. Because the same team holds all of them, the second framework reuses the evidence of the first instead of starting over.
Deliverables
What You'll Receive
- 01Dedicated Virtual CISO
- 02Executive Security Strategy & Roadmap
- 03Governance & Risk Management
- 04Compliance Leadership
- 05Security Architecture Reviews
- 06Board & Executive Reporting
- 07Incident Response Advisory
- 08Customer Security & Due Diligence Support
- 09Continuous Security Monitoring
- 10AI-Enabled Compliance & Evidence Management
- 11Access to a Full Cybersecurity Delivery Team
Fit
Who Is This For?
Our vCISO services are ideal for:
- Startups preparing for enterprise customers or funding
- Growing businesses without an in-house CISO
- Mid-market organisations strengthening security governance
- Companies pursuing ISO 27001, SOC 2, or other certifications
- Organisations requiring ongoing executive security leadership
- Private Equity portfolio companies seeking consistent security governance
- Independent vCISOs and cybersecurity consultancies looking to expand delivery capacity
Why Choose SecComply?
Security leadership is worth buying only if the people selling it have done the job. Our advisory board includes a veteran CISO who built and led enterprise security and SoX/ITGC programmes at Mphasis, Accenture and 3i Infotech, and our founder is ex-PwC with over a decade advising enterprise security programmes, more than 50 of them at Fortune 500 companies.
A fractional CISO on their own is still one calendar. What you get here is a named leader with a delivery team behind them — ISO 27001 Lead Auditors, cloud, application and AI security specialists — so the roadmap your CISO writes is executed by the same organisation, not handed to you as a list of recommendations.
That structure is also why the model scales down as well as up. Start with advisory, add delivery capacity for a certification push, scale back once it is in run mode. And when you are ready for a permanent hire, the programme is already operating — the handover is a person changing seats, not a rebuild.
Our Process
How We Deliver
A predictable engagement shape, so you know what happens next however many domains you engage.
Assess
We look at where you stand today, across security, compliance, and AI, and find the gaps that matter most.
Plan
You get a clear roadmap, prioritized by risk and business impact, mapped to the service you need.
Implement
Our specialists do the work, whether that is building your GRC program, securing your AI and its identities, hardening your cloud and applications, or placing a vCISO with your team.
Sustain
We stay on as ongoing support and advisory, so the program holds up as your business and your risk change.
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
vCISO as a Service gives you one named person who owns your security strategy and runs the program day to day. CISO Office as a Service gives you the whole function — strategy, GRC and technical specialists behind a lead, plus the reporting and audit machinery. vCISO Resourcing is for consultancies and independent vCISOs rather than end clients: we act as your delivery bench so you can take on more work than you could staff alone.
Not this page. The three models here are what we sell to companies and consultancies. If you are an experienced security leader who wants to be placed into fractional CISO engagements with our clients, that is our vCISO Partner Program — a separate network you can join, with its own page under Partners.
Engagement models are flexible — from roughly 10 hours a month of advisory through to a full fractional leadership role. We size it to your stage, your compliance commitments and how much internal security capability you already have.
For many organisations, especially startups and mid-size companies, it provides equivalent strategic leadership at a fraction of the cost. As you grow into a permanent hire, the same team can run the function during the search and hand over a program that is already operating.
You hold the client relationship and we sit behind it. Work is scoped as fixed workstreams you can price into your own proposal, delivered and reported under your brand. It is designed so that adding a certification, a pen test or a cloud review to your offering does not require you to hire for it first.
We work with FinTech, SaaS, Healthcare, EdTech, E-commerce and D2C companies across India and globally.
Ready for security leadership?
Book a free 15-minute consultation to work out which model fits your stage and budget.