Virtual IT Leadership
Executive IT and Security Leadership, On Demand.
Most businesses in the 25 to 500 person range need executive IT and security leadership but do not need (or cannot afford) to hire a full-time CIO or CISO. Our virtual CIO and virtual CISO services give your leadership team the seat at the table without the headcount.
Book a technology review How a vCIO engagement works
Annual RoadmapFY 2026
BUDGETFY plan locked
AUDITStack inventory
RISKRegister refresh
IDENTITYMFA rollout
M365Baseline lift
POLICYAcceptable use
NETWORKOffice 2 cutover
BACKUPSDR test
VENDORSRenewals review
BOARDAnnual report
AUDITPart 500 cert
BUDGETNext FY draft
vCIO
The strategic seat.
A vCIO owns the forward-looking technology picture. We sit with your executive team on budget, roadmap, and vendor decisions. We translate business priorities into technology plans, and we translate technology reality into language your board and your non-technical leaders actually use.
- ✓Annual technology roadmap tied to business goals.
- ✓IT budget planning, vendor negotiation, and software licensing discipline.
- ✓Quarterly business reviews with your executive team.
- ✓Board-level and investor-level technology reporting.
- ✓M&A and growth planning support when the business is scaling.
vCISO
The security seat.
A virtual CISO owns your security program. Policy, risk, incident response, audit, and regulator-facing reporting. For regulated businesses, a designated senior-level security officer is not optional, and finding (and affording) a full-time hire is very hard.
Our vCISO engagement is built to satisfy New York's 23 NYCRR Part 500 Department of Financial Services cybersecurity requirements, which specifically require covered entities to designate a CISO and have that CISO report to the board or a senior officer at least annually.
- Security program design, ownership, and annual board reporting.
- Policy and procedure authorship, maintained and version controlled.
- Incident response leadership during real events, not just tabletop exercises.
- Evidence collection and documentation that holds up under regulator review.
- Vendor and third-party risk oversight.
- 500.02Cybersecurity Program Signed
- 500.03Cybersecurity Policy Signed
- 500.04CISO Designation Signed
- 500.07Access Privileges In review
- 500.09Risk Assessment Signed
- 500.16Incident Response In review
- 500.17Board Notice Queued
What our virtual executives deliver
Six seats. One leader.
The work an in-house CIO and CISO would carry, scoped to the real need and priced against the real budget.
01
Strategy & Roadmap
Annual tech plan, reviewed quarterly, owned by someone accountable.
02
Budget & Vendor Management
Pricing discipline, contract reviews, and honest vendor conversations.
03
Security Program Ownership
From risk register to incident response plan, one owner who carries it forward.
04
Policy & Procedure Authoring
Documents that pass audit, written for how your business actually works.
05
Board & Executive Reporting
Plain-language updates for the people making the decisions.
06
Audit & Regulator Liaison
Someone who can sit in the room with the auditor and answer the questions.
Common questions
What buyers usually want to know.
What is a virtual CIO (vCIO)?
A virtual chief information officer (vCIO) is an executive technology leader who sits with your leadership team on a fractional basis instead of as a full-time hire. The vCIO owns the forward-looking technology picture, including the annual technology roadmap, IT budget planning, vendor negotiation, and quarterly business reviews with your executive team. It gives businesses in the 25 to 500 person range a strategic seat at the table without the headcount.
What is a virtual CISO (vCISO) and when does a business need one?
A virtual chief information security officer (vCISO) is a designated senior security leader who owns your security program, including policy, risk, incident response, audit, and regulator-facing reporting. A business needs one when a regulator or insurance carrier expects a named senior-level security officer, or when no one inside the company owns the security program and finding and affording a full-time hire is very hard.
What is the difference between a vCIO and a vCISO?
A vCIO owns technology strategy: the roadmap, the budget, vendor decisions, and translating business priorities into technology plans. A vCISO owns the security program: policies and procedures, the risk register, incident response leadership, evidence collection, and annual board reporting. Many businesses need both seats, and we scope the engagement to the real need.
Does a vCISO satisfy the NY DFS Part 500 CISO designation requirement?
Yes. Our vCISO engagement is built to satisfy the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) cybersecurity regulation, 23 NYCRR Part 500, which requires covered entities to designate a CISO and have that CISO report to the board or a senior officer at least annually. The engagement also gives an insurance carrier or a regulator a compliant, reportable security officer, with documentation that holds up under regulator review.
How is a vCIO or vCISO engagement scoped and priced?
We scope the engagement to the real need and price it against the real budget. Some businesses need a strategic CIO voice at the quarterly meeting, while others need a compliant, reportable CISO to satisfy an insurance carrier or a regulator. The work covers the seats an in-house CIO and CISO would carry: strategy and roadmap, budget and vendor management, security program ownership, policy authoring, board and executive reporting, and audit and regulator liaison.
Get the leadership seat
The seat at the table, without the headcount.
Whether you need a strategic CIO voice at the quarterly meeting or a compliant, reportable CISO to satisfy an insurance carrier or a regulator, we scope the engagement to the real need and price it against the real budget.
- → No sales script. A real conversation with someone who gets it.
- → A 30 minute call, an honest read on your current setup.
- → Straight pricing. No surprise invoices.