Virtual CISO

Senior security leadership, without a full-time hire.

Fractional security leadership for organizations that have to answer to auditors, funders, insurers, or partners - someone who owns the risk picture, the policies, and the evidence, and translates it for your board.

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When You Need One

When managed security needs an owner.

Most organizations are well served by foundational managed security - the protective controls built into our managed IT, Cybersecurity & Compliance, Email Security, and ETTE GuardRail reporting. A Virtual CISO is the next step up: senior accountability for security decisions when outside parties are asking harder questions.

Consider a Virtual CISO when you face third-party auditors, vendor-risk requirements, insurer, funder, or partner questionnaires, ongoing evidence requests, or a need for someone to own security governance - not just operate the tools.

What a Virtual CISO Does

Security ownership, explained in plain terms.

Fractional security leadershipA senior security lead who carries the decisions - for a fraction of a full-time hire - and is accountable for where your security program is headed.

Risk register & risk managementA living, prioritized list of your real risks - what could go wrong, how likely, how bad - so leadership spends money and attention where it actually reduces exposure.

Security policy ownershipWritten policies that match how your organization actually works, kept current as you change - not a template that sits in a drawer until an auditor asks.

Evidence & questionnaire supportWhen an insurer, funder, or partner sends a security questionnaire, you have someone who answers it accurately and assembles the supporting evidence behind each answer.

Vendor & third-party risk reviewA clear-eyed look at the outside tools and partners that touch your data, so a weak link in someone else's environment doesn't become your incident.

Audit & assessor coordinationA single point of contact who works with your auditors and assessors, organizes the requests, and keeps the process moving without pulling your whole team off their jobs.

Remediation roadmapA sequenced, budgeted plan for closing the gaps that matter most first - so progress is visible and defensible, not a scramble before each deadline.

Executive & board reportingSecurity translated into the language leadership and boards make decisions in - risk, cost, and trend - instead of raw alerts and tool dashboards.

Foundational protective controls - endpoint protection, identity protection, email security, web filtering, patching, monitoring, backup evidence, and security awareness - are delivered through managed IT, Cybersecurity & Compliance, and ETTE GuardRail. A Virtual CISO adds leadership and ownership on top of that foundation. ETTE does not claim certification or formal compliance with any named framework; we work to your organization's specific requirements and the requests you receive.

How It Fits

Leadership on your side of the table.

A Virtual CISO complements your managed security instead of replacing it - and works alongside a Virtual CIO when you need both technology and security leadership. For technology strategy, budgets, and roadmaps, see our Virtual CIO; for governed AI adoption, see AI Strategy & Enablement.

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Answer hard questions with confidence.

When the questionnaires and audits start arriving, let's make sure someone owns the answer.

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