CISO · Cyber Security · IT Infrastructure

Security leadership, without the full-time CISO.

Virtual CISO, security assessment, compliance readiness for ISO 27001, SOC 2 and India’s DPDP Act, and IT infrastructure and cloud management — run as a business-risk discipline your CFO and board can actually read. Our leadership brings 20+ years of experience in CISO, cyber security and IT infrastructure management.

vCISOISO 27001 · SOC 2 · DPDP ACTCLOUD & INFRASTRUCTURE
Why now

Security has become a revenue and board issue.

It is no longer only an IT question. It shows up in sales cycles, regulation and the platforms that hold your financial data.

Customers are asking

Security questionnaires, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 requests now arrive before contracts are signed — especially from US, Australian and GCC buyers.

Regulation has arrived

India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act brings obligations on consent, notices, security safeguards and breach response for anyone processing personal data.

Cloud sprawl is real

SaaS, ERP, planning tools and cloud accounts multiply faster than anyone reviews who has access to what.

What we do

Four services. One accountable security lead.

01 · Lead

Virtual CISO

Fractional security leadership: strategy, policy, risk ownership and board reporting — without a full-time executive hire.

  • Security strategy & 12-month roadmap
  • Policy suite and governance cadence
  • Board and customer-facing security reporting
02 · Assess

Security Assessment & Risk

An honest view of where you stand: controls, identity, endpoints, cloud, data and vendors — turned into a prioritised risk register.

  • Control gap assessment against a chosen framework
  • Risk register with business-impact ratings
  • Third-party / vendor risk review
03 · Comply

Compliance Readiness

Get audit-ready for ISO 27001 and SOC 2, and operationalise India’s DPDP Act — with evidence that holds up.

  • ISMS design, Statement of Applicability
  • SOC 2 control mapping & evidence plan
  • DPDP data mapping, notices & breach playbook
04 · Operate

IT Infrastructure & Cloud

Oversight of the infrastructure your business runs on: access, backups, cloud configuration, SaaS and vendor management.

  • Identity, SSO & access reviews
  • Cloud (AWS and others) configuration & cost hygiene
  • Backup, continuity and IT vendor oversight
Compliance frameworks

Audit-ready, not just audit-hopeful.

We design the controls, write the policies, organise the evidence and prepare your team — so the audit is a formality.

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD

ISO 27001

Information security management system.

  • Scope, context & risk methodology
  • Annex A control selection & SoA
  • Policies, procedures & training
  • Internal audit & management review readiness
US ATTESTATION

SOC 2

Trust Services Criteria for service organisations.

  • Criteria scoping (security and beyond)
  • Control design & ownership
  • Evidence collection plan
  • Type I to Type II readiness path
INDIA REGULATION

DPDP Act

Digital Personal Data Protection Act.

  • Personal data inventory & flows
  • Consent, notices & data principal rights
  • Reasonable security safeguards
  • Breach response & processor contracts

We prepare you for certification and attestation; ISO 27001 certificates are issued by accredited certification bodies and SOC 2 reports by independent CPA firms. Our DPDP work is operational readiness and should be read alongside advice from your legal counsel.

The finance-literate CISO

Security risk, in the language of the P&L.

Most security reports are written for engineers. Ours are written for the people who sign the budget. Our leadership brings 20+ years of experience in CISO, cyber security and IT infrastructure management, and our roots are in finance transformation — so we frame risk as exposure, cost and payback, and build security business cases the way we build any other.

  • Risks ranked by business impact, not just severity scores
  • Security spend tied to a roadmap and an ROI case
  • Access controls designed into the ERP, EPM and BI systems we implement
BOARD SECURITY POSTUREIllustrative
IDENTITY
MEDIUM
ENDPOINT
LOW
CLOUD
HIGH
DATA
MEDIUM
VENDORS
HIGH
RESPONSE
MEDIUM
How it works

From unknown risk to governed security.

PHASE 1

Assess

Interviews, configuration review and control gap analysis across identity, endpoints, cloud, data and vendors.

PHASE 2

Prioritise

A risk register and roadmap ranked by business impact, effort and the frameworks your customers ask for.

PHASE 3

Implement

Policies, controls, access reviews and evidence — working alongside your IT team and vendors.

PHASE 4

Govern

Ongoing vCISO cadence: metrics, reviews, incident readiness and board reporting.

What you get

Tangible outputs, not slideware.

Assessment

Risk register & heatmap

Every material risk, an owner, a rating and a treatment plan.

Strategy

Security roadmap

A sequenced 12-month plan with effort and budget per initiative.

Governance

Policy suite

Information security, access, acceptable use, vendor, backup and incident policies.

Readiness

Incident response plan

Roles, playbooks and notification steps, including DPDP breach obligations.

Sales enablement

Questionnaire responses

A reusable security answer bank for customer due-diligence.

Reporting

Board security dashboard

Posture, open risks and progress — one page, every quarter.

How we engage

Start with an assessment. Stay for the governance.

Fixed fee

Cyber Risk Assessment

A scoped review and prioritised risk register — the right place to start.

Project

Compliance Readiness

ISO 27001, SOC 2 or DPDP readiness, taken to audit or operational go-live.

Monthly retainer

Virtual CISO

Ongoing security leadership, governance cadence and board reporting.

Monthly retainer

Infrastructure & Cloud

Oversight of access, cloud, backups and IT vendors.

Common questions

Before you reach out.

Do you certify us for ISO 27001 or issue SOC 2 reports?

No — and no consultant who helps you prepare should. Certification is performed by accredited certification bodies and SOC 2 reports by independent CPA firms. We get you ready and support you through the audit.

Does the DPDP Act apply to my business?

If you process digital personal data of individuals in India — customers, employees or users — it very likely does. Our assessment maps what you hold and what you need to do; we recommend reviewing conclusions with your legal counsel.

Will you replace our IT team or managed service provider?

No. We provide the leadership and governance layer — strategy, policy, risk and oversight — and work alongside the people and providers who run your systems day to day.

We’re small. Is a vCISO overkill?

A fractional model exists precisely for growing businesses: senior judgement a few days a month, sized to your risk and your customers’ expectations, rather than a full-time executive salary.

Can you combine this with finance work?

Yes. Many of the controls that matter most — access to ERP, planning and BI data, segregation of duties, audit trails — sit right where finance and security meet.

Start here

Know your risk before someone else finds it.

Request a Cyber Risk Assessment. We’ll scope it around your systems, your customers’ requirements and the frameworks that matter to you.

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