No Internal CISO
No one owns cybersecurity strategy, risk decisions, or compliance leadership.
Regulatory Pressure
DORA, NIS2, ISO 27001, PCI and clients demand formal controls and documentation.
Unclear Responsibilities
Security is fragmented between IT, legal, vendors, and operations.
Incident Exposure
Lack of preparation leads to delayed, costly, and poorly managed responses.
Hiring Bottlenecks
CISO recruitment is slow, expensive, and hard to scale with your business.
The Solution: vCISO by Q-Sec
Our virtual CISO service provides the strategic guidance, risk governance, and compliance oversight your business needs — without the cost or delay of hiring a full-time CISO.
We embed experienced leadership into your team to build structure, support audits, and align your operations with modern cybersecurity frameworks.
Strategic Direction
Define your long-term vision, build a security roadmap, and establish board-ready priorities and structure.
Policy & Framework Governance
Develop and maintain policies, risk registers, and control sets aligned with your regulatory and business context.
Compliance Alignment
Support internal and external audits with proper documentation, evidence, and structured risk responses.
Audit Readiness
Support internal and external audits with proper documentation, evidence, and structured risk responses.
Stakeholder Coordination
Align IT, legal, operations, and executive stakeholders through structured security leadership and communication.
Monthly Subscription
Focus on: Ongoing strategic leadership and operational guidance.
This model provides continuous security oversight and accountability, tailored to your organisation’s scale and risk profile.
Ideal for companies that require stability, regular check-ins, and leadership without the need for internal hiring.
Designed for organisations that:
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Don’t have an internal CISO or security lead
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Require ongoing risk and compliance alignment
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Need regular policy, audit, and incident input
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Want predictable monthly cost and governance
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Prefer flexible time commitments (4–20+ hrs/month)
Project-Based vCISO
Focus on: Targeted outcomes in a defined timeframe.
Designed for companies that need fast-track results — such as passing an audit, creating a roadmap, or recovering from an incident.
This format brings leadership into short sprints with clear deliverables and exit criteria.
Best suited for companies that:
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Need immediate audit or certification preparation
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Face recent incidents or regulatory inquiries
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Require a security maturity roadmap or GAP analysis
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Need policy creation or risk documentation fast
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Prefer one-time delivery with clear end-point
Hybrid Delivery
Focus on: Combining strategic vCISO with operational execution
This model combines engineering and technical capacity alongside vCISO leadership — ideal for companies that want both direction and implementation support from a single team.
Best suited for organisations that:
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Need both strategy and hands-on implementation
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Lack engineering bandwidth to support security goals
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Want technical reviews of cloud, infra, or vendors
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Need parallel policy and system hardening work
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Prefer bundled advisory + technical delivery
Industries We Support
Our vCISO service is designed for dynamic, regulated, and fast-scaling organizations.
We adapt to the realities of your business model — whether you’re preparing for compliance, scaling quickly, or managing risk under pressure.
From fintech to crypto and beyond, we provide the leadership needed to keep operations secure, aligned, and resilient.
Fintech & Digital Banking
Support for DORA, GDPR, ISO 27001, PSD2, and vendor due diligence readiness.
Crypto & Web3
Security programs for decentralised teams, high-risk infrastructure, and investor scrutiny.
SaaS & Startups
Security leadership from early-stage to scale — without hiring overhead.
Retail & E-commerce
Protection of distributed systems, customer data, and growing attack surfaces.
Healthcare & NGOs
Privacy-first frameworks and structured guidance for resource-constrained teams.
And Beyond…
We support any business where cybersecurity matters — regardless of industry or size.
How vCISO Works
Our vCISO model follows a structured delivery lifecycle — from discovery to execution and evolution.
We embed leadership quickly, integrate with your workflows, and provide measurable security governance from day one.
Governance & Execution
We lead key initiatives and oversee policy, risk, and audit activities.
Review & Evolution
We hold reviews, measure progress, and adapt scope to your needs.
Discovery & Assessment
We assess posture, risk areas, and leadership gaps to shape the engagement.
GAP & Roadmap Planning
We identify gaps and define a practical, phased roadmap for improvement.
Onboarding & Integration
We connect with your teams, align roles, access, and processes.
Our Vision
Security leadership should be accessible, practical, and easy to adopt.
At Q-Sec, we believe cybersecurity shouldn’t slow your business down — it should help you move forward, with clarity and control.
Our vision is to simplify access to strategic security leadership.
We help growing and regulated companies gain CISO-level guidance without complexity, overhead, or delays.
By embedding expert leadership into your team — flexibly and transparently — we empower you to manage risk, meet compliance, and scale securely.
We make CISO expertise available to the teams that need it most — fast-moving, overloaded, and under pressure.