simvay
Fractional CISO

Executive security leadership,
available at the right scale.

Most organizations under a thousand employees can't justify a full-time CISO — but they still need one in the room. Simvay's Fractional CISO program is built for exactly that gap.

What the role covers

Governance, strategy,
and accountability.

A Simvay Fractional CISO acts as the named executive owner of your security program — present, accountable, and credentialed.

Security strategy

Multi-year roadmap aligned to NIST CSF 2.0 and the actual risk profile of your organization, sector, and regulatory posture.

Board & executive reporting

Risk language built for the people writing the budget — outcomes, exposure, trade-offs. Not control counts and dashboard screenshots.

Program governance

Policies, standards, exception handling, vendor risk, and the operating cadence to keep them all alive past the audit.

Vendor & tool rationalization

Honest assessment of what you own, what you're paying for, and what's actually defending you. Cuts come from data, not opinions.

Incident leadership

Executive command during a real incident — coordination with counsel, insurance, law enforcement, and the public when required.

Audit & compliance posture

Pre-audit readiness, evidence design, and remediation oversight for SOC 2, HIPAA, CJIS, HB96, and sector frameworks.

Credentials

A real CISO, not a coordinator.

Simvay Fractional CISOs hold advanced certifications across the security architecture, engineering, and management disciplines, and bring real-world incident scars to the role — not just policy templates.

  • CISSP-ISSEP
  • CISSP-ISSAP
  • CISSP-ISSMP
  • CISA
  • CISM
  • CASP+
Engagement model

Scaled to your operating reality.

Engagements are sized by hours per month and scope, with a standard cadence of executive review, board reporting, and operational governance. We design the engagement around how your organization actually works — not a template.

1–3
Day cadence
Quarterly
Board pack
Named
Lead CISO
Get started

Need executive ownership
of your security program?

The first conversation is with someone who would be your actual CISO — not a sales rep describing what one might do.