Fractional CISO Services

Executive security leadership. Without the executive hire.

You need security leadership on the board agenda, not just security work getting done. We embed an experienced CISO in your business who builds the program, briefs your board, and owns the outcome, at a fraction of a full-time salary. Real leadership. Flexible commitment.

Board-level security leadership. Hands-on enough to actually run the program.
35+years on the job
600+engineers on the bench
24/7security operations
6+frameworks covered
What a fractional CISO covers

Four things off your desk, run like a program.

You could hire this. Finding a security leader who's also willing to be fractional is the hard part. Here's what the engagement actually covers.

Program strategy & oversight

We build a security program sized to your risk and your budget, not a generic template. NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS give it structure. Your business sets the priorities.

  • A risk-based roadmap tied to your real budget
  • Framework alignment without the framework theater
  • Reviewed and adjusted as your risk changes

Policy, compliance & audit readiness

Policies get written, reviewed, and actually followed. When an auditor or examiner asks a hard question, you have an answer and the evidence behind it.

  • Policies written, reviewed, and kept current
  • Gap assessments against HIPAA, PCI, CMMC, or ISO
  • Audit and certification prep that doesn't start in a panic

Board & executive reporting

Your board and leadership get security translated into business terms: risk reduced, dollars spent, work still ahead. No jargon, no guesswork.

  • Board-ready reporting on a regular cadence
  • Risk framed in terms the C-suite actually uses
  • A CISO in the room for the hard conversations

Incident response & vendor risk

We build the playbook before you need it: tabletop exercises, clear roles, a plan your team has actually practiced. Third-party risk gets the same rigor.

  • Incident response plans, tested, not just written
  • Vendor risk programs with real scoring, not a spreadsheet
  • GenAI and third-party tools brought under the same governance
Proof it works

Executive security leadership, already running.

Case studies are easy to write. Regulated clients who stay are not. Here's one that has.

Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual needed stronger cybersecurity without stretching an already lean internal team. As a regulated insurer, getting security governance wrong meant more than a bad audit.

Netrix embedded 24/7 monitoring, threat detection, and advisory services directly into PLM's operations. Leadership got the confidence that comes from a team that owns the outcome, not a report that lands in an inbox.

24/7security monitoring coverage
Embeddedsecurity team model
Zeroheadcount added internally
Regulatedinsurance compliance supported
Why Netrix

The security leader you'd hire, if you could find them.

Plenty of firms will sell you a policy binder. Fewer will run the program and answer for it. Netrix has done exactly this for regulated, midsize businesses since 1989. Here's what that gets you.

FAQ

Questions we hear before the first call.

If your question isn't here, ask it directly. That's what the conversation is for.

What does a fractional CISO actually do?
What happens in the first 60 days?
How does a fractional CISO work with our existing team and tools?
Can a fractional CISO help with PCI DSS, HIPAA, or other compliance requirements?
How do you show leadership the program is working?
You shouldn't have to run this alone.

Let's build the program your board is asking about.

A 30-minute conversation with a security leader who'll look at where your program stands today and tell you, straight, what's missing and what's already working.

Talk to a Fractional CISO
No policy binder. Just an honest read on your security program and what it would take to run it right.