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Cybersecurity Transformation Lead
Human-led vCISO services focused on operational resilience, vendor remote access control, and recoverability.
Translate cyber + downtime risk into a prioritized roadmap with owners, timelines, and a defensible budget.
RESULTS FOR YOUR SECURITY STRATEGY
Reduce downtime risk and tighten vendor/OT exposure without slowing operations.
vCISO Services
Executive-ready security leadership and not more tools.
Your vCISO (Operator + advisor)
Engineer by training; pragmatic IT/OT mindset
Built and led MSP operations (scaled to ~240 FTE)
Led enterprise IT/security programs for 20+ years
M&A technical diligence advisor (insurance, questionnaires, diligence-ready evidence)
Governance cadence that turns risk into funded priorities
About us
Our vCISO Services
Human-led cybersecurity and risk governance for mission critical businesses.
Security & Strategy Roadmap
4 weeks fixed-scope sprint – fixed price.
What we do (4 sessions + analysis)
Business drivers + constraints (uptime, safety, customers, insurance)
Crown jewels + attack paths (IT + OT + vendor access reality)
Current state + gaps ranked by business impact
OT reality check + vendor remote access review
Roadmap + executive package (priorities, owners, budget)
Outcome:
12–18 month roadmap (sequenced + budgeted)
90-day plan (owners + metrics)
Evidence checklist for questionnaires / insurance / diligence
CORE vCISO (Human-Led)
6-8 hours/week – monthly retainer
Monthly executive security report (decisions, risks, status, next actions)
Risk register ownership + maintenanceRoadmap execution management (MSP/MDR + internal alignment)
Control outcomes oversight (what “done” looks like)
Incident readiness (tabletop + recovery coordination)
Third-party / vendor access governance
Security reviews for major projects
Outcome:
Reduced downtime risk (operational resilience)
Top risks are known, owned, and dated
Roadmap leadership funds and enforces
Monthly exec summary that makes decisions easy
FOUNDATION vCISO
< 250 employees
Monthly risk register + exec update
90-day plan refresh (owners + due dates)
Policy pack (lite) + minimum governance cadence
Security questionnaire + insurance renewal support (response library + evidence list)
Outcome:
You’ll know the top risks, the plan, who owns each action, and what leadership needs to decide.
We are a fit for
Multi-site ops + inconsistent vendor remote access
Blurry OT/IT boundary (shared accounts, unmanaged pathways)
Insurance pressure + customer questionnaires (evidence is scattered)
No single owner + no funded roadmap + weak budget justification
Recent incident/near-miss or rising downtime risk
Legacy PLCs + vendor access sprawl (VPNs, shared creds, no expiration)
Who We Work With
Discrete & process manufacturing
Industrial services (field + plant environments)
Healthcare operations (where uptime matters)
Insurance stakeholders (renewals + evidence packaging)
Corporate development / PE portfolio leadership (diligence-ready posture)
Corporate Strategy Executive (Fortune 1000)
Andre brought instant structure to our security program, clear priorities, owners, and measurable progress within the first month. The monthly executive report made risk and decisions easy for leadership.
2022
Private Equity Portfolio CEO
We didn’t need another tool, we needed leadership. The vCISO cadence, risk register, and roadmap got our MSP, MDR provider, and internal teams aligned and executing.
April 2024
Director of Corporate Development
Customer security questionnaires and cyber insurance renewals stopped being fire drills. Andre packaged evidence, tightened our controls, and kept us audit-ready without slowing the business down.
2023
International Company Entering the U.S. Market
The ransomware tabletop was the first time our leadership team felt truly prepared. We left with crisp decision paths, a realistic recovery plan, and a short list of high-impact improvements.
2025
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Tools generate alerts. Leadership creates decisions.
If you want a funded roadmap and real execution cadence
Let’s talk.
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