You need executive security and technology leadership. You do not need it forty hours a week at an executive salary.
Who this is for
Defense contractors and manufacturers with compliance obligations and technology risk but no realistic path to a full-time executive hire. Also organizations bridging a leadership gap or preparing for a CMMC assessment.
Problems we address
- Security decisions defaulting to whoever is least busy
- An MSP operating without informed oversight
- Customer security questionnaires with nobody accountable for the answers
- Compliance obligations accepted at contract signing and then orphaned
- IT staff capable of execution but not positioned to set direction
Scope and approach
We take ownership, not just advice. Your fractional CIO or CISO establishes where you stand, sets priorities against business and contract risk, and then drives the work — including managing your MSP and vendors, representing security to customers and primes, and reporting to ownership in terms that support decisions.
Engagements are structured around defined time and clear accountability. You know who your executive is, and it stays that person.
Typical deliverables
- Security and technology program ownership with defined accountability
- Regular reporting to ownership and executive leadership
- MSP and vendor management, including performance oversight
- Customer and prime security questionnaire response
- Incident response leadership and coordination
- Compliance program direction through assessment readiness
Framework and technology context
CMMC Level 2, NIST SP 800-171, DFARS 252.204-7012, Microsoft 365 and Entra ID, GCC High, CUI enclaves, and Managed Enclave as a Service.
If nobody in your organization owns security outcomes, that is the first thing to fix.