vCISO & Fractional CISO

Fractional CISO Services

Lead

Senior security ownership

Plan

Prioritized roadmap

Align

Business, risk, and compliance

Report

Executive clarity

CISO-level ownership—without the full-time executive hire

Trusted by 400+ organizations worldwide.

Your Blaze Fractional CISO owns questionnaires, policies, compliance readiness, risk decisions, and executive reporting—backed by offensive-security specialists whenever technical validation is needed.

When it fits

When a Fractional CISO makes sense

A Fractional CISO—also called a virtual CISO or vCISO—gives growing companies senior security leadership without a full-time hire. Blaze can own the program, support your team, and bring in offensive-security specialists when technical validation is needed.

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Enterprise sales pressure

Security questionnaires, trust evidence, and customer due diligence are slowing opportunities or creating more demand than your team can absorb.

  • Security policies & procedures
  • Risk assessment framework
  • Vendor security program
  • Incident response plan
Lightning

Compliance without an owner

Compliance management for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other requirements needs a clear owner.

  • Questionnaire completion
  • Trust center setup
  • Evidence collection
  • Response library building
Check Circle

Security priorities keep slipping

Cyber risks, governance, policies, and remediation compete with day-to-day delivery.

  • Gap assessments
  • Compliance roadmaps
  • Auditor liaison
  • Evidence preparation
Presentation Chart

Boards need clarity

Leaders and investors need concise reporting on exposure, progress, and decisions.

  • Quarterly security reviews
  • Risk dashboards
  • Investor due diligence support
  • Security metrics & KPIs
Scope

What your Fractional CISO can own

The service scope follows your priorities, internal team, and required level of ownership.

01

Security strategy and roadmap

Turn business goals, cyber threats, cyber risks, and customer commitments into a prioritized plan with owners.

02

Compliance program leadership

Coordinate control owners, evidence, auditors, implementing controls, and ongoing maintenance for the standards and regulations in scope.

03

Customer assurance

Handle questionnaires, organize reusable evidence, and support customer or investor security reviews.

04

Policies and governance

Develop practical policies, decision rights, and governance processes your employees and leadership team can follow.

05

Risk management and executive reporting

Translate risk assessments, material exposure, progress, and tradeoffs into decisions executives and boards can act on.

06

Technical security coordination

Use Blaze penetration testing and security specialists when architecture, controls, or technical risk need independent validation.

Engagement models

Fractional CISO engagement models

Choose the ownership and support level that fits your team. Scope can expand or contract as priorities, regulations, and internal capabilities change.

Advisor

Senior direction

  • Strategy and roadmap reviews
  • Executive risk guidance
  • Compliance and customer assurance
  • Defined working cadence

Managed

Program ownership

  • Security program ownership
  • Policies, risk, and governance
  • Questionnaire and audit coordination
  • Executive reporting
  • Vendor guidance

Embedded

Embedded leadership

  • Leadership team integration
  • Multi-workstream management
  • Board and auditor engagement
  • Customer security support
  • Technical specialist coordination
  • Incident preparedness

Frequently asked questions

Usually. Fractional CISO describes the flexible time commitment, while virtual CISO describes remote delivery. Blaze uses the terms interchangeably unless the engagement model requires a distinction.
A Fractional CISO can own cybersecurity strategy, risk assessment and management, governance, compliance readiness, customer assurance, vendor decisions, incident preparedness, and executive reporting. Responsibilities are defined in the engagement scope.
Cost depends on the ownership level, company size, industry, program complexity, cadence, frameworks, and deliverables. Blaze provides a tailored proposal after defining the outcomes, internal resources, and support required.
The initial phase typically covers business and technical discovery, review of existing controls and obligations, prioritization of material risks, and an operating roadmap with owners, reporting cadence, and escalation paths.
Both. Blaze can handle program work such as policies, risk reviews, questionnaires, audit evidence, and vendor coordination. When technical validation is needed, your vCISO can coordinate Blaze specialists or your existing team according to scope.

Ready for accountable security leadership?

Give your cybersecurity program a clear owner and operating cadence—without hiring a full-time CISO too early.