Cybersecurity Strategy & GRC
vCISO & Security Leadership
Executive security leadership without the seven-figure hire. Nexeris owns your security program, represents you to the board and your customers, and leads your team through audits, vendor reviews, and incident response.
Why This Matters
Most teams don’t have a security headcount problem. They have a security leadership problem.
When no senior voice is steering the program, three things happen. Spending drifts toward whatever vendor called last. Audits turn into fire drills. And risk decisions get made by whoever is in the room instead of whoever should be. A vCISO gives you one accountable owner for security, starting in the first month.
Common reasons teams engage us
You are bidding on contracts that require a named security leader
Customers are asking for SOC 2, ISO, or CMMC and no one owns it
You inherited security with no roadmap, no policies, and no clear place to start
The board is asking questions you cannot answer
Services in this solution
Three services that give security an owner.
From the executive who sits in your leadership meetings to the policies and day-to-day governance underneath.
vCISO
Senior security leadership for companies that need the CISO seat filled without the full-time hire. We sit in your leadership meetings and own the security roadmap.
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GRC Support
Day-to-day governance, risk, and compliance management so your engineering team can keep shipping.
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Policy Development
Custom, enforceable policies mapped to your stack and your frameworks. Not template downloads.
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How We Work
How a vCISO engagement works
A repeatable six-step engagement model.
Discovery & Charter
A few weeks to map your current program, your contracts, and the frameworks in play, and to define what the security seat is accountable for.
Stakeholder Alignment
We meet your leadership, board contacts, and the customers and auditors driving requirements, so the roadmap reflects what the business actually has to satisfy.
Roadmap Design
A prioritized security roadmap tied to your audit deadlines and contract requirements, with the sequence and the budget logic spelled out.
Build
We stand up the policies, controls, and evidence the roadmap calls for, working alongside your team rather than handing them a list.
Embedded Operations
Your named security leader runs the program week to week: leadership meetings, vendor and customer reviews, audit support, and incident response.
Readout & Renewal
Regular reporting your board and customers can act on, and a renewed roadmap each cycle as your contracts and risks change.
Ideal Fit For
- Defense contractors bidding on DoD work who need a named security executive
- Series A to C SaaS companies whose enterprise prospects ask for a CISO contact
- Mid-market operations leaders who inherited security with no roadmap or policies
- Boards and PE-backed companies that want independent security oversight
- Founders preparing for SOC 2, ISO, or CMMC who are missing the leadership layer
What you walk away with
- A defensible security roadmap tied to business outcomes and audit deadlines
- An executive who can speak to your board, your customers, and your auditor
- A policy library that survives auditor scrutiny and employee onboarding
- Shorter sales cycles when prospects ask who owns your security
- Lower risk of audit failure, contract loss, and breach exposure
The Nexeris Difference
Why teams pick us for the security leadership seat.
- Lead consultants hold CISSP and CISA credentials, the standard expected of enterprise CISOs
- Deep experience with defense industrial base and supply chain security requirements
- We serve as your named security leader for customer reviews and audit support, not outside advisors
- Practical implementation support, not slide decks and abstract recommendations
- A fraction of the cost of a full-time CISO at the equivalent seniority level
- One accountable owner for the program, from roadmap through renewal
Frequently Asked Questions
Things prospects ask before booking a call.
A consultant hands you a deliverable and leaves. A vCISO holds the seat. They are accountable to your leadership team, present to your board, and own the program continuously. You get an executive, not a report.
Most engagements begin with a two-week discovery and charter phase. You have an accountable security owner from week one and a board-ready roadmap inside the first quarter.
Yes, as your named security leader. Your vCISO runs the preparation, builds the evidence, and represents you to the assessor. The audit itself is conducted by the independent party each framework requires: a CPA firm for SOC 2, an accredited registrar for ISO, and a C3PAO for CMMC. We get you ready and stand with you through it.
It varies by scope and phase. Discovery is intensive. Steady-state operations settle into a predictable weekly cadence. We size the retainer to your actual needs rather than a fixed block.
Either. We can lead a team that has no senior owner, or supplement one that needs executive coverage and audit experience.
Defense contractors and regulated businesses, with deep work in CMMC, DFARS, and NIST 800-171.
"Nexeris helped us gain clarity for our security program's growth needs and also took the time to properly understand our needs to ensure our ongoing success."
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Assessments & Audit Preparation
Gap Assessments, Internal Audits
Federal and Defense
CMMC, DFARS 7012, NIST 800-171, and FedRAMP
ISO Management Systems
ISO 27001, 27701, 22301 & 42001 Consulting
Talk to a CISSP-credentialed security exec, not a sales rep.
Thirty minutes, no slide deck. We will help you figure out exactly what your contracts require before we ever talk about scope.