vCISO · fractional CISO · virtual CISO
Fractional CISO.Board-ready leadership.
A virtual CISO owns strategy, the roadmap, vendor decisions, incident leadership, and board reporting on a fractional seat — for companies across the United States, from a team based in Orange County.
- Security roadmaps
- Board reporting
- Risk decisions
Fractional leadership. The time follows the workload.
The engagement
How the leadership runs
- 01
Baseline assessment
A focused review of your environment, obligations, and existing posture — the factual ground the strategy gets built on.
- 02
Roadmap & ownership
A sequenced security roadmap with owners and the risk decisions leadership signs off on.
- 03
Ongoing leadership
Regular working sessions, vendor and architecture reviews, questionnaire and audit support, and a direct line when something needs a decision.
- 04
Board & executive reporting
Plain-language reporting that connects security posture to business risk — built for directors and executives.
Leadership
The seat between projects
A project consultant can leave a report. A fractional CISO keeps the seat: leadership meetings, vendor decisions, and a call when the decision is due this week rather than on the next statement of work.
We direct and prioritize. Your existing team or MSP executes. Incident leadership is part of the seat — containment decisions, forensics coordination, and the communication plan — with authority already in place.
The work
Judgment, with the machines in the room
Before
Every scanner, auditor, and framework produces a list. Customer questionnaires are real, a compliance date is on the calendar, and nobody senior owns which risks to accept.
After
A one-page risk register leadership reads, a roadmap sequenced by business impact, vendor trade-offs on paper, and board updates written for directors.
CMMC, when it is in scope
Level 1. Working toward Level 2. Not the assessor.
GRYHAT is CMMC Level 1 and is working toward Level 2. We run CMMC Level 2 readiness assessments and guide companies to Level 2. A provider does not need its own Level 2 certification to do that work.
GRYHAT is not a certifying assessor and does not issue CMMC certification.
Entry offer
Board-ready security roadmap call
Tell us the company size, whether you brief a board or an executive team, and where the roadmap should start. Then book a time or email Andy V.
The call scopes the roadmap, the reporting cadence, and who owns the next decisions. A fee is quoted only after the workload is clear.
Andy V · eva@gryhat.com
Questions
Straight answers
They are the same engagement. A vCISO (virtual CISO) provides executive security leadership on a fractional basis: strategy, roadmap, vendor decisions, incident leadership, and board communication, without a full-time hire. "Fractional CISO" names the time model. "Virtual CISO" names the same role.
A consultant is scoped to deliverables. A vCISO is scoped to the program. We keep a seat in your leadership process, own the roadmap between projects, and stay accountable when priorities collide. If the engagement ends with a binder, you hired a consultant.
The time follows the workload. Once the program is stable, the engagement is a fraction of a full-time seat, with more time around audits, budget season, and major decisions. Fractional leadership is judgment at the moments judgment matters.
That is the standard arrangement. We direct and prioritize. Your existing team or provider executes. The usual result is a clearer IT relationship: defined priorities, acceptance criteria, and an advocate when security work competes with the rest of their queue.
Yes. Incident leadership is part of the role: containment decisions, forensics coordination, legal and insurer notifications, and the communication plan. The value is a playbook and the authority to use it, in place before an event.
vCISO services cover companies across the United States. GRYHAT is based in Mission Viejo and serves Orange County and California as the local base. Remote leadership is the same roadmap, the same reporting, and the same person on the phone.
When security work fills an executive week, or regulated operations need someone in that seat full time. Until then, a vCISO is senior security leadership without a full-time executive hire. When a full-time hire is the right seat, we help run the search and hand the program over.
24/7 · (714) 794-2803
Book the roadmap call.
Company size, who you brief, and where the roadmap should start. Then a time on the calendar, the 24/7 line, or eva@gryhat.com.
