My Fractional CISO™
Continuous protection and audit readiness in one platform – My Fractional CISO™
Your Growth Made Headlines. Now Everyone's Taking a Closer Look.
Investors want proof your security kept pace with your growth. Enterprise customers and auditors are asking sharper questions. And your competitors would love an excuse to point at a gap.
15 Foundational Controls. 6 NIST CSF Functions. 0 Security Hires.
We’re Not For Everyone.
Here’s Who My Fractional CISO™ is Built For.
This is for you if:
- You’ve received funding and have an approved budget.
- You have an enterprise deal that’s stuck because of a security questionnaire.
- Your enterprise customer is now requiring you to prove SOC2.
- Your Board is requiring security documentation before your next funding round.
- You want the accountability of a person, not just a Vanta or Drata dashboard.
This isn’t right for you if:
- You haven’t received funding or don’t have an approved budget yet.
- You don’t have a pending deadline to meet Board, customer, or regulatory requirements.
- You prefer the “DIY” tool approach (Sprinto, Vanta) without SME guidance.
- Your Board, regulators, or customers don’t require 3rd-party independent review or attestation.
- You have a CTO/CISO with the bandwidth and staff to complete inhouse.
Real Businesses. Real Results.
“ATS worked with Mission Cyber Group to pass the SOC 2 audit as part of the extensive and comprehensive auditing process.”
Tim Conley
Principal, ATS Group
“We are a relationship organization rather than a common transactional institution… It’s important to find the right group that respects small businesses and what you’re trying to do and sees the value in it—Mission Cyber Group meets all these criteria.”
Gary Golden
CEO, Propell CU
“Today, everyone at Homesale is hyper-vigilant of ransomware threats and their behavior has been modified as a result of the training they received and the real-world threat that played out. Our employees are also far more aware of the dangers of spam emails and the links they contain.”
Vice President of IT & Digital Platforms
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty
“David and the Mission Cyber Group team got it done at the right depth, on budget, and on time, so we were able to win the deal. They knocked it out of the park.”
Steve Francolla
CEO, Fabrik
Need to provide proof of a security assessment? So did Fabrik and here's how we helped:
“One of our prospective enterprise customers needed proof of a completed security assessment before signing on as a Fabrik client. David and the Mission Cyber Group team got it done at the right depth, on budget, and on time, so we were able to win the deal. They knocked it out of the park.”
Steve Francolla
CEO, Fabrik
The GRC Launch Package – $25,000
Everything you need to walk into your next enterprise deal, board meeting, or audit with a straight answer.
- Full security & compliance program buildout, mapped to NIST CSF 2.0
- Automated Penetration Test powered by Horizon3.ai NodeZero
- Vendor & third-party risk review
- A completed, Board-ready security roadmap
- 30 days of advisory access after delivery
Delivered in 6 weeks. Fixed price. No surprise scope creep.
Our Guarantee: If you’re not 100% satisfied with our service, we’ll make it right or provide a full refund.
Day 31 Retainer Option: After your GRC Launch Package delivers, continue with My Fractional CISO™ ($5,500–$7,500/mo)* for continuous monitoring and questionnaire defense — no obligation, your call once you’ve seen the work.
How The GRC Launch Package Works
Step 1: Scoping Call
We learn your business, your current security posture, and exactly what’s driving the need (a deal, a board ask, an insurance renewal, or just knowing it’s time).
Step 2: Penetration Test/Technical Environment Assessment
Using Horizon3.ai NodeZero, we run a one-time automated penetration test across your environment (up to 75 IPs included) — real-world exploit testing, so you know exactly where you’re actually exposed, not just where a checklist says you might be.
Step 3: Program Buildout
We build your full security and compliance program, mapped to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 — policies, controls, and documentation that hold up to real scrutiny.
Step 4: Board-Ready Delivery
You receive a completed, board-ready security roadmap — something you can actually walk into a boardroom, an auditor’s office, or an enterprise customer’s security review with and speak to confidently.
Step 5: 30 Days of Advisory Support
The relationship doesn’t end at delivery. You get 30 days of advisory access, so when a follow-up question comes in from a board member, an auditor, or a prospect, you’re not on your own.
Ready to schedule Step 1? Download the Scoping Call Prep Checklist first, so you walk in prepared.
The Compliance Accelerate Package – $45,000
Everything you need to walk into your SOC2 or ISO 27001 fully prepared.
- Everything in the GRC Launch Package
- SOC2 / ISO 27001 Readiness Assessment
- Automated Evidence Playbook
- Auditor Onboarding & Hosting Support
- 30 days of advisory access after delivery
Delivered in 12 weeks. Fixed price. No surprise scope creep.
Important: This package prepares you for your audit — it does not include the fee charged by an independent, certified auditor to perform the formal SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audit itself. That’s a separate engagement with a licensed audit firm, which we’ll help you coordinate.
Our Guarantee: If you’re not 100% satisfied with our service, we’ll make it right or provide a full refund.
Day 31 Retainer Option: After your readiness work is complete, continue with My Fractional CISO™ ($7,500–$9,500/mo)* to act as your ongoing security executive through the formal audit and beyond.
How The Compliance Accelerate Package Works
Step 1: Scoping Call — We learn your target framework (SOC 2 Type I/II or ISO 27001), your timeline, and what’s driving the need.
Step 2: Technical Environment Assessment — One-time automated penetration test via Horizon3.ai NodeZero (up to 75 IPs included).
Step 3: Gap Analysis — We assess your current controls against the target framework’s requirements and identify what’s missing.
Step 4: Program Buildout — We build your full security and compliance program, mapped to NIST CSF 2.0 and your target audit framework.
Step 5: Evidence Collection Setup — We help you establish the systems and processes to continuously collect the evidence your auditor will require.
Step 6: Automated Evidence Playbook —You receive a control-by-control playbook showing exactly what evidence your auditor will ask for, where to pull it from, and how often to refresh it — so nothing gets assembled at the last minute.
Step 7: Mock Readiness Assessment — A practice run to confirm you’re actually ready before the real audit begins.
Step 8: Auditor Selection & Onboarding Support — We help you select and onboard an independent, certified audit firm.
Step 9: Board-Ready Readiness Report — A completed summary confirming your audit-readiness status.
Step 10: Auditor Hosting Support — We’re in the room for the kickoff with the auditors, answering technical questions alongside your team so the auditor engagement starts on solid footing.
Ready to schedule Step 1? Download the Scoping Call Prep Checklist first, so you walk in prepared.
Full-Time CISO vs My Fractional CISO™
Full-Time CISO
- Cost: $180,000–$250,000+ base salary, plus benefits and equity
- Time to start: 8-10 internal interviews, 3–6 months to recruit and onboard
- Commitment: Full-time salary, ongoing, indefinite
- Risk: Hiring risk, turnover risk, ramp-up time
- Best for: Large enterprises with dedicated security budgets and headcount
My Fractional CISO™
- Cost: $25,000 – $45,000, fixed price
- Time to start: 2 to 3 weeks after signing — no 3-6 month hiring wait
- Commitment: 6 to 12 week engagement + 30 days advisory
- Risk: Fixed scope, fixed price – no surprise scope creep
- Best for: Growing businesses that need expert-level security leadership without the overhead
Backed by our guarantee — if you’re not satisfied, we’ll make it right or refund your investment. (See FAQ for details.)
GRC Platforms vs My Fractional CISO™
GRC platforms like Sprinto, Vanta and Drata are great at collecting evidence for compliance frameworks. That’s valuable — but it only tells you what your policies say, not what’s actually exploitable in your environment. My Fractional CISO™ includes automated penetration testing powered by Horizon3.ai NodeZero that provides real-world testing of your actual attack surface. And once the results are in, we don’t just hand them to you — we interpret them, prioritize what to fix first, help with remediation, and help you explain all of it to your board.
GRC Platforms
- What is it?: Software that automates evidence collection for frameworks and compliance requirements
- Does it test your environment for exploitable security gaps?: No — it collects compliance evidence only; it doesn’t test the exploitability and risk posture of your actual systems
- What’s it really good at?: Continuously gathering evidence for audits and providing reports mapped to frameworks
- Does it provide Board-ready output?: No – You have to build the narrative yourself
- Do I need to hire GRC expertise?: Yes — the dashboard does not explain itself
- Does it answer questions from your Board, auditors, and customers?: No. It’s you, reading from a dashboard
My Fractional CISO™
- What is it?: A dedicated, US-based CISSP-certified security engineer who owns your engagement start to finish — backed by an in-house compliance specialist, not a rotating pool of resources
- Does it test your environment for exploitable security gaps?: Yes — it includes Horizon3 NodeZero automated pen testing, results are reviewed with you
- What’s it really good at?: Gathering evidence for audits, providing reports mapped to frameworks, and testing for actual exploits
- Does it provide Board-ready output?: Yes – Delivered and walked through with you — not just a document you receive
- Do I need to hire GRC expertise?: No — your dedicated engineer brings the GRC expertise, supported in-house by our compliance specialist
Already using a platform like Vanta, Drata, or Sprinto? My Fractional CISO™ works with these platforms to create business-centric compliance plus exploitability risk reports that can be shared with your Board, auditors, and enterprise customers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Isn't this the same as any other vCISO service?
My Fractional CISO includes a automated penetration test powered by Horizon3.ai NodeZero as part of every engagement, not an add-on — so you’re getting real exploitability testing of your actual environment, interpreted and explained by a dedicated CISSP-certified engineer, not just compliance guidance. The GRC Launch Package is a fixed 6-week scope with a defined deliverable; if you need ongoing coverage after that, the My Fractional CISO retainer adds continuous testing so you’re never working from a stale snapshot.
Is this a one-time engagement, or ongoing?
There’s no obligation to continue, and no long-term contract waiting for you at the end. During the 6-week engagement and the 30 days of advisory access that follow, you have direct support for board questions, auditor follow-ups, or anything else that comes up. Many of our client relationships actually start exactly like this — as a single, well-defined project (a SOC 2 push, a cyber insurance assessment, a specific security review). Once the work is delivered and the value is clear, most clients move to an ongoing My Fractional CISO retainer — which adds continuous automated penetration testing and ongoing advisory support, so your environment stays tested, not just documented. But that’s your call to make once you’ve seen the work, not something we ask you to commit to upfront.
Who actually performs the work? Is it a US-based resource? Outsourced overseas?
Every engagement is led by a dedicated, US-based CISSP-certified security engineer who owns your relationship from the scoping call through delivery and the 30-day advisory period — you’re not handed off or reassigned partway through. That engineer is backed in-house by a second CISSP-certified specialist focused specifically on compliance and regulatory requirements, so you get deep expertise on both the technical and compliance sides without ever feeling like you’re a ticket bouncing between resources.
We already use a compliance platform (Vanta, Drata, etc.) — does this still make sense for us?
Yes — My Fractional CISO can work alongside your existing platform, turning the data it collects into a Board-ready narrative and a prioritized action plan.
We already have an MSP — can't they just help us with SOC 2 or NIST CSF prep?
Your MSP technically could, but there’s a real conflict of interest worth thinking through: your MSP is the one managing your environment day to day, so having them also assess and grade that same environment is a bit like grading your own homework. For SOC 2 and ISO 27001 specifically, the actual certifying audit already has to be performed by an independent, accredited auditor — that’s a formal requirement, not just a best practice. My Fractional CISO brings that same independence to the readiness work leading up to it, so the gaps we identify reflect what an outside reviewer will actually find — not what’s convenient for the team already running your systems.
How quickly can we start?
Once your engagement is signed, we typically host your Project Kickoff call within 2 weeks — the timeline depends on securing your dedicated technical assessment license, which we coordinate as soon as your agreement is in place.
What if we're not satisfied with your service?
If you’re not 100% satisfied with our service, we’ll make it right or provide a full refund.