CISO Engagements

Interim security & compliance leadership for startups, or senior advisory services for high-stakes enterprise security projects. I bring extensive enterprise information security and compliance experience including deep technical expertise in cloud, container, and microservices security. I help clients develop security programs, operations, and technical controls and offer ad-hoc advisory services that provide fresh perspective.

Common Engagement Scopes

The descriptions below help clarify how companies most often leverage my experience. If you’d like more specifics, contact me with your requirements and I’ll share relevant engagement plans as a starting point.

  • This retainer-based service offers flexible, executive-level security and compliance guidance when you need it. As an on-call advisor, I provide expert input on topics ranging from risk management and audit readiness to security architecture, vendor due diligence, and incident response. Ideal for founders, CTOs, legal teams, or boards, this engagement creates a trusted channel for soundboarding decisions, navigating regulatory complexity, or resolving security concerns without the need for a full-time CISO. Sessions are scheduled as needed and tailored to your priorities — helping you move faster, reduce risk, and meet stakeholder expectations with confidence and clarity.

  • This service provides experienced, executive-level security leadership on a fractional or temporary basis. As Interim CISO, I step into your organization to lead security strategy, manage risk, support compliance efforts, and guide the security team during periods of transition, growth, or crisis. I work closely with executive leadership, engineering, legal, and external stakeholders to ensure alignment across security, business, and regulatory objectives. Whether filling a leadership gap, building your security program from the ground up, or stabilizing after a breach, this engagement delivers immediate, credible leadership to protect your assets, accelerate maturity, and build stakeholder trust.

  • A structured, executive-level engagement designed to assess, strengthen, and strategically evolve your organization’s security and compliance posture. This is not a checkbox audit - it’s a strategic deep-dive into how your security and compliance programs align with regulatory obligations, market demands, and technology implementations. Whether scoped narrowly around a single product or broadly across the enterprise, I’ll evaluate how your current practices support the expectations of customers, regulators, and strategic stakeholders — and provide a business-aligned plan to evolve your security and compliance programs.

  • This is a rapid, high-level “flyover” assessment of security and compliance implementation. This project is intended to minimize time and staff impact while identifying major deficiencies and areas in need of deeper evaluation. These projects are helpful for leadership in need of a “gut-check” on security and compliance or in order to prioritize further security and compliance efforts.

  • This service provides a clear, actionable plan to align your product’s security and compliance posture with customer, regulatory, and market expectations. I assess your current practices, identify gaps, and define a phased roadmap to achieve relevant certifications (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001) or industry-specific compliance (e.g., HIPAA, PCI). The process includes risk prioritization, security architecture review, and integration of compliance into your development lifecycle. Ideal for startups preparing for enterprise sales or scaling teams building regulated products, this engagement gives you the strategic direction and tactical steps needed to build trust, reduce risk, and move fast — with confidence.

  • This service delivers expert technical guidance on security and compliance across your IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and hybrid cloud environments. I assess your current architecture, identify risks, and develop tailored recommendations aligned with your regulatory requirements, customer demands and cloud environments. Technical control areas typically include CASB, CSPM, CWPP, IAM, SASE, and DLP - both platform-native controls and third-party solutions. Whether you’re migrating to the cloud, scaling infrastructure, or preparing for audits, I help ensure your cloud environments are resilient and compliant — without compromising cloud speed or agility.

  • This service supports investors and corporate development teams by providing focused evaluations of a target company’s security posture and compliance readiness. I conduct rapid, expert assessments of security architecture, data protection practices, regulatory exposure (e.g., SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI), and organizational risk. Deliverables include a concise report highlighting red flags, gaps, and maturity levels, along with strategic recommendations and risk mitigation guidance. Ideal for M&A, private equity, and early-stage investors, this engagement helps you make informed decisions, negotiate with confidence, and uncover hidden liabilities before they become costly post-close problems.