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vCxO Advisory
Virtual CISO and fractional executive guidance - modernization playbooks and diligence for investors and boards. Executive-level leadership, without the full-time hire.
Most teams don't need another full-time executive. They need the right one, part of the time. A vCISO - a virtual CISO - gives you security leadership that scales with the problem, not the org chart. The same fractional model works across the executive suite, which is why we call it vCxO advisory. You get someone who has run the programs, made the calls, and owned the outcomes - for the hours you actually need.
Prefer email or phone? info@nubivance.com or 207-358-0999.
When a compliance trigger is the reason you're here
Most vCISO engagements start with a deadline: a customer demanding SOC 2, a contract that requires CMMC, HIPAA obligations arriving with a new product line. We've run security programs in regulated environments, so the path from "we need this" to audit-ready is a playbook, not a research project. A virtual CISO gets you there without hiring for a peak you may only face once.
Fractional works above the security office too
The same model covers the rest of the executive suite - fractional architecture leadership, modernization strategy, and technical diligence for investors and boards. When a deal, an audit, or a board question needs a senior technical answer, you get someone who has owned that answer in production. That's the vCxO part: right leader, right scope, only for as long as the problem exists.
Engagements flex to fit the problem: a few hours a month of steady security program leadership, or embedded fractional guidance through an audit, a modernization push, or a diligence cycle. Start small. Scale when it earns it.
What we deliver
Leadership aligned to outcomes
Fractional means focused. Every engagement has a clear mandate and a clear finish line.
A virtual CISO who owns the security program: strategy, priorities, budget, and the hard tradeoffs. Guardrails, governance, and Zero Trust direction that engineers actually adopt - because the person setting policy has built the systems it governs. For the hands-on-keyboard layer - scanning, prioritization, and remediation tracking - see managed vulnerability management, which pairs with an advisory retainer.
SOC 2, HIPAA, and CMMC readiness without the panic. We map where you stand, close the gaps that matter, and get you audit-ready on a schedule your team can absorb.
A clear path from where your systems are to where they need to be. Sequenced, costed, and grounded in what your team can execute - modernization without disrupting delivery.
Straight answers on technology, security, and operational risk. Pre-investment diligence, board-level reporting, and second opinions before big commitments. No fluff, no hedging.
Proof
Advisory that moves decisions
High-trust partnerships with public and private sector teams that run mission-critical systems.
Resolved cross-agency governance friction by aligning executive stakeholders on operating model boundaries. Authored a statewide infrastructure feasibility concept combining rail, commercial hubs, and solar corridors.
CISSP-certified leadership. AWS Partner and Rapid7 Registered Partner - audited expertise that keeps cloud, security, and modernization projects compliant and production-ready.
Next steps
Start the conversation
Reach out for a working session, a readiness review, or a second opinion.
The model is simple. We listen and baseline first - context, constraints, and goals. Then we set the playbook: priorities, sequencing, and the controls that matter, tailored to your stack and validated against what your team can execute. Then we help you land it, with clear reporting for leadership and the board along the way. A virtual CISO or fractional executive only works if the guidance survives contact with delivery. Ours does, because the same practice does the hands-on work.
Advisory works best when it's connected to execution. When the playbook calls for hands-on delivery, the same team builds it: cloud foundations and operations for the platform, security engineering and resilience for the hardening. Browse selected work for the full picture, or head back to the homepage.
Prefer email or phone? info@nubivance.com or 207-358-0999.