Fractional CISO
Fractional CISO: senior security leadership, without the full-time hire
Somebody has to own security. When a customer asks who your CISO is, when the board wants a risk update, or when a questionnaire arrives with a deadline, you need a real answer. KN Cyber gives you an experienced security leader for the hours you need, and our team does the work, not just the slides.
What your fractional CISO owns
- Security strategy and a 12-month roadmap tied to your sales and product plans
- The risk register, security policies, and the evidence that they're followed
- SOC 2, HITRUST readiness, PCI DSS, NIST SP 800-171, ISO 27001, and HIPAA programs, from scoping to report
- Customer security questionnaires, vendor risk reviews, and security calls with buyers
- Vendor and subprocessor risk management
- Incident response planning and tabletop exercises
- Board and leadership reporting in plain language
- Selecting and right-sizing security tools, so you don't buy what you won't operate
When it makes sense
- An enterprise customer, bank, partner, prime contractor, or health plan is asking for SOC 2 or a security review
- You have a compliance platform but nobody to own the controls behind it
- Your security lead left, or your CTO is carrying security on nights and weekends
- Investors, the board, or an insurer want a named owner for security
How it works
First: assessment. We review what exists, interview your team, and deliver a prioritized, dated plan.
Ongoing: execution. A standing weekly cadence, a shared tracker, and direct access through the tools your team already uses.
Every quarter: a leadership review of risk, progress, and next priorities.
Why KN Cyber
- Hands-on: senior practitioners from our team scope, build, and defend the program.
- Research-informed: our product security and AI security work draws on KN Cyber's own research programs.
- Cross-industry: experience across fintech, technology, insurance, and healthcare programs, including security for digital-health vendors that sell to national health plans.
- Product depth: application security and penetration testing in-house, from a team of security analysts, auditors, and security leaders.
- Independent: we work with your CPA firm and your compliance platform, and we don't audit our own work.
Proof
Took a payer-facing health-tech company from no formal security program to a SOC 2 Type 2 report, and continues as its fractional CISO. Provides continuous infrastructure security management for a payment-processing firm. Case studies
Pricing
Fractional engagements are a monthly retainer scoped to your organization's size and needs: your stage, your compliance deadlines, and how much hands-on work you need from us. We don't publish one-size-fits-all prices. Book a 30-minute consultation and we'll give you a quote.
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Related case studies
A payer-facing health-tech company: from no formal security program to SOC 2 Type 2
KN Cyber built the security program and led the SOC 2 examination. The company completed a SOC 2 Type 2 audit, and KN Cyber continues as its fractional CISO.
Read the case studyHealthcare technologyA health technology firm serving individuals and employers: security program management and SOC 2
KN Cyber managed the information security program and supported the SOC 2 attestation for a health technology firm that provides software to individuals and employers.
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