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vciso.com

vCISO.com provides virtual Chief Information Security Officer services tailored for SMBs, startups, and enterprises, offering advisory, managed, and embedded security leadership. Their services include compliance readiness, penetration testing, and continuous security program management on a month-to-month basis without long-term contracts.

THE PRODUCT, BEYOND THE PITCH

Editorially reviewed · Sources checked Sep 17, 2026

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A good fit for

  • SMBs, growth-stage startups, and enterprise teams needing senior security leadership without a full-time hire.

Know the limitations

  • Pricing depends on environment, compliance obligations, implementation needs, and response expectations; one-time assessments and technical projects are quoted separately.

What you can do

  • Security leadership and compliance program management for teams lacking full-time CISOs.

Features

  • Compliance readiness for frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, CMMC, and NIST CSF.
  • Penetration testing and technical validation integrated with the security roadmap.
  • Policy authoring and quarterly access reviews with signed attestations.
  • Vendor risk management, customer security questionnaire responses, and trust center maintenance.
  • Audit support including evidence management and auditor walkthroughs.

Integrations

Not confirmed yet.

Platforms & data export

Not confirmed yet.

THE COST FOR YOUR TEAM

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Published plan prices for your team size and usage. Results update as you type. Taxes, currency conversion and unlisted add-ons are excluded, and anything the source did not state is called out rather than guessed.

Cheapest fit for 1 person, all 1 tools

$3,000.00/month

$36,000.00 a year on these plans.

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Plan costs based on your requirements
Tool / planMonthlyPer yearWhat this assumes
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Advisory vCISOCheapest fit

Flat subscription

$3,000.00$36,000.00
  • · Published as a starting price. The final cost can be higher depending on options.

Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Published as a starting price. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider.

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Managed vCISO

Flat subscription

$5,000.00$60,000.00
  • · Published as a starting price. The final cost can be higher depending on options.

Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Published as a starting price. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider.

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Embedded vCISO

Flat subscription

$10,000.00$120,000.00

Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider.

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vCISO Lite is a platform-augmented virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) service that helps growing companies manage cybersecurity risk, compliance, and reporting. It automates 80% of a CISO's deliverables at a fraction of the cost, providing tools for policy generation, vendor risk management, compliance audit preparation, enforcement, and executive due diligence.

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