vCISO — Virtual Security Leadership

Virtual CISO services, without the full-time hire

Executive security leadership from a CREST-accredited firm — strategy, compliance, incident response and a full testing team behind one vCISO — for a fraction of a full-time CISO, with a free consultation in 1 business day.

Talk to a vCISO expert

Tell us where your security program is. A senior security leader, not a salesperson, replies with a plan.

Fixed price after a 15-minute call · Try before you buy · Your details are never shared

What happens next
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A security leader reviews your request and emails you within 1 business day
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A short call: your program, your gaps, and where a vCISO fits
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You get a scoped vCISO plan and a fixed monthly quote in writing.
On a deadline? Tell us your audit or customer date in the form — we prioritise time-boxed engagements and will tell you on the call if we can hit it.
  • CISO-level strategy, policy and board reporting
  • Compliance leadership for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and PCI DSS
  • A full penetration testing and AppSec team behind your vCISO
  • Incident response leadership when it matters
The credentials behind every engagement
CREST-accredited for penetration testingISO/IEC 27001 certifiedSOC 2 Type 2 attested
2026 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards winnerG2 High Performer, Fall 2026
Penetration Testing Solution of the Year
2026 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards
Trusted by Leading Compliance Teams, including
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What you get

What your vCISO engagement includes

Executive leadership, plus the team to execute it.

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Security strategy and board reporting

A security roadmap tied to your business, with reporting your board and customers understand.
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Compliance leadership

Your vCISO owns the path through SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and PCI DSS — with testing and evidence handled in-house.
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Incident response leadership

When something happens, your vCISO leads triage, containment and post-incident review — not just advice from the sidelines.
Sample ioSENTRIX penetration test report
ioSENTRIX web application penetration test sample report cover
See the real thing before you talk to us

A redacted sample web-application report — the finding write-ups, proof-of-concept evidence and remediation your team would receive. No form required.

Download the sample report (PDF) →
Pricing, no surprises
$6,400
starting price · 40 credits at $160 each

Enough for a small web application and its API, free retest included. Need more coverage? Buy more credits and spend them across web, API, mobile, cloud and network as priorities change; unused credits roll over quarterly. Continuous PTaaS subscriptions are quoted on scope.

You set the budget. We fit the scope.

Working to a fixed number? Tell us what it is. We scope a timeboxed test to fit it and agree what gets tested first, so you get the most coverage your budget allows — in writing, before testing starts.

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Verified reviews

What security teams say about working with us

★★★★★

“Unlike other providers, Omair and his team truly dive deep into our infrastructure, delivering findings that go well beyond the surface level. Communication is direct and seamless.”

Jesus B.
Cybersecurity Manager, Banking
Verified G2 review ↗
★★★★★

“We were impressed with ioSENTRIX’s ability to independently validate the security of our customer-facing product.”

Zeehasham R.
Data Scientist, Security Operations · CNA
Verified Clutch review ↗
★★★★★

“The team at ioSENTRIX is professional and highly skilled at their craft.”

Awwab A.
SVP, Chief Information Security Officer
Verified G2 review ↗
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WHY ioSENTRIX

Why teams choose ioSENTRIX for a vCISO

Executive leadership plus a team that executes — testing, compliance and incident response — not advice you have to resource yourself.

  • Leadership that comes with a teamUnlike advisory-only vCISOs, yours has a full ioSENTRIX team behind them — penetration testing, AppSec, vulnerability management and compliance all included, not referred out.
  • Executive cost, not executive salaryGet security leadership, compliance management and hands-on testing for a fraction of a full-time CISO — no benefits, equity or recruitment fees.
  • They lead the incident, not just adviseWhen an incident hits, your vCISO runs the response — triage, containment, stakeholder communication and post-incident review — end to end.
How we compare

Not a scanner. Not a once-a-year PDF.

ioSENTRIX PTaaS
AI & scanner-led tools
Traditional one-off firm
Testing method
Manual, business-logic testing by hand
AI/automated scan, light human triage
Manual, but once a year
Who tests
CREST-accredited, OSCP-certified engineers
AI agents and crowd-sourced researchers
Varies by engagement
Speed to start
Scoped quote in 1 business day; testing in 5–10 days
Instant, but shallow
Weeks of scheduling
What you get
Proof of concept and a code-level fix, ranked by real exploitability
A queue of unvalidated alerts
A PDF at the end
Retesting & pricing
Free retesting; flexible subscription or credits
Per-seat SaaS; retests extra
Billed again to re-test
  • ioSENTRIX vCISO | Advisory-only vCISO | Full-time CISO hire
  • Cost | Fraction of a full-time CISO | Advisory fees | $300K+ plus benefits & equity
  • Delivery team | Testing, AppSec & compliance included | Advice, you resource it | One person, you hire the rest
  • Compliance | Owned end to end | Guidance only | Owned, but one person's bandwidth
  • Incident response | Led by your vCISO | Advised remotely | Led, if available
  • Flexibility | Scale up or down monthly | Project-based | Fixed headcount
  • Speed to start | Free consult in 1 business day | Weeks | Months to hire

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The AI question

An AI tool isn't a pentest — it's a faster scanner

The tool was never the hard part. Years ago the choice was the same: run Burp Suite yourself, or hire a firm that also runs Burp. The scanner didn't make the difference — the person driving it did. AI hasn't changed that. It's changed the speed.

AI is genuinely good at breadth — known vulnerabilities, routine coverage, pattern-matching at scale — so we run it on every engagement to go faster and wider. But the flaws that actually get companies breached are business-logic abuse, broken authorization, and weaknesses chained into real impact — the things an autonomous tool still can't reason about.

9%
of security leaders trust automation on its own in 2026 — down from 29% a year earlier
78%
have been hit by critical false negatives from fully automated scanning

— 2026 survey of 455 security leaders

So we use AI too — then our OSCP-certified engineers do what AI can't: understand your business, chain the findings, and prove what's actually exploitable. AI makes us faster. Skill is what makes it a pentest.

Ready to see what your scanners and AI tools are missing?

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A senior engineer replies within 1 business day · no sales pitch

How it works

How a vCISO engagement works

A proven approach that flexes with your needs.

  1. Free consultation within 1 business dayA senior security leader reviews your program and goals, and books a short call.
  2. Scoped plan and fixed monthly quoteThe leadership level and scope you need, in writing — scale up or down as your needs change.
  3. Leadership, with a team behind itStrategy, compliance, risk and reporting led by your vCISO, with ioSENTRIX testers and engineers executing.
  4. On call when it mattersBoard meetings, audits and incidents — your vCISO steps up when you need them most.
Free consultation in 1 business day → scoped plan → leadership + a team that executes → on call for audits & incidents
Track record

Numbers you can check

Everything here is verifiable on a third-party site or in your own report.

4.9 / 5
on G2 from 12 verified reviews
5.0 / 5
on Clutch, Premier Verified
2017
founded; CREST, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 since

Compliance frameworks your vCISO leads you through

SOC 2
ISO 27001
HIPAA
PCI DSS
ISO 42001
NIST CSF
FedRAMP
Before you ask

Questions buyers ask before they book

What is a virtual CISO (vCISO)?

A virtual CISO is an experienced security executive who leads your security program on a fractional basis — setting strategy, owning compliance, reporting to the board and leading incident response — without the cost of a full-time hire. ioSENTRIX pairs your vCISO with a full testing and compliance team.

How much does a vCISO cost?

Pricing is scoped to the scope and seniority you need after a free consultation — a fixed monthly engagement, a fraction of a full-time CISO's salary, benefits and equity. You see the number before you commit.

What does a vCISO actually do?

Security strategy and roadmap, policy and governance, compliance leadership (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS), risk management, board and customer reporting, vendor security reviews, and incident response leadership — backed by a team that executes.

How is this different from a security consultant?

A consultant advises; a vCISO owns outcomes and comes with a team. Your ioSENTRIX vCISO doesn't just recommend a penetration test — they have the testers, AppSec engineers and compliance specialists to deliver it.

Is there a long-term commitment?

No long-term lock-in. Engagements are flexible and scale with you — more leadership during an audit or incident, less during steady state.

How fast can a vCISO start?

A free consultation within 1 business day, and your vCISO can typically be engaged within days of agreeing scope.

Ready when you are

Get CISO-level security leadership today

Stop paying full-time-CISO money for part-time need. Tell us where you are and we'll scope a vCISO engagement that fits. No commitment, no sales call before the expert call.

No long-term commitment · CREST-accredited · ISO 27001 · SOC 2 Type 2 · A full team behind your vCISO
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