Cyber Leadership, When You Need It
Fractional CISO expertise that gives your organisation strategic direction, independent assurance and practical cyber leadership, without the cost of a full-time security executive.
A CISO at your fingertips
IP Performance provides Virtual CISO (vCISO) services for organisations that need experienced cybersecurity leadership without the cost or commitment of a full-time Chief Information Security Officer.
Our vCISO service provides senior, independent security expertise on a fractional basis, helping organisations understand their material cyber risks, establish the right security priorities and build a practical roadmap for reducing risk.
We work with boards, executives, IT teams and existing security providers to ensure cybersecurity supports business objectives, regulatory obligations and organisational resilience.
Strategic Security Leadership
We provide the strategic leadership and governance needed to manage cybersecurity effectively.
This includes developing security strategies and roadmaps, establishing governance structures, maintaining cyber risk registers, developing security policies and standards, and providing clear reporting to executives and boards.
We help leadership teams understand what their material cyber risks are, where investment is needed and what evidence they should expect to see that those risks are being managed.
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Independent Security Assurance
IP Performance provides independent assurance over your security posture, helping identify weaknesses before they become incidents or regulatory problems.
Our vCISO service can include security maturity assessments, gap analysis, compliance preparation, supplier assurance, penetration testing oversight and remediation planning.
We can support organisations working towards frameworks and requirements including ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus, NIST CSF, the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF), NIS2, DORA, PCI DSS and customer-specific security requirements.
Security Strategy That Reduces Your Risk
We provide senior oversight and independent challenge across the technologies and controls that protect your organisation.
This includes identity and access management, cloud and SaaS security, security architecture, vulnerability and patch management, endpoint security, security operations, data protection and third-party security.
We help ensure that security investments are focused on reducing meaningful business risk rather than simply adding more technology.
Where specialist or managed services are required, we can help define the requirements, assess options and provide ongoing governance over their effectiveness.
Be Prepared for Cyber Incidents
Being prepared for a cyber incident is a fundamental part of effective security leadership. IP Performance helps organisations develop incident response plans, escalation processes, crisis-management arrangements and recovery playbooks.
We can facilitate tabletop exercises and executive simulations to test how your organisation would respond to a serious incident.
Where a significant incident occurs, our vCISO service can provide senior advice and coordination, helping executives understand the situation, make informed decisions and manage regulatory, stakeholder and recovery requirements.
Experienced Advice When It Really Matters
Our vCISO service provides an experienced security adviser who can support your leadership team when cybersecurity decisions have significant business consequences.
We advise on cyber investment and budgets, regulatory obligations, business resilience, third-party risk, cyber insurance, technology transformation and major security decisions. We can also mentor existing security and IT teams, helping establish appropriate operating models, responsibilities and priorities.
The result is experienced security leadership without the overhead of a full-time CISO.
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Independent Security Leadership
IP Performance’s vCISO service is designed to complement your existing IT, security and managed service providers rather than replace them.
We provide the strategic direction, governance, assurance and independent challenge needed to bring those capabilities together effectively.
In addition to our standalone vCISO solution, we can also support existing internal CISOs by focussing on a particular task as directed.
Whether you are strengthening your security programme, preparing for regulatory requirements, improving cyber resilience or need experienced leadership following a security assessment or incident, our vCISO service provides practical expertise aligned to your organisation’s needs.
vCISO frequently asked questions
A vCISO, or Virtual Chief Information Security Officer, provides senior cybersecurity leadership on a fractional or part-time basis. They help organisations develop security strategy, manage cyber risk, strengthen governance, prepare for incidents and meet regulatory or customer requirements without employing a full-time CISO.
A vCISO can provide experienced security leadership when an organisation does not need, or cannot justify, a permanent CISO. They can also provide independent expertise during periods of growth, regulatory change, transformation, heightened cyber risk or when existing leadership needs additional specialist support.
A vCISO can cover a broad range of responsibilities, including cyber strategy, risk management, governance, compliance, security assurance, incident preparedness, resilience, supplier risk and executive reporting. The exact scope is tailored to the organisation’s needs and maturity.
An MSSP typically provides operational security services such as monitoring, detection and response. A vCISO provides senior leadership and strategic oversight, helping determine what security capabilities the organisation needs, how cyber risk should be managed and whether existing investments are delivering appropriate protection.
A vCISO can work alongside an MSSP, internal IT team or other security providers, providing independent governance and challenge.
vCISO support is designed to be flexible, enabling us to provide you with the level of engagement required. The level of engagement depends on your organisation’s size, risk profile, regulatory requirements and security maturity.
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