VIRTUAL CISO PROGRAM

C-Suite Security Leadership.
Without the C-Suite Price.

A full time CISO with real credentials costs more than most organizations can justify. Salary, bonus, benefits, equity, and a six month search to land one. The HFG vCISO program gives you that same caliber of leadership, on demand, for a fraction of the cost.

// 01 — THE MATH

What a CISO Actually Costs

Hiring security leadership isn't a salary. It's a stack. The vCISO model removes the stack and keeps the leadership.

hfg_cost — full time hire vs hfg vciso
FULL TIME CISO HIRE
BASE SALARYTHE NUMBER YOU BUDGETED
BONUS & EQUITYTHE NUMBER THEY NEGOTIATED
BENEFITS & PAYROLL COSTSTHE NUMBER NOBODY MENTIONS
RECRUITER FEES20 TO 30 PERCENT OF YEAR ONE
6+ MONTH SEARCHRISK EXPOSURE WHILE YOU WAIT
RETENTION RISKAVERAGE CISO TENURE: ABOUT 2 YEARS
HFG vCISO
ONE PREDICTABLE ENGAGEMENTSCOPED TO YOUR SIZE AND RISK · STARTS IN DAYS
SAME SEAT AT THE TABLE · A FRACTION OF THE FULLY LOADED COST · NO SEARCH, NO TURNOVER, NO SURPRISES
// 02 — WHAT YOUR ORGANIZATION GETS

A Real Security Executive in Your Corner

Senior leadership shaped by 25+ years of global cyber investigations for U.S. Government Tier 1 Task Forces. The high level view, we keep the detailed playbook for clients.

Security Strategy & Roadmap

A clear, prioritized plan matched to your business, your budget, and your actual risk. Not a template.

Board & Executive Reporting

Security translated into business language your board, insurers, and customers understand.

Risk & Compliance Direction

Ongoing guidance for HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GLBA and whatever your regulator asks next.

Vendor & Stack Oversight

Independent eyes on your tools and contracts. We answer to you, not a reseller's margin.

Incident Readiness

When something happens, your vCISO already knows your environment, and stands behind a full response team.

Culture & Awareness

Leadership that makes security part of how your people work, not a yearly training video they click through.

"You'll notice this page doesn't spell out our playbook. That's deliberate. Competitors read websites. Clients get the details, in the room, under NDA." — HUDSON FORENSIC GROUP
// 03 — IS IT A FIT

Built for Owners Who Need the Answer

_theProgramFitsIf

  • You're big enough to have real cyber risk, but not big enough to justify a full time CISO
  • Your insurer, regulator, or biggest customer is asking who owns security
  • IT reports to you, but nobody owns security strategy
  • You want straight answers from someone with nothing to sell you

_itIsNotIf

  • You want a name on paper and nothing more
  • You're looking for the cheapest checkbox to satisfy a form
  • You already have a CISO who needs a tool, not a leader
SCOPED TO YOUR SIZE · TRANSPARENT PRICING

Get the Experience. Skip the Overhead.

One conversation to see if the program fits. We'll tell you honestly if it doesn't.