With Netrix Fractional CISO Advisory Services, you gain access to experienced cybersecurity leaders who assess, design, implement, and optimize your security program to defend against cyber attacks and security breaches—aligning risk management with business goals.
If you operate in a regulated industry, face complex threats and external risks, or are building your first formalized security program, we can deliver seasoned leadership through our fractional CISO Advisory Services. Netrix fractional CISOs deliver real leadership for boards and C-suite executives. Our team delivers the same executive guidance as a traditional CISO while functioning virtually and fractionally so you can save on time and resources on your security initiatives.
We help balance business growth with the right level of risk management across all stages of your organization’s cybersecurity maturity, enhancing the business’s cybersecurity— a challenge that many organizations face today.
Our fractional and virtual CISOs provide strategic direction. We lead alongside your internal stakeholders to align risk, compliance, and operations with your business objectives.
We support data protection initiatives designed to protect protect sensitive data in your business. This will reduce risk while building an effective, sustainable cybersecurity program, from policy development and board reporting to third-party risk and AI governance.
Deep visibility into your organization’s cybersecurity posture, risks, and overall maturity.
A strategic roadmap built on compliance standards like NIST, CIS, ISO, and CMMC, benchmarked against industry standards to ensure resilience and credibility.
Hands-on support for policy creation, program execution, and executive buy-in
Continuously providing guidance and ongoing support aligned with evolving cyber threats and business needs
Build a right-sized security strategy aligned to your company and cybersecurity team and adaptable to budget constraints and optimized for your available financial resources.
This is a more ideal approach for medium-sized businesses seeking enterprise-level security leadership without the high costs of a full-time CISO. We deliver a tailored approach to your industry, threat landscape, and organization’s specific compliance needs—grounded in frameworks like NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS.
Develop, review, and maintain core cybersecurity policies in your information security program on an annual basis. We ensure alignment with frameworks and integrate findings from previous assessments to strengthen overall compliance strategies.
Our vCISO works closely with your security team to review vulnerability scans, prioritize remediation based on cyber risk and business impact, and deliver actionable recommendations that keep reporting effective and up to date.
Get prepared before an incident strikes. From tabletop exercises to playbook development, we ensure your teams are trained, roles are clear, and your cybersecurity response is fast and effective.
We create or mature TPRM programs by developing vendor inventories, standardized risk assessments, and scoring methodologies. These will provide you with visibility into third-party risk across your ecosystem and secure sensitive information handled by vendors.
Our CISOs evaluate program maturity, assess security controls, and provide gap assessments against frameworks like HIPAA, NIST, CMMC, or ISO. Doing so will strengthen your organization’s cybersecurity program and helping you prepare for audits and certifications.
Each Chief Information Security Officer on our team brings specialized expertise and seasoned cybersecurity leadership. They offer guidance based on decades of board-level, proven experience. , offering expert guidance based on decades of board-level, proven experience . They bring decades of board-level, proven experience, and expertise in cybersecurity projects across regulated and high-risk industries.
Whether you need part-time strategic leadership or an embedded interim CISO presence because you don’t yet have an in-house CISO, our cost-effective services flex to meet your needs. We adapt to the level of services required at each stage of your cybersecurity journey
We combine compliance knowledge with deep cybersecurity expertise, aligning security goals with mandates—HIPAA, PCI, SOX, ISO, NIST, CMMC, and more.
We roll up our sleeves to provide hands-on compliance guidance and help implement projects—not just advise. That includes writing policies to briefing the board and collaborating with your executive team
We track success using clear KPIs, program maturity scoring, and threat-reduction metrics you can report confidently.
Our clients span healthcare, finance, SaaS, manufacturing, education, and beyond. Our industry versatility demonstrates to potential customers how CISO advisory services address unique challenges in risk and compliance.
A fractional chief information security officer (CISO) is a cybersecurity professional who provides executive-level cyber leadership without the full-time overhead.
With a flexible CISO model, a cybersecurity expert provides you with strategy, governance, and measurable outcomes for your cybersecurity measures on a retainer or project basis, led by seasoned security executives.
We assess your security posture, catalogue cybersecurity risks, and build a right-sized cybersecurity strategy and roadmap. You’ll receive tailored solutions based on your organization’s unique needs—quick wins to reduce risk now, and a sequenced plan tied to budget, compliance, and business goals.
A fractional CISO works as part of your leadership cadence. They align with IT, engineering, and existing MSP/MDR/SOC partners. Governance, RACI, and board-ready reporting keep everyone in sync. We are seamlessly integrated into your current toolset rather than forcing rip-and-replace.
Yes.We run readiness and gap assessments, map controls, gather evidence, and coordinate with assessors to ensure compliance with PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX, ISO 27001, NIST, and CMMC. Compliance is embedded so it strengthens security rather than becoming checkbox paperwork.
We track risk reduction and maturity gains against frameworks, plus operational KPIs like phishing resilience, patch/backup compliance, incident response timing, and audit readiness.
Executive dashboards and board-level reports translate security outcomes into terms that business leaders can act on—building resilience and informing clear next-step investments.
