01 · Embed and assess
A senior fractional CISO is embedded in your business to assess current security posture, strategy, and reporting needs.
Governance, Risk & Compliance
CISO as a Service
Senior fractional CISO leading strategy, board reporting, and regulatory engagement, backed by Gruve experts.
- 20 hours/month Standard monthly allocation, scaled to your organization's needs
- Board-ready Reporting delivered directly to your board and audit committee
- Full team Backed by the entire Gruve delivery bench, not one person alone
The challenge
Most small and mid-sized organizations cannot justify or find full-time Chief Information Security Officers. Many of them operate without one entirely, leaving security strategy, board reporting, and regulatory engagement without an owner.
Approach
How the engagement works
02 · Lead and report
The CISO owns your security strategy, roadmap, and budget, and reports directly to your board and audit committee.
03 · Escalate and support
The CISO acts as your crisis escalation point of contact, backed by the full Gruve delivery team for hands-on execution.
How it works
From no security leadership to a senior CISO at the table
What’s included
- Senior fractional CISO with a monthly day allocation
- Security strategy, roadmap, and budget ownership
- Board and audit committee reporting
- Third-party and customer questionnaire leadership
- Crisis escalation points of contact
- Backed by the full Gruve delivery team
Outcomes
- Security strategy owned by someone senior, not left to a generalist
- Board and audit committee reporting that speaks their language
- A named escalation point during a live incident
Why Gruve
Most fractional CISOs are one person and one calendar
Ours comes with an entire delivery bench
A single fractional CISO still has the limits of a one-person team, one set of hours, one set of expertise, and no bench to call on when something urgent lands. CISO as a Service pairs a senior fractional CISO with the full Gruve delivery team, so strategy, board reporting, and hands-on execution do not all compete for the same twenty hours a month.
Gruve Differentiator
Gruve CISO as a Service
Full-Time Hire
Business Requirements
Organizations that need senior security leadership without a full-time salary
Organizations able to justify and retain a full-time executive hire
Service Model
A tiered monthly day allocation, scaled to your needs
A full-time salary, benefits, and equity package
Technology & Expertise
Backed by the full Gruve delivery team for execution
One person, with no bench to call on
Approach & Capabilities
Strategy, roadmap and budget ownership from day one
Ramp-up time before a new hire is fully effective
Governance & Assurance
Crisis escalation point of contact, defined in advance
Reliant on one individual's availability
Governance, Risk & Compliance
Often deployed together
Compliance Readiness & Certification
Gap assessment and audit support for ISO 27001, ISO 42001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA and CMMC.
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Selection, deployment and configuration of a governance, risk and compliance platform.
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Automated control testing across cloud, identity, endpoint and SaaS, monitored continuously.
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Security leadership your board can rely on
not a vacancy left unfilled
The partnership with Gruve brings significant value to customers by combining thought leadership, delivery, and execution of services. Leveraging AI/ML and Cloud tools in delivering software integrations and services can significantly ease transitions for large enterprise organizations.
Book your assessment
Start with a clear day allocation scoped to what your business needs
Every security program needs a leader at the top. Get one on demand with vCISO.
- Monthly day allocation agreed upfront
- Priority areas set before the engagement begins
- Backed by the full Gruve delivery team from day one
Request a discovery call
A Gruve advisory lead will reach out within 1 business day.