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vCISO Advisory

Organizations handling regulated data need clear security leadership, but may not need a full-time CISO. Daytol provides a senior advisor on a defined monthly retainer to help set priorities, facilitate risk-register reviews, coordinate policy and vendor oversight, and prepare executive reporting. Your leadership retains ownership of risk decisions and formal risk acceptance; we provide analysis and decision support.

When it fits

Organizations usually call us when:

  • Security sits with IT, and no executive owns it
  • Customers, insurers, or your board ask questions no one can answer with confidence
  • A certification or audit effort needs direction and someone to keep it on schedule
  • Your security leader has left and you need coverage while you hire
What the engagement covers
  • A current-state assessment and a 12 to 18 month security roadmap
  • Facilitation of regular risk-register reviews with leadership; client leaders own risk decisions and formal risk acceptance
  • Policy governance, including annual review and exception handling
  • Oversight of vendor security reviews
  • Responses to customer security questionnaires and due diligence calls
  • Quarterly reporting to executives or the board
Deliverables

What you receive.

Deliverables are yours to keep and are written so your team can maintain them after the engagement ends.

  • A prioritized roadmap tied to business and compliance deadlines
  • A risk register review log and remediation tracker prepared for leadership decisions
  • Leadership reports that show status and the decisions needed
  • A named advisor to call when an incident or audit request comes in
Relevant frameworks
NIST CSF 2.0
CMMC
HIPAA
ISO/IEC 27001
SOC 2
Questions

Common questions.

A vCISO provides executive-level guidance on a defined schedule. We help develop the roadmap, facilitate risk reviews, support policy governance, and prepare leadership reporting. Your organization retains responsibility for risk decisions and acceptance. The engagement is scoped to the hours and priorities agreed each month.

Retainers are scoped to your needs, from a few days a month of program oversight to heavier support during an audit, certification, or major initiative. Most clients start with a regular cadence of working sessions plus on-call availability.

Yes, and it is one of the main reasons organizations engage one. We answer security questionnaires, join customer due diligence calls, and sit with your team during audits and assessments.

We assess the current state, build a risk register, confirm your compliance obligations, and deliver a prioritized roadmap. By the end of the first quarter, leadership has a clear picture of where the program stands and what comes next.

Getting started

How to begin.

01

A 30-minute consultation

We discuss what is driving the need and when it is due.

02

A written proposal

You receive a scope, deliverables, timeline, and fee.

03

Kickoff

We send a document request and schedule interviews with your team.

Related services

Security Program & Policy Development

Policies, standards, and procedures written around how your organization operates.

Third-Party Risk Management

Vendor classification, due diligence, and monitoring sized to the risk each vendor carries.

Risk Assessments

Risk analysis based on NIST SP 800-30 that ends in a prioritized remediation plan.

Discuss your requirements.

Tell us what is driving the need and when it is due. We will tell you plainly what it would take.

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