CISO as a Service

CISO as a service — a virtual or fractional CISO (vCISO) — gives you executive security leadership on a part-time, retained basis: security strategy, board and customer reporting, risk and compliance ownership, and incident oversight, without the cost of a full-time hire. RHC Solutions embeds a senior security leader into your organization at the fraction of a full-time CISO’s cost that matches your actual need.

Security leadership is now a board-level expectation — for investors, customers, and regulators alike. RHC Solutions provides CISO as a Service — also known as a fractional CISO, virtual CISO (vCISO), interim CISO, or CISO on demand — bringing that leadership on demand: security strategy, enterprise risk management, compliance oversight for frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS and NIST, incident-response readiness, and third-party risk management. You get a seasoned security executive accountable for your program, sized to your stage and budget and delivered remotely to teams across the United States and worldwide.

Demand for security leadership far outstrips supply: experienced CISOs command total compensation well into the high six figures, and the role is among the hardest in security to fill and retain. A fractional vCISO gives smaller and mid-market organizations the same strategic leadership — board reporting, compliance ownership, an incident-ready posture — scaled and priced to what they actually need.

We begin with a risk and maturity assessment mapped to a recognized framework, then set a security strategy and a prioritized roadmap you can show to a board or an auditor. Our CISO then operates on an ongoing cadence — policy and control ownership, compliance and audit support, vendor and third-party risk reviews, and incident-response leadership when it counts. The model fits pre-IPO and due-diligence scenarios, organizations pursuing SOC 2 or ISO 27001, and post-incident recovery — and we hand off to a full-time CISO whenever that's the right move.

Most organizations engage our vCISO on a fixed monthly retainer sized to their stage — a few days a month for an early-stage startup pursuing SOC 2, scaling to near-full-time interim coverage during an active audit, fundraise, or post-breach recovery. That is typically a fraction of the $250k+ total cost of a full-time chief information security officer, with no recruiting lead time and no long-term lock-in. Engagements are month-to-month and fully remote, so you can start within days and scale the commitment up or down as your risk and compliance demands change.