TruCISO
Hire a Vetted Fractional CISO — Fast.
Match with a vetted vCISO in days — not months. Starting from $999/month. No agency markup. Built for SMBs.
Getting Started Takes Less Than 10 Minutes
Tell Us Your Goal
Answer 3 quick questions about your compliance need and budget
Browse Matched Profiles
See vetted CISO profiles filtered to your exact situation
Interview, No Obligation
Speak to your top picks. No contracts, no pressure
Engage on Your Terms
One Time Project or Monthly Retainer. Scale up or down. Cancel anytime.
What Does Your Business Need?
Transparent Pricing. No Surprises.
TruCISO CISOs set their own rates. Here's what our marketplace looks like:
- ✓10 hrs/mo
- ✓Risk assessment
- ✓Policy review
- ✓Board summary
- ✓20 hrs/mo
- ✓Full GRC program
- ✓Compliance roadmap
- ✓Vendor risk
- ✓40 hrs/mo
- ✓All above
- ✓Board presentations
- ✓IR leadership
For reference: a full-time CISO costs $300,000–$500,000/year + equity + 6-month search.
Why Smart SMBs Choose TruCISO
| Feature | TruCISO | Agency | Full-Time CISO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transparent pricing | ✅ Always | ❌ Agency markup | ❌ Fixed salary |
| Specialist matching | ✅ Browse & pick | ⚠️ Assigned | ⚠️ One person |
| Time to start | ✅ 5 days | ❌ 4–8 weeks | ❌ 3–6 months |
| Flexible commitment | ✅ Monthly | ❌ Long contracts | ❌ Employment law |
| Industry-specific expert | ✅ Filtered | ⚠️ Generic | ⚠️ Single hire |
| Typical cost range | ✅ $3K–15K/mo | ⚠️ $15K–40K/mo | ❌ $25K–45K/mo |
What Our Clients Say
"We needed SOC 2 certification fast for a major enterprise deal. TruCISO matched us with a CISO who had done it 12 times before. We passed in 4 months."
"Our investors asked about our security posture during due diligence. Within a week of using TruCISO, we had a fractional CISO presenting our security roadmap to the board."
"We experienced a ransomware attack and had no IR plan. Our TruCISO expert had us contained and recovered in 72 hours. Worth every dollar."
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Frequently Asked Questions
Hiring a full-time CISO takes 3–6 months and costs $300,000–$500,000 per year in salary alone, according to CISO compensation benchmarks from Heidrick & Struggles and Korn Ferry. TruCISO matches your company with a vetted fractional CISO who has solved your exact compliance challenge before — in days, not months — as a one-time project or flexible monthly retainer starting from $3,000/month. You access senior CISO expertise at up to 70% less cost, with no agency markup and no long-term commitment.
Complete our 3-question intake form (takes under 2 minutes). Our team reviews your compliance needs — whether SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PDPA, MAS TRM, or PCI DSS — and surfaces 2–3 pre-vetted vCISO profiles within 1.5 business days on average. You interview your top choices at no charge. Once you select a fit, you agree on scope and start — no intermediaries, no markup, no hidden fees.
In the first 30 days, most TruCISO clients receive: a baseline security gap assessment aligned to NIST CSF or ISO 27001 Annex A controls, a prioritised risk register, draft security policies for board review, and a 90-day compliance roadmap. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF 2.0) and CIS Controls v8 are widely used as the basis for these deliverables. Exact scope depends on your chosen engagement tier.
Yes. If you're not satisfied with your match after the first engagement, TruCISO will re-match you at no additional cost. Our marketplace model means you're never locked into a single provider — you can browse verified profiles, read peer reviews, and select your preferred expert before committing to a project.
TruCISO vCISOs cover FinTech, HealthTech, SaaS, Legal Tech, E-commerce, and Manufacturing sectors. Compliance frameworks include SOC 2 (AICPA Trust Service Criteria), ISO/IEC 27001:2022, HIPAA Security Rule, GDPR, Singapore PDPA, MAS Technology Risk Management (TRM) Guidelines, NIST CSF 2.0, and PCI DSS v4.0. You can filter profiles by industry and framework when browsing the marketplace.
No. Engagements are structured as either fixed-scope projects or month-to-month retainers. You can scale up, scale down, or pause with 30 days' notice. There are no long-term contracts, no cancellation fees, and no lock-in — ever. This flexibility is especially valuable for SMBs managing variable security budgets, as highlighted in Gartner's guidance on fractional security leadership.
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