$Running Elmhurst Security Advisory, a fractional CISO practice serving Brightwater Regional Health, a hospital, Ledgerly, a fintech startup, and Corrigan Metalworks, a manufacturer, on the advisory board of eight pinned practice tiles: a statement of work that caps Corrigan at ten hours a month with no firewall duty, Brightwater's thirty-day evidenced assessment against NIST CSF and CIS, a twelve-month roadmap Ledgerly can fund from thirty findings, governance at Corrigan, an honest board briefing for Ledgerly's investors, Brightwater's programs run through its staff and MSSP, guiding Corrigan through a Saturday ransomware attack, and a capacity and conflicts check before taking a fourth client.$

CY-SENIOR-087Senior Level · Virtual CISO & Advisory Practice

Virtual CISO & Security Advisory Practice — The Advisory Board

A senior-level course that builds a fractional CISO advisory practice across the eight tiles of the advisory board - Engagement Scoping, Rapid Assessment, Risk-Led Roadmap, Governance Setup, Board & Executive Advisory, Program Operations, Incident & Crisis Support, and Practice Management - scoping every engagement honestly, running a rapid evidenced assessment, building a funded risk-led roadmap, standing up governance that survives you, advising boards in plain language, running programs part time through client staff, supporting incidents, and managing a multi-client practice ethically. Four hands-on activities in every lesson, built from real advisory artifacts, not shell commands.

15 hours8 chapters32 lessons225 activities8 labs

What you'll learn

Scope a vCISO engagement with clear ownership, decision rights, an hours model, and an exit plan.
Run a thirty-day rapid assessment against NIST CSF and CIS Controls, evidenced and honestly scored.
Build a prioritized, sequenced, realistically funded twelve-month roadmap for a mid-market client.
Manage a multi-client practice with honest capacity, screened conflicts, real insurance, and firm ethics.

Price:৳10,000