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Fractional CISO

Also called: virtual CISO, vCISO, fractional chief information security officer, part-time CISO, fractional security officer

A part-time security leader. They decide how the company protects its systems and data, and often lead the work to pass a security review or an audit such as SOC 2 that larger customers ask for.

For example: When a big customer sends a security questionnaire, a startup brings in a fractional CISO to answer it, fix the gaps and plan for a SOC 2 audit.

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