Executive tech and security leadership, without the full-time cost.
Experienced CTO and CISO guidance for growing businesses, with flexible engagements from 10 to 40 hours a month.
- 20-30% of full-time cost
- Start in weeks
- Scale up or down
- Board-ready reporting
From ₹2 lakhs/monthSenior leadership, sized to your stage.
Cost-effective
₹3 to 8 lakhs a month for 10 to 40 hours, versus ₹50 to 80 lakhs a year plus benefits.
Immediate expertise
Start within weeks, with no recruitment or ramp-up.
Flexible and scalable
Increase hours during big projects, reduce later, convert to full-time when ready.
Broad experience
Patterns and lessons from many companies and industries.
What a virtual CTO does.
Technology strategy
1 to 3 year roadmaps, build vs buy, stack choices and scaling plans.
Architecture decisions
Cloud, databases, microservices and APIs reviewed for scale and security.
Team leadership
Mentoring, hiring, performance and engineering culture.
Vendor management
Evaluate vendors, negotiate contracts and avoid lock-in.
DevOps and reliability
CI/CD, monitoring and faster, safer deployments.
Board and investor communication
Tech updates, due diligence and customer confidence.
What a virtual CISO does.
Security program
Build or strengthen a security program aligned to business risk.
Risk management
Regular assessments and a board-level risk dashboard.
Compliance and audits
ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA and PCI DSS, usually in 6 to 12 months.
Incident leadership
Lead ransomware and breach response with legal and PR.
Security team development
Hire staff, set up SOC operations and train teams.
Customer requirements
Questionnaires, vendor assessments and pentests for enterprise deals.
Pick the involvement you need.
On-demand advisory
Quarterly reviews, ad-hoc advice and board meetings.
Part-time, 10-15 hours
Monthly leadership meetings and strategic guidance.
Fractional, 20-30 hours
Weekly meetings and hands-on project work. Most popular.
Executive, 40+ hours
Near full-time during fundraising, launches or incidents.
Project-based
Fixed scope like SOC 2 or cloud migration, 3 to 6 months.
Questions we hear often
What is a virtual CTO or CISO?
A part-time or fractional executive who provides strategy, makes critical decisions and represents tech or security leadership to your board, investors and customers.
How is this different from consulting?
Consultants deliver projects and leave. Virtual executives join your leadership team, attend meetings and are accountable for outcomes.
When should we hire one?
Post-Series A, when a technical founder needs a senior partner, during rapid growth, after a CTO or CISO leaves, or to meet compliance and enterprise customer demands.
Often used together
Security Consulting
Risk assessment, compliance (ISO 27001, SOC 2, DPDP) and security architecture.
Public and Private Cloud Consulting
Cloud readiness, strategy, architecture and cost optimisation.
Managed SOC
24/7 security operations centre that monitors, investigates and responds.
Privileged Access Management
Vault, monitor and time-limit admin access to critical systems.
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