Fractional CISOs, CIOs, and CTOs who embed with your team
Available roles
Fractional CISO
Security program design, risk management, board reporting, and compliance oversight. The security leader your organization needs without the full-time cost.
Fractional CIO
Technology strategy, vendor evaluation, operational alignment, and digital transformation. Leadership that connects technology decisions to business outcomes.
Fractional CTO
Technical architecture, engineering team mentoring, product technology roadmaps, and build-vs-buy decisions. Strategic technical guidance from operators, not advisors.
Fractional CAIO
AI strategy, governance frameworks, responsible adoption, and integration planning. The Chief AI Officer role is emerging fast. Get ahead of it.
What your fractional executive does
Security program design
Build the program from the ground up: policies, controls, incident response, and compliance alignment.
Board & investor reporting
Clear, confident security and technology updates that satisfy board-level scrutiny and investor due diligence.
Technology roadmaps
Strategic plans that align technology investments with business goals. Prioritized, budgeted, and actionable.
AI strategy & governance
Framework for evaluating, adopting, and governing AI across your organization. Policy, risk, and integration.
Team mentoring
Level up your internal team. We transfer knowledge so your organization builds capability, not dependency.
Vendor evaluation
Objective assessment of technology vendors. We evaluate based on your requirements, not vendor relationships.
Engagement models
Credit-based
Purchase a block of credits. Use them for any combination of strategic leadership, project work, and operational support. Maximum flexibility.
Retainer
Dedicated hours per month with a named fractional executive. Consistent presence, deep context, and predictable cost.
Hours per month
Structured engagement with defined scope and deliverables. Ideal for specific initiatives like SOC 2 preparation or board reporting.
Why companies choose Cloud Sentry for security leadership
A CISO without a team is a consultant with a title.
Pure vCISO firms
Independent vCISO firms
- ✓Experienced security executives
- ✓Board-level reporting and strategy
- ×Advise only. Don’t build or operate anything
- ×Client still needs an MSP, a cloud team, and a compliance tool
- ×Three more vendors to fill the gaps
They tell you what to do. You still need to find someone to do it.
Big consulting firms
Big-four consulting firms
- ✓Deep expertise and recognized brand
- ×Built for enterprises with $10M+ security budgets
- ×Six-month assessments that produce reports, not infrastructure
- ×Hourly rates that burn through budgets fast
- ×No ongoing operations. Engagement ends, you’re on your own
World-class advice at world-class prices. For companies ten times your size.
Cloud Sentry
The CISO + the team that executes
- ✓Fractional CISO who sets strategy and reports to the board
- ✓The operations team that implements every recommendation
- ✓Security program built and running, not just documented
- ✓Scales from a few hours/month to near full-time
- ✓No additional vendors needed
Advisory and execution in one. The fractional exec comes with the team.
Sound familiar?
“Our board is asking about security and nobody can answer.”
A fractional CISO gives your board confident, structured security reporting backed by an operational program, not vague assurances.
“We need a CISO for SOC 2 but can't afford a full-time hire.”
A fractional CISO at a fraction of the cost, with the execution team to actually build what the auditor expects.
“We're making technology decisions without a strategic roadmap.”
A fractional CTO or CIO builds the roadmap, evaluates vendors, and aligns technology investments with business goals.
AI governance is the next compliance frontier
Companies adopting AI face new questions: What data are we training on? Who's accountable for AI decisions? How do we demonstrate responsible use to customers and regulators?
Our Chief AI Officers help companies adopt AI responsibly: policy, risk assessment, and integration strategy designed for your specific business context.
AI usage policy and acceptable use frameworks
Risk assessment for AI-powered features
Data governance for training and inference
Vendor evaluation for AI tools and platforms
Board-level AI strategy and reporting
Board-ready, on demand
The program is running, and you can show it.
Your fractional executive sets the strategy, and the platform is where the work shows up: the live state of the security program, the evidence behind it, and a board-ready view you can pull whenever you are asked. Not a slide deck built the night before, a running program you can see.
Leadership that operates, not just advises.
Tell us what role you need. We'll match you with a fractional executive who brings the team to get it done.