Fractional Chief Security Officer (FCSO)
Executive security ownership, assigned.
The Fractional Chief Security Officer engagement assigns named authority over security posture, escalation decisions, and incident response—without requiring the client to build or staff a permanent internal function.
This engagement is used when risk spans physical, digital, legal, and reputational domains and leadership requires a single accountable operator.
Mandate
- Set and maintain organizational risk posture.
- Own escalation thresholds and approval authority.
- Coordinate intelligence, security, legal, and communications inputs.
- Serve as executive interface during incidents and high-risk activity.
Common Triggers
- Rapid organizational growth without security leadership.
- Board concern over fragmented security decision-making.
- Persistent executive or organizational targeting.
- Repeated incidents without systemic correction.
We do not deliver isolated fixes. When we engage, we address the immediate exposure and then re-establish the system—decision paths, controls, and ownership—so the failure does not repeat under a different name. Crisis Response