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Pre-screened Fractional CISOs matched to your security program in as little as 3 days. No recruiter fees, no full-time overhead.
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When to hire a Fractional CISO
You don't need a $300K full-time CISO to solve these problems. You need a seasoned security executive who has solved them before, available now.
Compliance Deadlines Are Looming
SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or FedRAMP audits are approaching and you don't have a security leader who can own the process end to end.
A Security Incident Just Happened
You've had a breach, a near-miss, or a customer security questionnaire you couldn't answer. You need executive-level incident response and remediation leadership immediately.
Investors or Enterprise Customers Are Asking
Your Series B investors or a Fortune 500 customer prospect is asking for a security review, a pen test summary, or proof that a CISO is accountable for your program.
You're Scaling Without a Security Program
Your engineering team is growing fast, you're handling sensitive customer data, and you have no formal security policies, access controls, or incident response plan in place.
Your Full-Time CISO Just Left
Your security leader departed unexpectedly and you need immediate coverage to maintain compliance posture, manage the team, and run the full-time search in parallel.
You Need a Board-Ready Security Voice
Your board or audit committee is requesting regular security briefings and risk reporting, but no one on your current team has the executive presence or experience to deliver them.
The benefits of hiring a Fractional CISO
A Fractional CISO gives you board-ready security leadership, compliance expertise, and incident response readiness at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire.
Cost Efficiency
Get executive-level security leadership without the full-time salary, equity, and benefits package. Pay only for the hours and outcomes your program actually needs.
Speed to Hire
Pre-screened operators are ready to engage. Go Fractional matches you with a qualified Fractional CISO in as little as 3 days, not the 3 to 6 months a full-time search takes.
Pre-screened Expertise
Every CISO in the network is pre-screened by veteran executive recruiters on track record, references, and hands-on security leadership across industries, frameworks, and compliance regimes.
How to hire a Fractional CISO
No more juggling job boards and sorting through pools of unqualified applicants. Hiring a Fractional CISO is easy with Go Fractional.
Discovery Call
Book a free 20-minute discovery call with one of our executive recruiters to review your goals, needs, and team dynamics.
Meet Experts
Within days, we'll introduce you to a short-list of pre-screened Fractional CISO candidates to interview, each pre-screened by veteran executive recruiters before you meet them. Our match success rate is 98%.
Start Work
Finalize contract details with Go Fractional and get working within less than a week of your discovery call.
Engagements that fit how you work
Every Go Fractional engagement is structured for senior leadership without full-time overhead. Start fractional, scale up, or convert to full-time when you’re ready.
Fractional CISO
- Senior leadership on a part-time schedule
- Monthly retainer, no recruiting fees
- Scale hours up or down as needs change
Contract-to-Hire
Trial a Fractional CISO on a fractional engagement before converting them to a full-time hire.
- Keep the expert's learnings or convert to full-time
- Try the fit before you commit, no hiring risk
- Faster speed to market, conserving time and resources
Interim CISO
Full-time coverage for a defined stretch: a leadership gap, a transition, or a critical project.
Fractional CISO rates average $214/hr across our live benchmarks. Pricing scales with hours and scope.
CISO Hourly RatesFractional vs full-time vs agency
Three ways to get CISO leadership, and where each one wins.
| Factor | Go Fractional | Full-time CISO | Agency / dev shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to hire | ~3 days | 3–6 months | 1–4 weeks |
| Engagement | Monthly retainer, flexible | Salary + equity + benefits | Project fee + markup |
| Talent level | Senior operators, 12 yrs avg experience | Varies by market and budget | Mixed-seniority delivery teams |
| Scalability | Scale hours up or down monthly | Fixed full-time cost | Rescope and renegotiate contracts |
| Best for | Strategy + leadership, flexibly | Stable long-term scale | Pure build execution |
We’ve helped hundreds of organizations Go Fractional
Twelve years: the average experience across a network of handpicked executives ready to make an impact on day one.
“It was literally three days after he started with us fractionally, Ryan was calling me and asking if we could get a full-time offer out.”
“It's a can't-lose scenario. You either get the learnings from the subject matter expert, or you get the full-time capability. It provided a ton of flexibility, much faster speed to market, and conservation of time and resources.”
“Go Fractional provided Mockingbird with a founder-level engineering leader that helped us out of a huge amount of tech debt, streamlining and modernizing our entire e-commerce stack”
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