San Diego vCISO and compliance

vCISO in San Diego, with compliance support built in

Our virtual CISO service gives San Diego organizations senior security leadership without a full-time hire. Two CISOs work each engagement, and they bring CMMC, SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 experience to your roadmap.

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  • Named a top virtual CISO services company
  • Two CISOs assigned to every engagement
  • CMMC readiness for San Diego’s defense suppliers
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Top virtual CISO services company

Recognized by Cyber Security Review

Two CISOs per engagement

Continuity and a second perspective

NIST-based assessment

Every engagement starts with a maturity assessment

Headquartered in San Diego

Advisors close to home

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Why it matters locally

Compliance consulting in San Diego, led by CMMC

San Diego’s defense and manufacturing base means many local companies now see CMMC requirements in their contracts. The Department of Defense began adding CMMC to new solicitations in November 2025, with a phased rollout. Suppliers that handle Controlled Unclassified Information need to show they meet NIST SP 800-171, and primes are asking for proof.

Other local sectors carry their own requirements. Biotech firms field SOC 2 and ISO 27001 requests from partners. Healthcare organizations need a HIPAA risk analysis. A San Diego vCISO who knows all of these can build one program that covers what you owe each regulator and customer.

What’s included

Virtual CISO and compliance services in San Diego

Virtual CISO

Risk assessment, security roadmap, policies, board reporting, IR planning and security culture, in Lite, Pro or Elite tiers.

vCISO services

CMMC consultant in San Diego

NIST SP 800-171 gap assessment, system security plan, plan of action and preparation for self-assessment or a C3PAO.

CMMC and 800-171

SOC 2 compliance

Readiness, control design and evidence for your SOC 2 audit.

SOC 2 readiness

ISO 27001 consulting

Scoping, risk assessment and an information security management system ready for certification.

ISO 27001

HIPAA compliance

A documented HIPAA security risk analysis and a plan to close the gaps.

HIPAA

Cyber risk assessment

A NIST-based assessment of your controls and risks, with findings ranked for leadership.

Risk assessment

How it works

How a San Diego vCISO engagement starts

1

Assess

A NIST-based organizational security maturity assessment shows where you stand and where the quick wins are.

2

Discover

Discovery sessions fold your in-flight projects and compliance deadlines into one roadmap.

3

Lead

Your two CISOs run the program, write policy, manage compliance work and brief your executives and board.

4

Prove

We keep the evidence your auditors, assessors and customers ask for, and track progress over time.

Frameworks

Frameworks our San Diego vCISOs work with

  • CMMC and NIST SP 800-171
  • SOC 2
  • ISO 27001 and ISO/IEC 42001
  • HIPAA Security Rule
  • NIST Cybersecurity Framework
  • PCI DSS
  • NCUA and GLBA safeguards
  • NIST AI RMF for AI governance

FAQ

vCISO and compliance in San Diego, answered

A virtual CISO provides the security leadership a full-time CISO would, on a part-time or fractional basis. That includes risk assessment, a security roadmap, policies, compliance management, board reporting and incident response planning.

Two CISOs give you continuity when one is unavailable and a second perspective on decisions. Both know your environment and your roadmap.

Yes. We run NIST SP 800-171 gap assessments, build the system security plan and plan of action, help close the gaps and prepare you for self-assessment or a C3PAO assessment, depending on what your contract requires.

Yes. Most frameworks share core controls. Your vCISO maps them once and shows where each framework adds specific requirements, which avoids duplicate work and duplicate evidence.

It depends on the tier (Lite, Pro or Elite), the size of your organization and the frameworks in scope. We recommend a tier after an initial conversation and quote a fixed price.

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Talk to a vCISO

Get senior security leadership in San Diego

Tell us about your organization and the frameworks you need to meet, and an advisor will reply by email to set up a conversation.

  • A recommended vCISO tier for your needs
  • A first look at your compliance priorities

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