CISO as a
Service

Executive-level security leadership without the cost, complexity, or delay 

CISO for Enterprise Security on Demand

Cyber risk has moved firmly onto the board agenda. Organizations are expected to demonstrate clear security leadership, strategic direction, and accountable decision-making. Yet for many enterprises, especially fast-scaling companies and public sector bodies, hiring and retaining a full-time CISO is either cost-prohibitive or simply not practical given where they are right now.That’s the gap our CISO as a Service is built to fill.

We provide on-demand, executive-grade security leadership that connects cybersecurity strategy to business priorities, regulatory expectations, and operational realities, without the overhead of a permanent hire.

What Security looks like Without Strong Leadership

The pattern is familiar, and it plays out the same way across a lot of organizations

Security initiatives get built around tools and vendor recommendations rather than any clear strategic direction 

The board has limited visibility into what the actual risk exposure looks like until something goes wrong 

Ownership sits uncomfortably between IT, security, and compliance teams, with nobody truly accountable 

Decisions get made in reaction to incidents or upcoming audits rather than from a position of foresight 

Cybersecurity becomes operational noise instead of something leadership can confidently act on 

How we Approach This

As an experienced CISO as a service provider, we don’t parachute in for quarterly reviews and call it advisory. We embed into your security ecosystem with clear ownership and a consistent presence that leadership can actually rely on. 

Business-aligned security strategy

Security priorities are set around business goals and risk appetite, not vendor roadmaps or compliance checklists.

Risk-based prioritization

Not everything can be fixed at once. We help leadership understand what matters most and make informed decisions about where to focus.

Strong governance and accountability

Clear ownership, defined decision rights, and reporting structures that give the board a real picture of security posture.

Integration with IT, SOC, and compliance teams

We work across the teams already doing the work, not around them, so security decisions are consistent, coordinated, and defensible.

What we provide

Cybersecurity Strategy & Roadmap

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A clear, actionable security direction built around your risk appetite, business priorities, and digital initiatives. Budget planning and investment justification included, framed in terms leadership understands.

Governance, Risk & Compliance Oversight

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Security policies, operating models, risk identification and reporting, regulatory alignment, and integration with IT GRC frameworks. Particularly important for PSUs and heavily regulated industries.

Board & CXO Advisory

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Board-ready reporting, risk communication translated from technical to business language, incident advisory, and strategic decision support. Leadership gets clarity, not complexity.

Security Program Oversight

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SOC and incident response alignment, cloud and data security governance, vendor and third-party risk management, and program performance tracking across security domains.

Incident & Crisis Leadership

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When something serious happens, having experienced leadership in the room matters. We provide executive incident coordination, decision support, regulatory and stakeholder communication guidance, and structured post-incident reviews.

Capability & Team Enablement

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Security team structure, role clarity, skills assessment, operating procedures, and transition planning if the goal is building toward in-house leadership over time.

Cybersecurity
Strategy & Roadmap

A clear, actionable security direction built around your risk appetite, business priorities, and digital initiatives. Budget planning and investment justification included, framed in terms leadership understands.

Governance, Risk &
Compliance Oversight

Security policies, operating models, risk identification and reporting, regulatory alignment, and integration with IT GRC frameworks. Particularly important for PSUs and heavily regulated industries.

Board & CXO
Advisory

Board-ready reporting, risk communication translated from technical to business language, incident advisory, and strategic decision support. Leadership gets clarity, not complexity.

Security Program
Oversight

SOC and incident response alignment, cloud and data security governance, vendor and third-party risk management, and program performance tracking across security domains.

Incident & Crisis
Leadership

When something serious happens, having experienced leadership in the room matters. We provide executive incident coordination, decision support, regulatory and stakeholder communication guidance, and structured post-incident reviews.

Capability & Team
Enablement

Security team structure, role clarity, skills assessment, operating procedures, and transition planning if the goal is building toward in-house leadership over time.

DevOps Assessment &
Roadmap

We assess your current DevOps pipelines and tooling, analyse delivery, security, and operational risks, and define an outcome-driven roadmap aligned to CXO priorities.

DevOps Consulting &
Engineering

This DevOps consulting service focuses on measurable delivery improvement through CI/CD optimisation, infrastructure as code, environment automation, and toolchain integration.

DevSecOps & Compliance
Enablement

This service strengthens delivery with secure build and release pipelines, policy-as-code, audit-ready traceability, and vulnerability remediation workflows.

System Integration & Orchestration

This service improves operational resilience through monitoring, observability, alerting, release health, rollback readiness, and performance optimisation.

Data Strategy &
Roadmapping

We define an execution-ready data strategy aligned to business goals, supported by governance, maturity assessment, target-state design, and a phased roadmap.

Data Platform
Implementation

We design and implement secure, scalable data platforms with modern architectures, ingestion pipelines, and access layers to support analytics, AI, and operational workloads.

Data Integration &
Engineering

We build reliable, production-grade data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and real-time processing, optimized for performance, resilience, and cost efficiency.

Data Governance &
Trust Frameworks

Governance is embedded into the data lifecycle without slowing teams down.
Our data governance services focus on operational adoption, not bureaucracy.

Compliance, Security &
Audit Readiness

We design data environments that stand up to regulatory and audit scrutiny

Compliance is treated as a design constraint not an afterthought.

Infrastructure Monitoring & Automation

Automation reduces human error and improves operational efficiency across engagements.

Network & Security Operations

We manage enterprise networks and security operations through continuous monitoring, fault resolution, and SOC coordination ensuring unified, secure, and resilient performance.

Backup, Recovery & Business Continuity

We design backup and disaster recovery frameworks with optimized RTO/RPO and high availability ensuring resilient, continuously validated operations.

Data Center & On-Prem Infrastructure Management

We manage servers and virtualization with patching, performance tuning, and security built for mission-critical environments.

Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure Operations

We manage hybrid environments with monitoring, optimization, and seamless connectivity ensuring consistent cross-platform operations.

Network & Security Operations

We design backup and disaster recovery frameworks with optimized RTO/RPO and high availability ensuring resilient, continuously validated operations.

Network & Security Operations

We manage enterprise networks and security operations through continuous monitoring, fault resolution, and SOC coordination ensuring unified, secure, and resilient performance.

Why Organizations Work with us on This

We bring proven executive-level security leadership experience with deep alignment across SOC, cloud security, and IT GRC. We understand PSU and regulated environments well, and we approach every engagement with a business-first, risk-driven perspective. Not detached advisory. A trusted partner mindset that moves with the business. 

Why Organizations Work with us on This

We bring proven executive-level security leadership experience with deep alignment across SOC, cloud security, and IT GRC. We understand PSU and regulated environments well, and we approach every engagement with a business-first, risk-driven perspective. Not detached advisory. A trusted partner mindset that moves with the business. 

Want to talk through what security leadership
looks like for your organization?

We usually start with a Security Leadership Assessment, a structured look at your current security posture, where the accountability gaps are, and what the right leadership model would need to address. From there, you’ll have a clear picture of what makes sense. 

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Head of Account Management

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Director – Software Delivery

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Head of Sales - KSA

Snigdha Tiwari

Head of Marketing and Public Sector Business Sales

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Vice Chairman

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VP - Product Delivery

Mohammed Mohsin Abbas

Head of Cyber Security

Bijaya Tripathy

Head of HR

Rajiv Lal

Head of Sales

Murukraj Nair

Director - Delivery (Cloud & Infra)

Vimal Prakash

Director - Software Engineering (Digital)

Narendra Kanna

AVP - Enterprise Cloud Infra & Cyber Security Services

Samir Mehta

Director - Talent Delivery

Vishwa Kiran

Chief Digital & Technology Officer

Anant Agrawal

CEO & Managing Director