Security leadership · Financial services
Fractional CISO for Financial services
An accountable security leader who owns risk, satisfies the regulator, and unblocks the deal, part-time.
Why it matters in financial services
Money, sensitive data, and a regulator that expects evidence, alongside relentless pressure to ship product and scale. You need technology leadership that keeps delivery moving and a security posture that stands up to scrutiny, from one accountable person.
- →Setting technology strategy and an architecture that scales, without stalling delivery
- →Standing up a credible security and risk function the FCA and PRA will recognise
- →Operational resilience: important business services, impact tolerances, and the evidence to prove them
- →Building and hiring an engineering team that ships within change-management and audit expectations
What you get
- ✓Security strategy and a risk-led, prioritised improvement plan
- ✓Governance: policies, risk register, and a working risk committee
- ✓Readiness for ISO 27001, SOC 2, Cyber Essentials, and customer security reviews
- ✓Incident response planning, tabletop exercises, and supplier assurance
- ✓Board reporting that translates risk into decisions
Frameworks & standards
FCAPRAOperational resilience (PS21/3)NIST CSFISO 27001
How we work in financial services
We act as the accountable CTO and CISO, shaping the architecture and roadmap in the morning and speaking to a regulator in the afternoon, building product velocity and the controls, evidence and resilience story together.