- First meeting to contract in under 100 days
- Zero internal headcount added
- vCISO-led
The problem
A rapidly expanding biomedical technology firm was facing severe regulatory pressure and heightened cyber risk during a critical growth phase. Leadership urgently needed executive security oversight, but recruiting a full-time internal team meant steep overhead, long hiring cycles, and a serious operational distraction at exactly the wrong moment.
What we did
Using our whole-of-market visibility, we evaluated the supplier landscape and aligned a specialized partner to deliver an embedded, vCISO-led Security Team-as-a-Service model. The vetted partner deployed immediately to establish a practical compliance roadmap, and the entire engagement moved from first meeting to contract execution in under 100 days.
The outcome
By securing scalable executive leadership without adding internal headcount, the client mitigated core operational risks while keeping leadership focused entirely on product innovation.