Senior security leadership without the full-time hire.

A consultant delivers a defined output: a report, an assessment, a policy. A vCISO is an ongoing leadership role. They attend your leadership meetings, sit on your risk committee, brief your board, respond when an incident happens, and make security decisions as part of your team, just not full-time or permanently employed. It's the difference between a task and an accountability.

Often, yes. An IT manager runs operations: keeps systems running, manages the helpdesk, handles day-to-day tech. A CISO runs security: threat models, risk appetite, governance frameworks, compliance obligations, incident response. They're related but different skill sets. Most IT managers are good at one but stretched thin trying to cover both. A vCISO takes the security leadership off their plate so they can focus on what they're actually great at.

We offer three engagement models depending on your situation. The most common is a monthly retainer, a fixed number of days per month (typically two to five, depending on your complexity and compliance obligations) covering standing activities: leadership meetings, security reviews, board reporting, vendor assessments, and policy maintenance. Outside of scheduled time, you can reach the vCISO for guidance on decisions, incidents, and anything urgent.

For specific workstreams, a certification project, an audit preparation programme, or a defined risk remediation plan, we offer project-specific engagements with a clear scope and end point, after which you can transition to a lighter retainer if ongoing oversight is needed.

For urgent situations, post-breach recovery, acquisition due diligence, or an imminent audit, we offer rapid deployment: a vCISO on-boarded within days, not weeks, with the full InterIntra security practice behind them from day one.

The Chief Information Security Officer is the senior executive responsible for an organisation's information security: setting the strategy, managing risk, overseeing compliance, and leading the response when things go wrong. In larger enterprises the CISO is a full-time C-suite role. For most South Australian businesses, the need for that function is real but the justification for a full-time hire isn't, which is exactly what a vCISO solves.

CISO as a Service gives your business access to an experienced virtual CISO without hiring a full-time executive. You get the same strategic security leadership, governance oversight, board reporting, and incident response capability, on a fixed number of days per month rather than a full-time salary. It suits businesses that have outgrown ad-hoc security but can't justify a full-time C-suite hire, or organisations that want an independent security voice at the leadership table.