Fractional Security Leadership
Senior security leadership — without the full-time hire. An experienced fractional security leader who owns the critical decisions, handles escalation, and represents security at the executive level.
This is for you if…
You handle PHI, you're growing fast, and no one actually owns security and compliance. Enterprise deals, audits, and board questions all need a senior security voice you don't have yet. You're not ready for a full-time CISO — the cost, or the workload doesn't justify it — but the gap is real. Security work is scattered across overloaded engineers and founders who have other jobs.
What's included
- Ownership of your security and compliance program — audits, vendor risk, customer reviews, board and leadership reporting.
- The senior judgment calls: what's acceptable risk, what's not, and standing behind those decisions with auditors and customers.
- Executive representation — being the security leader in the room for deals, diligence, and the board.
- Continuity: one senior operator who knows your environment, not a rotating bench.
How we structure it
Advisory retainer — senior guidance and decision-making on a lighter cadence, for teams that can execute but need the judgment. Program-owner retainer — deeper, hands-on ownership of the program, typically 1–2 days per week, for teams that need someone to actually run it. Both are monthly retainers with a minimum initial term so the work has time to matter.
The deliverable
An owned, defensible security program and a senior leader accountable for it — represented credibly to auditors, customers, and your board.
Timeline
Ongoing monthly retainer; typical minimum initial term of 3–6 months.
Why AuditPath
When you hire AuditPath, you work directly with Vibha Rajan — an experienced operator who has built and run these programs at healthcare startups for over a decade. Not an account manager, not a junior consultant.
Pricing
Retainer pricing is scoped to depth and cadence.