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Fractional CISOs and leadership coaching for $5M to $20M companies

A founder of a $5M to $20M company can hire a fractional CISO or learn the work and keep it in house. This page lists both: 2 firms offering fractional CISO work and 13 programs on leadership for founders and CEOs.

Updated 21 Oct 2026 Firms 2 Programs 13 Order published rule

Hire: fractional CISO

A fractional CISO owns security strategy, policies, compliance frameworks, vendor risk, incident response planning and the answers on customer security questionnaires.

$2,280per month, median published
  • Hours2 to 4 days a month
  • Minimum term6 to 12 months
  • Month oneRisk assessment, a gap review against the target framework such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001, an incident response plan and a clear-out of open security questionnaires
  • Firms for $5M to $20M2 firms
  • Cost guideWhat a CISO costs

Learn: leadership coaching for founders

You keep the work in house and learn to run it yourself, with a coach, a course or a peer group.

$300per hour, from
  • FormatLive, self-paced
  • Most common1-on-1 coaching, courses
  • Free to join1 program
  • Programs13 leadership programs

Hire: fractional CISOs

First on the list are Leadership Services and SideChannel. One publishes a monthly fee: $2,280 a month at Leadership Services. The rest quote. A fractional CISO, often called a vCISO, typically works 2 to 4 days a month, more during a compliance audit or after an incident. Month one is a risk assessment, a gap review against the target framework such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001, an incident response plan and a clear-out of open security questionnaires.

Fractional CISOs

Learn: coaching for founders

13 programs on leadership for founders and CEOs.

Leadership coaching

How this page is built. The firms offer fractional CISO work and say they serve $5M to $20M companies. The programs cover leadership and name founders or CEOs as their audience. Each list keeps the published order. Full methodology.