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Senior direction without a full time hire.

Tectori's founder serves as a part time CIO, CISO, or both. The work covers technology strategy, security program direction, spending discipline, and clear communication with leadership.

Who this is for

For organizations that need the role, not the headcount.

Some organizations need senior IT and security direction but do not have the volume of work, or the budget, to justify a full time CIO or CISO. The decisions still have to be made, and someone still has to answer for them.

Common situations include a bank or credit union whose examiner expects a named accountable owner, a healthcare organization with a security program and no leader, and a growing business where technology decisions are made by whoever is closest to the problem.

What the work includes

The work of the role, carried out part time.

  • Technology strategy and roadmap
  • Security program direction and ownership
  • Budget planning and vendor oversight
  • Board, examiner, and leadership communication
  • A named accountable owner for technology and security decisions
  • An escalation path when something goes wrong

Deliverables

What you receive.

Technology roadmap

A prioritized plan naming what is being done, when, why, and what it costs.

Budget and vendor oversight

A current view of technology spend, contracts, renewal dates, and what each vendor actually delivers.

Security program ownership

A named owner for policies, controls, exceptions, and risk decisions, with the decisions written down.

Board and examiner communication

Written updates in the language the audience uses, prepared on a schedule rather than on request.

How it supports audit readiness

Leadership decisions become part of the record.

Leadership decisions are recorded with owners and rationale, so governance questions have answers before an exam begins. An examiner asking who approved a risk, and on what basis, is answered from a record instead of memory.

This service line pairs with audit-ready IT, which describes how a decision becomes a control and then evidence.

What this is not

What this service line does not cover.

  • Staffing placement. Every engagement is delivered directly by Tectori's founder.
  • Help desk and day to day administration, which sits in the IT operations service line.
  • An audit opinion or a certification. Tectori is not an audit firm and does not issue one.

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