Gerard Israel
Advisory · vCISO · Board Counsel

CISO-level judgment, without the full-time seat.

A decade of fractional security leadership for organizations that needed executive-grade security judgment before they were ready to hire for it. I founded and scaled a vCISO and managed-security practice serving 200+ clients across regulated and high-growth industries.

Where I help

Advisory focus areas

01

Board & Executive Counsel

Translating security risk into the language of investment, growth, and accountability for CEOs, CIOs, and boards.

02

Program Design

Standing up or maturing a security function: operating model, architecture, governance, and the metrics leadership actually uses.

03

M&A Security

Security due diligence and integration through acquisition, including evidencing maturity and resilience to buyers and regulators.

04

Regulatory Readiness

Audit and compliance alignment across NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and FINRA.

05

Cloud & AI Security

Secure-by-default cloud patterns and AI security governance that let teams move fast without inheriting avoidable risk.

06

Critical Infrastructure & OT

Security for operational and cyber-physical environments, designed upstream of deployment.

Track record

The vCISO practice I built was not theory. It ran at scale.

  • 200+ clients across healthcare, retail, finance, manufacturing, and SaaS
  • $5M+ in practice revenue, ultimately acquired
  • Security architectures and compliance programs mapped to major frameworks
  • Trusted advisor relationships from startup founders to enterprise boards

Engagement models

How advisory work typically takes shape. Detail to be finalized.

  • Fractional / vCISO retainer
  • Board and executive advisory
  • Fixed-scope assessments and roadmaps
  • M&A diligence, project-based
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Advisory engagements, board counsel, or a scoping conversation about where your security program needs to be.