Leadership, compliance operations, and engineering
A security team that takes ownership of the work
Your founder or CTO should be able to get back to building while security reviews, controls, and audit preparation keep moving. TSC Security combines fractional CISO leadership, GRC operations, and security engineering in a working team, with scope matched to your business and existing capabilities.
Who this helps
- Venture-backed SaaS companies from seed through growth
- Founders and CTOs whose security work is competing with product work
- AI and healthcare technology companies navigating customer security reviews and compliance requirements
- SaaS companies facing demanding buyer requirements
- Teams whose compliance program needs an accountable owner
Problems it addresses
- Security questionnaires and evidence requests are pulling founders from product work
- Audit preparation and recurring controls lack a clear owner
- Buyers need accurate answers about controls and remaining gaps
- Technical safeguards need an owner and an implementation plan
- The company needs an operating program before it is ready to hire internally
Choosing a security partner
Questions worth asking any provider
- Who owns security decisions and the roadmap?
- Who runs recurring controls, evidence, and audit coordination?
- Who implements technical changes, and which work stays with our team?
- Who handles buyer reviews and owns the accuracy of the answers?
- Who maintains the program after the first audit?
What the work includes
Security leadership
Set priorities around business risk, own the roadmap, explain decisions to leadership, and join the buyer conversations that need a security leader.
GRC operations
Run agreed controls, maintain policies and evidence, coordinate audit preparation, and keep the program working between audits.
Security Engineering
Work with engineering and IT on cloud, identity, endpoints, vulnerabilities, and secure development. Hands-on implementation is included where it is part of the agreed scope.
Buyer security reviews
Coordinate questionnaires, evidence requests, and diligence calls. Give buyers accurate answers about today's controls and the work on the roadmap.
Buyer security reviews
Answers grounded in the work
We explain what is in place today. When work remains, the answer describes a practical plan, an owner, and a date so buyers can understand what they are relying on and what is still being improved.
The program continues after the audit. Evidence stays current, controls keep running, and the roadmap changes as your company and risks change.
Expected outcomes
Clear owners for security decisions and agreed work
Buyer answers grounded in today's controls and evidence
A practical plan, owner, and date for work that remains
Current evidence and operating controls after the audit
How the engagement works
Assess
Understand the architecture, business model, customers, obligations, and current controls.
Prioritize
Build a risk-based roadmap tied to commercial and regulatory needs.
Implement
Work with internal teams to put policies, processes, and technical controls into operation.
Operate
Run agreed recurring security work, evidence, diligence, and program reporting.
Improve
Review results, changing risks, and company growth to evolve the program.
Frequently asked questions
What is a fractional security team?
An external team that provides the security roles a growing company needs: security leadership, GRC operations, and security engineering. It works alongside your people on an ongoing basis, at the level of involvement the work requires.
What does our leadership still own?
TSC Security operates the agreed security work and recommends priorities. Your leadership makes security decisions, accepts risk, and remains accountable for the program; your technical teams retain ownership of their systems.
How is this different from one security hire?
One hire usually brings depth in one role. A fractional team combines security leadership, GRC operations, and security engineering, with the mix adjusted to the work your company needs.
When should we hire internally instead?
An internal hire makes sense when the ongoing workload requires a dedicated role or a specific skill set. TSC Security can help clarify that role and support a handoff when you are ready to hire.
Tell us what is taking time from your team.
Is a buyer review slowing a deal? Is audit preparation landing with your CTO? Tell us what triggered the work and who handles security today. We’ll discuss the priorities and level of support that fits.
Talk through your security needs