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TechCXO Editor's pick Names PE-backed
6 named clients Founded 2003, 245+ people
Fee on request
Best fractional CISOs for PE-backed companies
3 firms offer fractional CISO work and say they serve PE-backed companies. First on the list are TechCXO, Leadership Services and SideChannel. TechCXO is the editor's pick. One publishes a monthly fee: $2,280 a month at Leadership Services. The rest quote.
The usual trigger is an enterprise customer asking for SOC 2 or ISO 27001, a cyber insurance renewal, regulated data such as health or payment records, or an incident.
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Leadership Services Names PE-backed
70+ peopleServes UK
$2,280 per month, no minimum
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SideChannel Names PE-backed
Serves US
Fee on request
How this list is built. Every firm here offers fractional CISO work on its own site and says it serves PE-backed companies. Order is editor's pick, then firms that name the stage, then a published fee, then name. Nobody pays to appear or to move up. Full methodology.