Services
Enterprise-grade security leadership, sized for growing businesses.
Every engagement is fixed-price and quoted up front.
Security Leadership
Fractional CISO (vCISO)
Ongoing Monthly RetainerOngoing security leadership on a monthly retainer. You get a multi-year security roadmap, budget and investment guidance, and regular reporting that translates cyber risk into business terms for owners, executives, and boards.
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Security Architecture Reviews
Independent reviews of new and existing systems before and after implementation, identifying design risks, trade-offs, and the controls you need.
Cloud & Microsoft 365 Reviews
Assessments of your AWS, Azure, and Microsoft 365 environments against recognized best practices, with a prioritized list of fixes.
Identity & Access Review
A review of how your business handles logins, multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, and administrator accounts, which are the areas attackers target most.
Emerging Technology & SaaS Adoption
Security guidance before you adopt a new platform, so you can move fast without creating new risk.
AI Governance
EssentialAn AI use policy, an approved-tools process, and staff guidance so your team can use AI assistants without exposing sensitive data.
Risk Management
Cyber Risk Assessment
A structured assessment of your networks, applications, and vendors that shows where you're exposed, how likely each risk is, and what it could cost the business.
Risk Register & Treatment Plans
We build and maintain a register of your security risks, with owners, priorities, and timelines, so decisions to fix, accept, or transfer a risk are documented and defensible.
Third-Party & Vendor Risk Management
A program for evaluating the vendors who handle your data, including review of their SOC reports and security documentation.
Single-Point-of-Failure Analysis
Identification of critical dependencies in your identity systems, data platforms, and key vendors that could take your business down, with plans to reduce that exposure.
Incident Response Planning
A written incident response plan and a tabletop exercise that walks your leadership team through a realistic attack, so you know who does what before it happens.
Governance & Compliance
Security Program Development
Written security policies, standards, and procedures aligned to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, CIS Controls, or ISO/IEC 27001. This is the foundation of our Connecticut Safe Harbor Program.
Compliance Readiness
Gap assessments and remediation roadmaps for SOX and IT General Controls, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, and ISO/IEC 27001, plus support gathering evidence for auditors.
Policy Exception Management
A documented process for handling exceptions to your security policies, including compensating controls and sign-off.
Security Reviews
Cyber Insurance Readiness
We review your insurance questionnaire, confirm your answers are accurate, close gaps before renewal, and document your controls so you can stand behind every answer. This is our Renewal Readiness Program.
Customer Questionnaires & Due Diligence
We help you answer security questionnaires and vendor reviews from customers and partners so you don't lose deals over them.
Cyber Risk Snapshot
2-WeekA two-week assessment for businesses that want a starting point: where you stand, what matters most, and what to fix first, in a plain-English report for leadership.
Our Unbiased Advisory Commitment
Vantical Risk doesn't sell software, hardware, or managed IT services. When you need penetration testing, 24/7 monitoring, or forensics, we'll help you choose a trusted provider and manage the work, with no markups or referral bias.