Fractional CISO & Security Leadership
Senior security leadership for technology companies that need a clear direction and someone who can help put it into practice.
Discuss an engagementLeadership with technical follow-through.
Ascensis can lead the security function, advise the executive team, and stay close to the architecture and engineering work that determines the outcome.
Fractional CISO and Head of Security
An experienced security leader embedded in your business, providing direction, ownership, and continuity without a full-time executive hire.
Strategy, governance, and risk
A focused security roadmap, risk decisions, operating rhythms, and governance proportionate to your company and product.
Compliance, Certifications & Audit Readiness
Lead ISO/IEC 27001 certification and SOC 2 readiness initiatives from gap assessment through control implementation, evidence collection, and external audit coordination. Build practical, sustainable controls that support both security and business growth.
Executive and board advisory
Translate technical risk into decisions leaders can make, and communicate progress with clarity.
Hands-on technical guidance
Review important product and engineering decisions, challenge assumptions, and guide implementation with your team.
Program leadership and implementation
Build and improve security practices across product, engineering, and the wider organization.
Embedded mentoring
Support internal security practitioners and engineering leaders as responsibilities mature.
Security that helps close enterprise deals.
From ISO 27001 and SOC 2 to customer security assessments and enterprise procurement requirements, we help growing technology companies build the security capabilities and evidence that customers expect.
Chris has previously helped startups achieve ISO 27001 certification and complete SOC 2 audits efficiently.
- Establish or mature the security function
- Develop and execute a risk-based security roadmap
- Achieve ISO 27001 certification readiness and support the certification process
- Prepare for and coordinate SOC 2 audits
- Strengthen enterprise customer and procurement security readiness
- Guide technical architecture and engineering decisions
A partner inside the work.
A fractional leader should understand your product and the people building it. We begin with your priorities and constraints, then agree the decisions, ownership, and operating cadence that will make progress visible.
The engagement can include strategy and governance, technical design reviews, compliance initiatives, program building, mentoring, and executive communication. The goal is useful security capability in your organization, not a stack of reports.
Work directly with founder Chris Martorella. Engagements are shaped around the decisions, people, and delivery cadence of your organization.