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FRACTIONAL CIO & CISO | EXECUTIVE TECHNOLOGY & SECURITY LEADERSHIP
Something changed.
Technology that once drove the business forward
now creates risk.
- Compliance deadlines approaching for regulatory audits.
- Investors and the board demanding risk visibility that isn’t available.
- Enterprise customers asking harder questions.
- An unfilled leadership gap increases risk and reduces accountability.
Whatever triggered it — the current approach to managing technology and security no longer feels sufficient.
Most companies hire separately for IT and security.
Keystone provides fractional CIO and CISO leadership under one experienced executive — unified, accountable, and embedded within your leadership team.
30 years leading technology and security in organizations across:
- Pharmaceutical life sciences companies, including a $10BN annual revenue leader with 32,000 employees.
- Global financial services firms, including the worlds largest hedge fund with $160BN AUM.
- High-growth technology environments, including organizations with 60,000 employees and $16BN in revenue.
Experience operating in regulated environments and aligning with widely adopted security, compliance, and management frameworks:
SOC 2 • SOX • HIPAA • SEC • GDPR • FINRA • FDA 21 CFR Part 11 / GxP (GMP, GLP, GCP) • NIST • CIS • ISO 27001 • SDLC • ITIL • ITSM
| Model | Authority | One Accountable Leader |
|---|---|---|
| Consultants | Advisory | No |
| MSP | Operational | No |
| Keystone | Leadership Team Member | Yes |
One Executive. Two Disciplines. Unified Control. Full Accountability.
Keystone embeds directly into your leadership team with defined authority over both technology and security. Not a recommendation. Not a report. An executive who shows up, takes ownership, and is accountable for outcomes.
The compliance deadline gets a plan. The board gets answers. The enterprise customer receives a response that withstands scrutiny. The leadership gap gets filled with a fractional executive without the cost, delay, or risk of a full-time hire.
If any of those are true, it’s time to talk.
You’ve built something real.
The technology worked well enough to get here. Security was handled or at least nothing went wrong. Leadership was informal but functional.
Then the pressure started.
The company grew. The scrutiny increased. The complexity compounded. And the existing approach to managing technology and security started to feel insufficient.
You’re not looking for a vendor. You’re not looking for a consultant with a report. You’re looking for someone who can take ownership of the problem and be accountable for the outcome.
Keystone is not a firm you manage. It’s a partner you lean on.
That’s who Keystone is for.
Ready to have the conversation?
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