Virtual CISO – Cybersecurity Practice Lead

🕒 April 23

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Interdependence

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2013

📱 Media

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🤝 B2B

Media • Artificial Intelligence • B2B

Interdependence is a strategic integrated communications firm that combines public relations, social media, influencer marketing, experiential/event marketing and strategic brand development with a proprietary AI predictive analytics platform called Interviewed®. The agency uses AI-powered media relations and creative storytelling to drive earned media, boost website traffic and conversions, and increase brand credibility for clients across technology, healthcare, biotech, travel and consumer sectors. Interdependence markets itself as a results-driven, technology-enabled partner for businesses seeking aggressive, targeted PR and integrated marketing campaigns.

📋 Description

• Serve as the outsourced CISO for 8–12 clients, providing executive-level security leadership on a fractional basis • Conduct security risk assessments, gap analyses, and penetration testing oversight for prospective and current clients • Develop and maintain security programs, policies, and incident response plans tailored to each client's risk profile and regulatory environment • Manage compliance frameworks including SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, CCPA, NIST CSF, and CMMC • Present security posture, risk exposure, and remediation roadmaps to boards of directors, C-suites, and audit committees in clear, business-oriented language • Oversee and leverage AI-driven security tooling for vulnerability scanning, log analysis, threat detection, and compliance evidence collection • Quarterback incident response when clients face active threats or breaches, coordinating forensics, legal, communications, and remediation • Collaborate with RMC's reputation management team to deliver integrated crisis response when security events create reputational exposure • Participate in business development — joining sales conversations, scoping engagements, and helping close new cybersecurity retainers • Recruit, manage, and mentor junior analysts as the practice scales • Build standardized methodologies, reporting templates, and delivery playbooks that allow the practice to scale without sacrificing quality

🎯 Requirements

• 7-10+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience spanning at least two of the following: penetration testing, incident response, security architecture, GRC (governance, risk, and compliance) • 3+ years operating at the CISO, Director of Security, or senior consulting level, you've sat in the room with boards and translated technical risk into business impact • CISSP certification (active and in good standing) • Deep working knowledge of SOC 2, HIPAA, NIST CSF, and at least one additional framework (PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, CMMC, CCPA) • Experience building or significantly expanding a security program from early stages, not just maintaining one someone else built • Ability to manage multiple client engagements simultaneously without quality degradation • Comfortable participating in sales and business development conversations — you understand that your credibility is what closes deals

🏖️ Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, 401(k) • Performance bonus: Up to 25% of base, tied to client acquisition, retention, and practice revenue targets • Revenue participation: Structured incentive on new business you source and close, designed to reward you as a practice builder, not just a practitioner • Equity / profit-sharing potential as the cybersecurity division scales, this is a founding role and we structure compensation to reflect that