The vCISO Platform That Multiplies Your Expertise — Not Your Hours
RealCISO was built by a vCISO for the multi-client, multi-framework reality of managed security delivery. AI executes the assessment work; you advise. Start with one client, keep 100% of your brand, and let the platform show you where the next engagement is.
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4.8/5 across 223 reviews on SourceForge · #1 vCISO platform on G2, Summer 2026
You built your practice on expertise. The platform should multiply that expertise — not consume your time with assessment work that does not require expert judgement. RealCISO automates the execution layer across your client base so your time goes to the strategic and advisory work only you can do.
Why consultants choose RealCISO
Ten capabilities that let you run a scalable multi-client practice without proportional time investment.
AI that runs the assessment — you run the advisory
Cleo maps controls across any framework, scores maturity L1–L5, ranks gaps by computed impact and drafts remediation guidance. You review, edit and advise. How assessment works →
Simulate before you recommend
Impact Simulation runs a what-if before you present a remediation roadmap. Go into client conversations with data-backed prioritization, not gut feel. No other vCISO platform has this.
Multi-client portfolio — one dashboard
Every client's status, outstanding gaps, evidence expiration alerts and upcoming assessment renewals from one view. Manage your practice, not individual projects.
L1–L5 maturity trajectory — your board-level story
Track each client's progression from Ad-hoc to Optimizing across quarters, per control. Revisions seal a snapshot automatically each quarter. That is your value as a vCISO, quantified and presentable to any board.
White-label client delivery
Your clients see your practice: custom domain, branded portal, policy templates in your format, report profiles with your firm's identity. Your clients never see RealCISO unless you want them to.
Immutable report versioning
Every report version is timestamped, actor-tracked and immutably stored. When a client asks about prior posture, you have a precise, defensible answer — every time.
Evidence that collects itself
Connect a client's cloud, identity and endpoint tools and RealCISO pulls live configuration every 12 hours, graded by 386 automated tests. Expiring evidence surfaces across every client, ranked by risk impact and audit proximity — you see it before the auditor does. See the 15 integrations →
Trust Center per client
Share a live compliance posture page with each client's customers, insurance carriers and auditors. Vanta charges around $6,000 a year for this; it is included in every paid RealCISO licence. Learn more →
Portfolio Intelligence
Ranked, sized service opportunities across your whole book, each backed by the finding that produced it and pitched in Cleo's words. Ships with v2.14.0 on September 15 and is included with the Consultant License. See how it works →
Audits, run from a request list
Seed each client's audit requests from the framework's assessor requirements, let fulfilment be computed from the evidence actually collected, and export a submission package with a hashed manifest. Evidence & audits →
How a practice grows on RealCISO
Every step is priced on the page.
Start free
Explore the platform with a real assessment on the Free plan. No credit card, no onboarding fee.
Take the Consultant License
Your firm's white-label workspace and custom domain, unlimited compliance sets, a demo environment and Portfolio Intelligence.
Add clients on Starter — $500
Show a prospect where they stand and what to fix first. Starter is partner-only, so direct buyers never see the price you pay.
Grow into Premium and Complete
Retainer clients move to Premium ($2,500); fully managed clients to Complete ($4,000) with automated evidence and vendor risk. At sixteen clients, Gold waives the Consultant License.
One platform. Every price on the page.
One licence for your firm, one flat licence per client. Prices are the same whether you have one client or fifty — the program tier changes, not the rate card.
One licence for your practice, however many clients you run
- White-label workspace, custom domain, your logo and colours on every client deliverable
- Portfolio Intelligence — ranked service opportunities across your whole book
- Unlimited compliance sets and a demo environment for sales conversations
- Certification, enablement, partner support and deal registration — your deals stay yours
$500
per client per year · $42/mo
Winning new clients — show them where they stand and what to fix first.
$2,500
per client per year · $208/mo
Clients on retainer — run their security program year-round under your brand, Trust Center included.
$4,000
per client per year · $333/mo
Fully managed clients — platform, automated evidence from 15 integrations and unlimited vendor risk, one price.
Grow into program tiers as your book grows: Registered (1–5 clients) · Silver (6–15: priority support, QBRs) · Gold (16+: Consultant License waived, named partner manager, co-marketing). Starter cannot be bought direct. Every entitlement, on the pricing page →
"The multi-tenant dashboard is exactly what we needed. I can see every client's risk posture at a glance. No other vCISO software gives me that enterprise-level view at this price point."
"RealCISO cut our assessment time in half. We used to spend 3 weeks on a NIST gap analysis — now it's done in days. The white-label reporting alone is worth the subscription."
Not another tool built by someone who has never done the work
Brian Haugli
Practicing vCISO across SMB, mid-market, healthcare, financial services and government, and author of Cybersecurity Risk Management: Mastering the Fundamentals Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (Wiley, 2021). RealCISO is the platform he wanted while running a practice.
Nick Hnatiw
Federal-government-trained software engineer who leads RealCISO's engineering team and architecture — the compliance data graph, Cleo, and the integration and audit engines the platform runs on.
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The capabilities on this page, in depth.
For Consultants FAQ
I'm a solo vCISO. Is RealCISO built for a practice my size?
Yes. One Consultant License covers your firm, and you add a licence per client — Starter is $500 per client per year and is only available through the partner program. Most independent practices start with one or two clients on Starter, move retainer clients to Premium, and let the Gold tier waive the Consultant License once they pass sixteen clients.
How much of the assessment does the AI actually do?
Cleo maps your answers to controls across every framework the client needs, scores maturity L1–L5, ranks gaps by computed impact and drafts remediation guidance. You review, edit and advise. Connect the client's cloud and identity providers and up to 57% of the assessment is evidenced automatically before anyone uploads a document.
Will my clients see RealCISO?
Only if you want them to. Your logo, colours and custom domain appear on the platform, the reports, the Trust Center and the vendor portal. Policy templates and report profiles are managed in your firm's workspace and pushed to every client.
What is Impact Simulation?
A what-if you run before you present a remediation roadmap: RealCISO ranks every open gap by the score improvement closing it would produce, computed from the control and risk question tree. You walk into the client conversation with data-backed prioritization rather than gut feel. No other vCISO platform has it.
What does Portfolio Intelligence do for a consultant?
It reads every client you manage — gaps, maturity trends, evidence status, upcoming audits — and raises ranked, sized service opportunities with a written pitch from Cleo. Each one links back to the finding that produced it, so you are telling the client what you found, not upselling. Portfolio Opportunities ships with v2.14.0 on September 15, 2026 and is included with the Consultant License.
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