Senior security leadership for growing companies.
SEKUNEST gives you a fractional CISO who sets your security strategy, gets you audit-ready, and reports to your board in plain English, without the full-time executive cost.
Led personally by Tarun Jain, CISSP, CCSP. Remote-first, serving the US, Singapore and Malaysia.
We build security programs that line up with
- SOC 2
- ISO 27001
- ISO 42001
- NIST CSF 2.0
- NIST AI RMF
- HIPAA
- PCI DSS
- FTC Safeguards Rule
- NYDFS Part 500
- CCPA/CPRA
- GDPR
Cyber threats do not wait. Neither should your security program.
Most growing businesses know they need stronger cybersecurity, but cannot justify a full-time CISO or the months it takes to stand up a compliance program from scratch. At the same time, AI is being adopted faster than governance can keep up. SEKUNEST bridges that gap with senior, hands-on expertise your leadership team can put to work from day one.
A customer sent a 200-question security questionnaire.
How we handle itWe answer it with you and build the evidence, so the next one takes an afternoon.
The board asked how secure we are. Nobody had a clear answer.
How we handle itPlain-English board reporting, tied to real risk.
We need SOC 2 or ISO 27001 to close bigger deals.
How we handle itA readiness plan, policies people follow, and audit-ready evidence.
Staff are pasting company data into AI tools.
How we handle itAn AI usage policy and guardrails your team will actually follow.
We can't justify a full-time CISO yet.
How we handle itSenior leadership for the days each month you actually need.
If we were breached tomorrow, we'd be making it up.
How we handle itIncident plans and tabletop exercises, so the first hour is calm.
How a vCISO engagement works
Most engagements follow the same first 90 days. After that, we run your security program with you, month by month.
- 1
Understand
Weeks 1 to 2A current-state assessment of your people, systems, vendors and obligations.
- 2
Plan
Weeks 3 to 6A prioritized, costed roadmap, a live risk register and a policy refresh.
- 3
Report
Weeks 7 to 12Your first board update, with workstreams under way and owners named.
- 4
Run
OngoingA monthly cadence covering audits, customer reviews and incident readiness.
Who it's for
Companies that need executive-level security judgment long before they can justify a full-time Chief Information Security Officer.
- Founders and CEOs being asked harder security questions by customers, investors and regulators.
- CIOs and CTOs who need a dedicated security leader but cannot hire one full-time yet.
- Boards that want independent, plain-English reporting on security.
- Companies preparing for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA or a customer security review.
- Organizations recovering from an incident that exposed gaps in leadership.
The difference a security leader makes
- Security questionnaires stall deals for weeks.
- Policies exist, but nobody reads or follows them.
- Risk lives in one person's head.
- The board asks questions nobody can answer.
- One accountable owner for security.
- A live risk register, reviewed every month.
- Audit-ready evidence before the auditor asks.
- A clear board update every quarter.
Work directly with an experienced CISO
You are not handed to a junior team. Tarun Jain leads every engagement personally: someone who understands your business, your risks and your goals. No jargon, no padding, no unnecessary complexity. Just clear, practical advice your executive team can act on, and deliverables your operators can use.
- CISSP
- CCSP
- ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
- CEH
- AWS Solutions Architect
- ITIL Foundation
Author of From ROI to Ransomware: Navigating the Dual Challenges of Business and Security.
Other ways we help
Each of these can run on its own or as part of a vCISO engagement.
Risk assessment
Know exactly where your real risk lives, ranked so you can act.
Learn more →Compliance readiness
Compliance you can prove, without drowning in spreadsheets.
Learn more →AI governance
Say yes to AI faster, with guardrails your team will follow.
Learn more →Incident readiness
Be ready on the worst day of the year, before it arrives.
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What is a vCISO, and how is that different from a consultant?
A vCISO (virtual or fractional Chief Information Security Officer) owns your security program over time: strategy, priorities, reporting and decisions. A consultant usually delivers one project and leaves. We do both, but the vCISO relationship is the core of what SEKUNEST offers.
How much of your time do we get?
It depends on your size and what is at stake. Some clients need a few days a month for strategy and board reporting; others need a set number of days each month to run the program end to end, or full interim leadership while they hire.
Do you replace our IT team or MSP?
No. We lead security strategy and governance and work alongside your IT team or managed service provider, who keep running day-to-day operations. Many MSPs partner with us for exactly this reason.
Can you get us through SOC 2 or ISO 27001?
We prepare you for the audit: scoping, gap assessment, policies, controls, evidence and auditor liaison. The audit itself is performed by an independent certification body or CPA firm, as the standards require.
Do you work with companies outside the US?
Yes. We are remote-first and work with clients across the United States, Singapore and Malaysia.
What does it cost?
We price every engagement on scope, stakes and the seniority required, so we do not publish a rate card. You get one clear number, fixed for fixed scope, and retainers run month to month after any initial commitment. See how we work.
Do not wait for a breach to take security seriously.
Whether you need a security strategy, audit-ready compliance or help navigating AI risk, one short conversation is usually enough to map out the right next step.