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NRD PARTNERS LTD

Virtual CISO (vCISO)

NRD Partners provides Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) services delivering senior cyber security leadership to public sector organisations. The service offers strategic oversight, governance, and risk management, supporting assurance activities, informed decision-making, and proportionate security improvement without the cost or commitment of a full-time CISO capability and organisational resilience.

Features

  • Senior cyber security leadership delivered flexibly without permanent headcount
  • Strategic cyber risk ownership and executive-level decision support
  • Development and oversight of cyber security strategy and roadmap
  • Governance, policy, and assurance leadership aligned to public sector needs
  • Independent challenge and advice to senior responsible owners
  • Board-level cyber risk reporting and stakeholder engagement
  • Coordination across technology, risk, and delivery teams
  • Proportionate cyber security aligned to organisational priorities and maturity

Benefits

  • Access experienced CISO expertise without long-term cost or commitment
  • Clear ownership and accountability for cyber risk decisions
  • Improved confidence in executive and board-level cyber governance
  • Better prioritisation of security investment against organisational risk
  • Reduced delivery risk across complex digital programmes
  • Stronger alignment between cyber security and business objectives
  • Consistent, informed decision-making across assurance and delivery
  • Sustainable improvement in organisational cyber resilience

Pricing

  • Education pricing available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

6 2 5 6 2 7 4 7 8 1 6 9 2 7 4

Contact

NRD PARTNERS LTD Majid Ali
Telephone: 07718990799
Email: info@nrdpartners.co.uk

About your service

Service categories

Cloud Support Services

Security Services

  • Security strategy
  • Security risk management
  • Security design
  • Security incident management
  • Security audit services

Service scope

Service constraints
No

User support

Email or online ticketing support
No
Phone support
No
Web chat support
No
Support levels
No Constraints

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
Government security clearance
Security Clearance (SC)

Pricing

Discount for educational organisations
Yes

Architecture roles

Security architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Security architect £1,450.00
Principal security architect £1,150.00
Solution architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate solution architect £1,450.00
Solution architect £1,450.00
Principal solution architect £1,150.00
Technical architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Lead technical architect £1,450.00
Principal technical architect £1,150.00

Chief digital and data roles

Chief information security officer
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Chief information security officer £1,450.00

Cyber security roles

Cyber security audit and assurance
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Lead cyber security audit and assurance £1,450.00
Principal cyber security audit and assurance £1,150.00
Cyber security governance and risk management
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Principal cyber security governance and risk manager £1,150.00
Cyber security testing
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Lead cyber security penetration testing £1,450.00
Principal cyber security testing £1,150.00
Cyber security secure design
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Lead cyber security secure systems architecture and design £1,450.00
Principal cyber security secure systems architecture and design £1,150.00

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2022 certification
No
ISO 9001 certification
No
Quality management systems (QMS)
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
Yes
Who accredited the PCI DSS certification
PCI DSS Qualified Security Assessor
PCI DSS accreditation date
Friday 23 January 2026
What the PCI DSS doesn’t cover
Requirements 1-11
Cyber essentials
Yes
Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
93365356-2ec5-4617-a9aa-291c8111331b
Cyber essentials plus
No
Cyber Essentials Alternative
None of the criteria
Other security certifications
No

Social value

Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises

    • Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain

  • Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

    Policy Outcome 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.

    • Creation of outreach activities to create a pipeline of employees for the future contract delivery

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at info@nrdpartners.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.