A vCIO is a virtual chief information officer, meaning you get the kind of technology planning a large company gets from a full-time executive, without having to hire one. We map out where your IT is going over the next year and the next few, so spending is planned on purpose instead of a scramble every time something breaks.
vCIO & compliance.
A technology plan and the paperwork to prove it, without hiring a full-time IT director. Strategy, budgeting, cyber-insurance readiness, and the documentation auditors and insurers keep asking you for.
What it is / in plain English
A seat at the table, minus the six-figure salary.
A vCIO is a virtual chief information officer: someone who thinks about your technology the way an owner does, plans a year and three years out, and makes sure the money you spend on IT is a plan instead of a series of surprises.
Compliance is the other half. Whether it is HIPAA, SOC, or the ever-growing cyber-insurance questionnaire, someone has to turn on the right controls, keep the evidence, and hand it over when an auditor or an insurer asks. That is the unglamorous work we take off your desk.
We help you check the boxes auditors and insurers ask for, and then we hand you the paperwork.
What's included / the concrete list
Strategy you can actually use.
Cyber insurance helps cover you if you are hacked, but insurers now require certain protections to be in place before they will pay, and the application asks about them in detail. We help you answer honestly and turn on what they require, like MFA, EDR, training, and documented backups, so a claim is not denied on a technicality.
If your industry has rules like HIPAA for healthcare or SOC for handling client data, we set up the required protections, write the documentation, and gather the evidence an auditor expects to see. If you are unsure which rules even apply to your business, that is a common and completely fair question for a consultation.
Every few months we sit down with you, review what actually happened with your technology, and plan what is next. It is in person and in plain English, with the real numbers on the table, so you are never guessing where your IT money is going.
One person who knows your business and owns the relationship, so you are not re-explaining yourself to a stranger every time you call. You have a name and a direct line to someone who already understands your setup and your goals.
The goal is simple: when your insurer or your auditor asks a hard question, you already have the answer and the proof.
How we deliver it / why it is different
We translate, we do not lecture.
Compliance and strategy are where a lot of IT companies hide behind acronyms. We do the opposite, because a plan you do not understand is not really your plan.
We have helped owners meet the cyber-insurance requirements that used to keep them up at night, and we work with local Tucson insurance agents regularly, so we know what they are really asking for. We explain the trade-offs in words that make sense and let you make the call.
You get a partner who shows up to the review with the truth, not a sales pitch. Sometimes the honest advice is to spend less, and we will say that just as readily as anything else.
Who it is for / and where it lives
For regulated shops and nervous renewals.
Medical, legal, and financial practices, and any owner staring down an insurance renewal or an audit. Full vCIO and compliance support is built into GPS-Advanced, and dedicated strategy time is also available as block time.
| Option | Rate | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| GPS-Advanced | $39/endpoint | vCIO, compliance, dedicated account manager |
| Block time | from $100/hr | Strategy and documentation, drawn down as needed |
Equipment monitoring and per-project compliance work price cleanly in the estimator alongside your endpoints.
No pressure / no acronym soup / no upsell
Get ahead of the audit.
Bring us the insurance questionnaire or the compliance requirement and we will tell you honestly where you stand and what it takes to get there.