For vCISO Practices
You set the strategy. We make it run.
The 24/7 SOC, the enterprise stack, the operational execution โ white-labeled under your brand.
Vijilan is the invisible backbone of the world’s most credible vCISO practices. Ourย 24/7 certified SOC, powered byย CrowdStrike Falcon, Cribl, Corelight, and a full enterprise security stack, operates entirely under your practice’s brand. Your clients see your expertise. You deliver it with Vijilan behind you.
- Your vCISO Practice โ Backed by Vijilan
- 24/7 SOC Coverage (Live)
- Active threat monitoring <5 min
- Endpoint detection (CrowdStrike Falcon) Live
- Network visibility (Corelight NDR) Live
- Data pipeline optimization (Cribl) Active
- Compliance posture (SOC 2 ยท ISO 27001) Certified
- Presented to your client as Your Brand
About This Program
What is the Vijilan vCISO Partner Program?
The Vijilan vCISO Partner Program is a white-labeled managed security partnership built specifically for virtual CISO (vCISO) practices, fractional CISO consultancies, and independent cybersecurity advisors. Vijilan provides the operational infrastructure that vCISO practices need to deliver enterprise-grade security to their clients โ without building or maintaining it themselves.
Through this program, vCISO partners gain access to a 24/7 SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certified Security Operations Center, the full CrowdStrike Falcon platform (including endpoint detection, identity protection, exposure management, and next-generation SIEM), Cribl data pipeline optimization, and Corelight open network detection and response โ all delivered and operated by Vijilan under the vCISO partner’s own brand.
The division of responsibility is clear: the vCISO practice owns strategy, governance, client relationships, board reporting, and compliance framework advisory. Vijilan owns 24/7 threat detection, active remediation, technology management, and security documentation. The client experiences one cohesive security program. Vijilan operates as the invisible backbone. vCISO partners can enroll clients with no minimum seat requirements, convert advisory engagements into predictable Monthly Recurring Revenue, and scale their practice without hiring analysts or licensing enterprise platforms independently.
The vCISO Dilemma
- Your clients need more than a roadmap. They need someone to execute it at 2am.
vCISOs are hired for strategic clarity โ board reporting, risk frameworks, compliance posture, security program design. But clients inevitably expect operational coverage too: incident response, continuous monitoring, and the enterprise-grade tooling that backs every recommendation you make. Staffing a full SOC or licensing a complete security stack yourself is neither practical nor profitable.
The Vijilan Model
- We are the operational layer that makes your strategic recommendations real.
Vijilan provides everything your vCISO practice needs to deliver on its promises โ a certified 24/7 SOC, the full CrowdStrike Falcon ecosystem, Cribl data optimization, Corelight network detection, and active remediation capabilities โ all operating under your brand. You retain the client relationship. We provide the execution infrastructure. Together, you deliver something neither of us could alone.
The Partnership Model
A clean division of labor. A unified client experience.
The most successful vCISO practices are built on a clear operating model: you own the strategy, the client relationship, and the advisory layer. Vijilan owns the infrastructure, the tooling, and the around-the-clock execution. Neither overlaps. Both are essential.
Your Practice Owns
Strategy, Governance & Client Trust
- Security program design and maturity roadmapping
- Board and executive-level security reporting
- Compliance framework mapping (NIST, ISO, SOC 2, HIPAA, CMMC)
- Risk assessment and security posture advisory
- Vendor selection and technology strategy
- Client relationship management and strategic QBRs
- Incident escalation leadership and communication
Vijilan Provides
Infrastructure, Execution & 24/7 Operations
- 24/7 certified SOC staffed by expert analysts โ not automated alerts
- Full CrowdStrike Falcon deployment, configuration, and management
- Cribl data pipeline optimization โ reducing noise, lowering SIEM costs
- Corelight NDR for network-level threat visibility
- Active threat detection, triage, investigation, and remediation
- Compliance-ready telemetry and audit documentation
- White-labeled under your practice's brand โ invisible to your client
“Your client sees one cohesive security program led by their trusted advisor. Behind it is the infrastructure of a world-class managed security operation โ and neither needs to know where one ends and the other begins.”
The Technology Stack
The Technology Stack Enterprise-grade tools your clients couldn't afford to license themselves.
Every technology in the Vijilan stack is an enterprise-class platform. As a Vijilan partner, your vCISO practice gets to put its name behind tooling that Fortune 500 security teams rely on โ without the licensing overhead, procurement complexity, or staffing requirements of running it yourself.
Primary Platform
CrowdStrike Falcon
The world's most deployed AI-native security platform. Vijilan operates Falcon across endpoint, identity, cloud, and SIEM โ giving your clients best-in-class coverage on every surface.
EDR / XDR
Identity Protection
Exposure Management
Cloud Security
Next-Gen SIEM
Threat Intelligence
Data Intelligence
Cribl
Vijilan's deep Cribl alliance means your clients' security data is optimized before it hits the SIEM โ reducing costs, reducing noise, and enriching every event with context that drives better detection.
Cribl Stream
Cribl Edge
Cribl Search
Cribl Lake
Data Routing
Agent Migration
Network Visibility
Corelight NDR
Open Network Detection and Response โ Corelight gives Vijilan's analysts deep network-level visibility that endpoint tooling alone cannot provide. No blind spots at the network layer.
Network Traffic Analysis
Threat Hunting
Zeek Integration
Encrypted Traffic
Lateral Movement
Detection & Response
ThreatRemediateโข MDR
Vijilan's flagship managed service. When a threat is detected, our SOC doesn't send an alert โ they act. Active containment, isolation, and remediation, executed by certified analysts on your client's behalf.
Active Remediation
Threat Containment
Incident Response
<5 Min Response
24/7 Coverage
Monitoring & Advisory
ThreatRespondโข
For clients with internal security capacity, ThreatRespond provides Vijilan SOC detection and expert guided response โ pairing Vijilan's visibility with the client's own remediation team.
Vendor-Agnostic MDR
Guided Remediation
Threat Hunting
SentinelOne
Microsoft Defender
Carbon Black
Compliance & Assurance
SOC 2 Type 2 ยท ISO 27001
Vijilan is independently certified. Every engagement, every piece of telemetry, and every analyst action runs through a SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certified operation โ giving your vCISO practice and your clients defensible assurance.
HIPAA Ready
PCI DSS
CMMC
GDPR
Audit Documentation
NIST CSF Aligned
Also works alongside
Microsoft Defender
SentinelOne
Carbon Black
Palo Alto Networks
Fortinet
Okta
AWS Security Hub
Azure Sentinel
Splunk
ServiceNow
What You Unlock
What your practice gains the day you partner with Vijilan
Beyond the technology and the SOC, Vijilan gives your vCISO practice capabilities that take most organizations years and millions of dollars to build independently.
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- An Instant 24/7 SOC Under Your Brand
Stop apologizing for not having around-the-clock coverage. Vijilan’s certified SOC operates as a white-labeled extension of your practice โ your client-facing communications, your escalation paths, your brand. Fully operational from day one of your partnership.
- Credible, Audited Technology Recommendations
When you recommend CrowdStrike Falcon, Cribl, or Corelight to a client, you’re not just citing analyst reports. You’re backed by a partner who actively operates these platforms at scale. Your technology recommendations carry operational weight โ not just strategic opinion.
- Recurring Revenue on Every Client You Advise
Every client you advise is a potential Vijilan managed services subscriber โ with your practice earning margin on every seat, every month. Transform one-time advisory engagements into predictable, compounding MRR without adding headcount or infrastructure.
- Compliance Documentation Your Clients Can Use
Vijilan’s SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certifications extend to the engagements we run on your behalf. Your clients get audit-ready documentation, compliance posture reporting, and framework alignment evidence โ making your vCISO program far more defensible at every audit.
- ThreatAssessโข as a Client Acquisition Tool
Vijilan’s structured proactive security engagement gives your vCISO practice a ready-made service to lead new client conversations โ a scoped, expert-led assessment with zero platform cost to the client and real findings to anchor your first advisory engagement.
- Scalability Without Hiring
Take on more clients without the linear cost of adding analysts, licensing platforms, or managing infrastructure. Vijilan’s model is built to scale with your practice โ more clients means more margin, not more overhead. Your growth ceiling just got significantly higher.
$3M+
Estimated annual cost to build and staff an equivalent in-house SOC and technology stack
24/7
SOC coverage your clients receive from day one โ no ramp-up, no gaps, no excuses
<5min
Vijilan SOC mean time to respond on active threats across all monitored environments
Zero
Minimums. No long-term commitments required to get started as a Vijilan vCISO partner
Building an equivalent operation independently โ a 24/7 SOC, enterprise Falcon licensing, Cribl implementation, Corelight deployment, and the team to run all of it โ is a multi-million dollar annual commitment. Most vCISO practices don’t have that budget. Their clients certainly don’t.
Vijilan delivers this infrastructure through a partner model that makes it accessible, profitable, and white-labeled. The question isn’t whether your practice can afford to partner with Vijilan. It’s whether you can afford not to.
What it actually costs to not have this.
The Business Case
Getting Started
Four steps from application to your first protected client.
Vijilan’s partner onboarding is built to be fast. Most vCISO partners are operational within one week of approval.
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Apply as a vCISO Partner
Submit your practice profile at partner.vijilan.com. Our channel team reviews and responds within one business day. No minimums. No long-term commitment required to start.
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Complete Onboarding
Access the Vijilan Partner Portal โ pricing simulator, white-label templates, compliance documentation, sales playbooks, and your dedicated channel manager contact.
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Run Your First ThreatAssessโข
Use Vijilan's structured proactive assessment to open your first client engagement. Real findings. Zero platform cost to the client. A natural path to managed services.
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Convert to Recurring MRR
Findings become a scoped ThreatRemediateโข proposal. Your client gets ongoing protection. Your practice earns monthly margin. The model compounds from here.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything vCISOs ask before partnering with Vijilan
Direct answers to the questions every virtual CISO practice has about building a managed security backbone โ without the sales pitch.
What is Vijilan's vCISO partner program?
Vijilan’s vCISO partner program gives virtual CISO practices access to a white-labeled 24/7 Security Operations Center, the full CrowdStrike Falcon platform, Cribl data pipeline technology, Corelight network detection, and active threat remediation โ all operating under the vCISO partner’s own brand. The vCISO retains the client relationship, strategic advisory, governance, and board reporting. Vijilan handles all operational security execution: monitoring, detection, active remediation, and compliance documentation.
Can vCISOs white-label Vijilan's SOC under their own brand?
Yes โ fully. All client-facing communications, escalation workflows, incident reports, and security documentation can be delivered under the vCISO partner’s brand. Vijilan operates as the invisible operational backbone. Your clients see a single, cohesive security program led by their trusted advisor. Vijilan’s name does not appear in client-facing materials unless the partner chooses to disclose the relationship.
What technology stack does Vijilan provide to vCISO partners?
Vijilan’s core stack includes: CrowdStrike Falcon (EDR, XDR, Identity Protection, Exposure Management, Next-Gen SIEM, Cloud Security, and Threat Intelligence), Cribl (Stream, Edge, Search, and Lake for data pipeline optimization and cost reduction), and Corelight (Open NDR for deep network-layer visibility). Vijilan also integrates with existing tools in a client’s environment โ including Microsoft Defender, SentinelOne, Carbon Black, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Okta, AWS Security Hub, Azure Sentinel, and Splunk โ so vCISO partners do not need to rip and replace existing investments.
Does Vijilan require minimum commitments for vCISO partners?
No. Vijilan does not require minimum seat counts, minimum revenue commitments, or long-term contracts to get started as a vCISO partner. Pricing is asset-based โ partners pay based on the number of endpoints, servers, users, and appliances covered across active client engagements. This means vCISO practices can start with a single client and scale at their own pace without committing to volume they haven’t yet sold.
How does a vCISO partner make money through Vijilan?
vCISO partners earn recurring monthly margin on every client enrolled in Vijilan managed security services. Each client a vCISO advises is a potential managed services subscriber โ with the partner earning asset-based margin on a per-month basis. This model converts what might otherwise be a one-time advisory engagement into predictable Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) without the vCISO needing to hire analysts, license platforms, or build any infrastructure. More clients means more MRR, not more overhead.
Is Vijilan's SOC certified, and what compliance frameworks does it support?
Yes. Vijilan holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification (independently audited for security, availability, and confidentiality) and ISO 27001 certification. Vijilan provides audit-ready documentation and compliance posture reporting aligned to HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, CMMC, and NIST CSF. vCISO partners can use Vijilan’s certifications and documentation to support their clients’ own compliance requirements โ making the vCISO practice’s advisory far more defensible at audits and board reviews.
What is the difference between ThreatRemediateโข and ThreatRespondโข for vCISO clients?
ThreatRemediateโข is Vijilan’s fully active MDR service, powered by CrowdStrike Falcon. When a threat is detected, Vijilan’s SOC analysts take direct remediation action on the client’s environment โ containment, isolation, and removal โ with no intervention required from the client’s team. It is best suited for clients without dedicated internal security staff. ThreatRespondโข is Vijilan’s guided MDR service: Vijilan’s SOC detects, triages, and investigates threats, then delivers remediation instructions to the client’s existing security team. It works alongside any existing endpoint tools (SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender, Carbon Black, and others) and is best for clients with some internal security capacity who want expert oversight without full outsourcing. vCISO partners can offer either service based on each client’s maturity and preference.
What is ThreatAssessโข and how can vCISO partners use it to win new clients?
ThreatAssessโข is Vijilan’s structured proactive security assessment service, powered by CrowdStrike’s Engagement Licensing Program (ELP). vCISO partners can deploy ThreatAssess to open new client conversations with a scoped, expert-led assessment โ including ransomware readiness assessments, identity and privileged access reviews, attack surface exposure mapping, active incident response, threat hunting sprints, and cloud security posture reviews. The CrowdStrike Falcon platform is available at zero cost to the end client during the assessment period. Real findings anchor the vCISO’s first advisory engagement and create a natural conversion path to ongoing ThreatRemediate managed services.
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How quickly can a vCISO partner become operational with Vijilan?
Most vCISO partners are fully operational within one week of application approval. The onboarding process includes immediate access to the Vijilan Partner Portal โ which contains a pricing simulator, white-label templates, compliance documentation, sales playbooks, and persona-based discovery scripts โ along with assignment of a dedicated channel manager. Vijilan’s channel team typically responds to new partner applications within one business day. The first ThreatAssess engagement can be initiated within days of onboarding completion.
How does Vijilan complement a vCISO's existing client relationships without disrupting them?
Vijilan is purpose-built to operate as the operational layer behind the vCISO’s strategic advisory โ not to replace it or compete with it. The vCISO retains all strategic functions: security program design, maturity roadmapping, board and executive reporting, risk assessment, vendor selection, and direct client relationship management. Vijilan owns the execution layer: 24/7 monitoring, threat detection, active remediation, technology management, and audit documentation. From the client’s perspective, they have one trusted security advisor leading a comprehensive, world-class security program. Vijilan is never visible unless the partner chooses to disclose the relationship.
Apply Today
Your clients deserve world-class execution behind your strategy.
Vijilan partners with a select group of vCISO practices who are committed to delivering operational excellence alongside strategic advisory. If that’s the standard your practice holds, we want to talk.
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