CISO search firm in Bengaluru.
Retained Chief Information Security Officer search in Bengaluru and across Bengaluru · Hyderabad · Chennai. CISO mandates are scarce, deeply referenced and almost always confidential. We approach this market referral-first, with a tightly-held bench of senior security leaders across India, the GCC and SEA.
How we read a CISO.
Every CISO candidate we shortlist for a Bengaluru mandate is evaluated against five lenses, refined over two decades of CISO placements across India and the GCC:
- 01Regulatory exposure — RBI, IRDAI, SEBI, DPDP, GDPR
- 02Board and audit-committee reporting credibility
- 03Incident-response track record under live conditions
- 04Security-engineering vs. governance balance
- 05Vendor and platform fluency at scale
₹1.8–5 Cr fixed + variable + LTI
Typical CISO band for Bengaluru-based mandates, fixed plus variable plus long-term equity / ESOP. Adjust upward for listed-company and PE-backed roles.
9–14 weeks
Kick-off to signed offer. Add 4–6 weeks for confidential CXO replacements and cross-border briefs.
Retained
Single-firm retainer, milestone-billed at 25–33% of target compensation. 12-month replacement guarantee.
From the ground.
We run multiple CISO mandates across BFSI and technology every year and are one of the few firms with a credible cross-border CISO bench.
Bengaluru is where our technology, product and AI leadership practice is centred. From this office we run CTO, Chief Product Officer, VP Engineering, Chief AI Officer and CISO mandates for unicorns, listed product companies, GCCs and growth-stage startups.
- CISO mandates in Software & SaaS
- CISO mandates in AI & Data Platforms
- CISO mandates in GCCs & Capability Centres
- CISO mandates in Cybersecurity
- CISO mandates in Biotech & Healthtech
- CISO mandates in E-commerce & Quick Commerce
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