Enterprise deals are now a steady cadence
You're closing one to three enterprise deals per quarter. Each one comes with a questionnaire, an AI section, and a CISO follow-up. Doing it ad-hoc is slowing the team down.
Optional Continuity Layer · Fixed Monthly Scope
Fractional Security Partnership
For SaaS startups that finished a sprint, hit a wall on the next enterprise deal, and realised they need a senior security operator on call - but aren't ready to hire a full-time CISO yet. Dedicated senior contact, fixed monthly scope, cancel any month. The work compounds across enterprise deals instead of restarting from zero.
Optional after any DevBrows sprint. No-minimum-term, scope-based - not an open-ended hourly retainer.
When It Fits
When sprint-by-sprint stops being the cleanest model
Most SaaS startups start with a sprint. A real subset realise they need more continuity once they hit deal #3 in the same quarter.
The AI roadmap is shipping faster than security can review
New AI features every sprint, new third-party LLMs, new agent tools - and nobody on the team is updating the trust pack as you go.
You're not ready to hire a full-time CISO yet
The right CISO hire as a startup is hard to find, expensive, and often premature for your stage. The fractional partnership covers the work without the headcount.
Existing platforms aren't enough on their own
Automated compliance tools handle dashboards and policy templates; you need someone who writes the actual answers, reviews architecture changes as the product evolves, and represents security credibly on customer calls.
What's Included
Fixed monthly scope. Real deliverables. No hour ledger.
Each tier has a defined scope. You know what you're paying for and what you're getting before you commit.
Enterprise deal support
A defined number of vendor security questionnaires, AI due diligence sections, and SOC 2 evidence requests handled per month, with senior-operator review on every answer.
Trust pack maintenance
Your security overview, AI architecture summary, sub-processor list, and FAQ stay current as the product evolves - so the next enterprise deal starts from the latest version, not last quarter's.
Security office hours & review
Recurring working sessions for engineering review, AI feature review, incident debrief, and roadmap planning - so security travels with the product instead of being a quarterly audit.
vs. Traditional vCISO
Built for SaaS startup reality, not Big-4 governance
Traditional vCISO engagements often default to broad governance work and quarterly reports. This partnership is built around the live work that actually moves the needle for SaaS startups.
Live work, not quarterly reports
The work happens inside the deals, AI features, and architecture changes that are alive this month - not in a 40-page maturity report nobody reads.
Fixed scope, not hours-based
You know what's included before the month starts. No "we ran over hours" surprises, no timesheet politics.
Cancel any month
No 12-month minimum. If your stage changes, your hire happens, or the work isn't right, you stop. We earn the next month every month.
Senior operator only
The same senior person who led your sprint stays on the partnership. No junior account manager, no project coordinator layer.
Partnership Questions
What founders ask before starting the partnership
No. Traditional retainers buy you a block of senior hours each month. This buys you a defined set of recurring deliverables - questionnaire support, AI security review, trust pack maintenance, security office hours - on a month-to-month basis with no minimum term.
In most cases, yes - the sprint is how we both learn whether continuity actually fits and what scope makes sense. Occasionally we'll start a partnership directly when the fit is obvious from the Blocker Review.
No. DevBrows uses purpose-built open-source AI to surface your posture and evidence gaps from your actual stack. The partnership handles the ongoing work that no automated tool can do: writing custom questionnaire answers, maintaining your AI architecture summary as the product evolves, responding when a buyer's CISO asks follow-up questions, and keeping your trust pack current so the next enterprise deal does not start from zero.
Pricing depends on the scope tier (number of questionnaires/month, AI feature reviews, office-hours cadence). Final scope and price are confirmed after the free Blocker Review and any preceding sprint.
Optional
Continuity Layer · Fixed Monthly Scope
When sprint-by-sprint isn't enough.
Most SaaS startups start with a sprint. The ones that close enterprise deals every quarter eventually need continuity. Talk to us about whether the partnership fits.