Turn your security
into strategy.
We help your organization understand its current risk, design a stronger future-state security program, and provide ongoing executive guidance to implement it effectively, with the deepcurrent GRC™ platform included at no additional cost.
Trusted by security and executive teams since 2014
Cybersecurity was never this straightforward.
People, process and technology delivered as one program, not three invoices.
Three things every security program needs. One engagement.
Most organizations buy these separately and spend the year making them talk to each other. We deliver them as a single, co-managed operating rhythm.
Proven security leadership
Our vCISOs bring more than 30 years of industry experience before being assigned to any client engagement. You get an executive who has already run the program you are trying to build.
vCISO advisory
A defensible method
COMPASS aligns the executive team on business risk, then scores it across the seven areas with real math over your assessment findings rather than a gut estimate. The deepwater Framework turns that into a three-year roadmap, and every recommendation traces back to something the business already told us matters.
How the assessment works
deepcurrent GRC™, included
Your own configured tenant of the platform we run the program in: risks, gaps, tasks, maturity trends and board reporting in one place, at no additional cost.
Platform details
We start with business risk, not a control checklist.
Every Black Bay engagement opens by mapping your cyber and AI exposure onto the seven business risk areas your executives already argue about in budget meetings. Every control, finding and gap maps to at least one area, weighted and scored from real assessment data rather than opinion. That is what makes security spend defensible in business terms.
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How the assessment worksFour steps. One continuous program.
No-cost assessment
Complete security risk visibility via deepcurrent GRC™ aligned to COMPASS™. Maturity and efficiency scores, gap identification, audit-ready reporting.
Actionable strategy
A three-year cybersecurity roadmap and blueprint built with deepcurrent GRC™ and the Black Bay deepwater Framework.
vCISO advisory
Expert security advisory on retainer. Weekly, monthly and quarterly cadences, independent of any vendor relationship.
Ongoing management
Full platform access for program execution: task assignment, risk tracking and executive-level visibility.
Your program has a home.
deepcurrent GRC™ is where the assessment, the risk register, the remediation tasks and the board report all live as one dataset, so the number in the executive summary and the number in the evidence pack can never drift apart.
$0 additional cost
Included with every Black Bay program.
Co-managed
Your team and your vCISO in the same tenant.
Four independent practice areas.
Engage them as one program or bring us in for the one that is on fire right now.
Agentic AI Security
Secure AI discovery, agent deployment with policy guardrails, model protections and AI identity management, the practice area most security programs have not been designed for yet.
ExploreInfrastructure & Systems
Asset protection across cloud, on-premise and hybrid environments.
ExploreCyber Security
AI security applied to identity: agentic AI identity, non-human and service identities, and the access controls that govern what an agent can reach.
ExploreGovernance & Compliance
Audit readiness and regulatory alignment across ISO 27001, NIST, PCI DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA and CMMC, scored once in deepcurrent and mapped everywhere it is needed.
ExploreWe have amazing clients.
Black Bay had the tools and expertise to thoroughly assess our current situation and involved upper management in a way that made the process relevant to our business priorities. And they did it all quickly and at a reasonable price.
I would have saved a ton of time evaluating service providers if I had simply chosen Black Bay to begin with. They provide much more than just security monitoring. They are our security team.
Using Black Bay has been one of the best decisions we've made. The people are extremely knowledgeable and are great to work with. We are confident they can provide the services and direction we need now and in the future, given our constantly changing security landscape. Black Bay is an extension of our company.
Questions we get asked first.
What does "no-cost assessment" actually include?
A full security assessment run in deepcurrent GRC™ against the Black Bay COMPASS™ model, plus the COMPASS Executive Alignment Workshop. You get maturity and efficiency scores, an identified gap list, and audit-ready reporting. Under a 12-month agreement there is no upfront fee for onboarding.
Do you resell security products?
No. Black Bay is independent from every vendor. We are paid by you, for advice, which means when we recommend a control we have no commercial interest in which product delivers it.
Is deepcurrent really included?
Yes. Full access to your own configured tenant of the deepcurrent GRC™ platform is included with any Black Bay program at no additional cost. It is the working surface for the engagement, not an upsell.
How much time does this take from my team?
The cadence is weekly check-ins, monthly reviews and, on the Enterprise and Advanced tiers, quarterly board reviews. Your vCISO does the heavy lifting inside the platform; your team supplies context and owns remediation decisions.
What frameworks do you assess against?
ISO 27001, NIST, PCI DSS, SOC 2 and HIPAA, plus AI security and legacy-system assessments. One control set is scored and mapped across whichever of those you actually have to satisfy.
Who is a vCISO engagement right for?
Organizations that need executive-level security leadership and a defensible program, but do not have, or do not yet need, a full-time CISO. Our advisors carry 30+ years of experience before being assigned to any client.
Bring us your hardest security question.
Start with the no-cost assessment. You will leave with a scored maturity baseline, a gap list, and a three-year roadmap, whether or not you engage us further.
No cost. No obligation. No vendor pitch. We don't resell anything.