Buying security or selling it. Start with the call.
One firm holds both sides of the cybersecurity table, and both conversations start the same way: thirty minutes with a practicing virtual CISO, a straight read on where you stand, and a one-page path. Prepare nothing. Bring the problem as it actually is.
One firm, both sides of the table. The same thirty minutes starts either conversation.
CISOs, founders, and investors already sit at this table.
See what the call coversPrepare nothing. Leave with a path.
The work of the first read is ours, not yours. Here is the whole arc.
No deck, no data room, no questionnaire. The booking flow has one optional notes field; two lines there help us arrive sharper, and blank is fine.
A straight read on where you stand: what is solid, what is exposed, and which of the four practices actually fits. Candid both ways, including if the fit is not there.
A one-page proposal: the lane, the scope, and the number. Retainers start at $5,000 a month on quarterly terms. No decks about our decks. You decide from there.
What the thirty minutes actually covers.
Not a pitch, and not a tour of our slides. The call is a working read of your situation. Pick your side of the table; the agenda follows.
You talk, we ask. The state of your security posture in plain language: what is covered today, what is exposed, and what an auditor or an attacker would probe first.
Virtual CISO leadership, procurement muscle, vetted staffing, or a mix. Four practices, one partner, so nothing gets forced into the wrong lane. The call names the lane before any scope talk.
If we engage, the early weeks build a clear security baseline and a concrete risk roadmap, sized to your quarter. You hear that plan on this call, not after a signature.
Retainers start at $5,000 a month on quarterly terms, and the one-page proposal puts a single number on your scope. If the fit is not there, you hear that too.
Thirty minutes to see where your motion stands and what four weeks could change: positioning, narrative, and the story CISOs actually sign.
The salon circuit runs nearly every week in the markets where security budgets live. The call covers which rooms fit your buyer and what being introduced there looks like.
Clean retainers, clear scope. GTM for startups runs $5,000 a month: a weekly working session plus async guidance. Speaking starts at $5,000 plus travel. Events are scoped custom.
The same seat that buys security reads your pitch the way a buyer does. You leave knowing how it lands and what to fix before it costs you a quarter.
The call is with a practicing CISO.
Alchemy Cyber is operator-led. The person on the other side of the table holds the CISO seat today, advises boards, hosts a national salon circuit, and sits on the buyer's side of enterprise security deals every week. No juniors learning on your dime.
A practicing Field CISO with years across enterprise security, financial services, and the vendor side, including Ernst & Young and Silicon Valley Bank. The firm is the network that seat built.
We hold the CISO seat and we run the GTM motion. When we harden your security program, we know what auditors and attackers actually probe. When we take your product to market, we know what security buyers actually sign. Nothing we recommend is theoretical.
Delivery that reaches past the seat runs through vetted partners: penetration testing, incident and breach response, 24x7 managed SOC. Staffing candidates are vetted by a practicing CISO before you see them.
Answers before you book.
The questions that usually come first, answered before the call instead of on it.
Thirty minutes. Money enters the conversation only after the call, in a one-page proposal with a number on it, and nothing starts until you approve it.
Whoever carries the problem. A founder alone is enough. If budget sits with someone else, bring them; the read lands better when the decision-maker hears it firsthand.
That is normal, and it is what the call is for. Security leadership, procurement, staffing, and go-to-market sit under one roof, so nothing gets forced into the wrong lane. You describe the situation; the read names the practice.
The anchors are published: retainers from $5,000 a month on quarterly terms, GTM advisory at $5,000 a month, speaking from $5,000 plus travel, events scoped custom. GTM engagements range from $5-10k to $50-100k+ monthly, set by the quarter's goals. The one-page proposal puts a single number on yours.
See pricing on the services pageYes. The same thirty minutes starts the go-to-market conversation: where your motion stands, whether the room fits your buyer, and what a retainer buys. If you want the full picture first, the GTM Engine page carries it.
Read the GTM EngineThe circuit runs nearly every week: salons, dinners, and closed-door sessions with security leaders, founders, and investors. Request a seat and judge the room in person.
See the next salonRead the firm before the call.
Twelve pages on the four practices, the rooms, and how an engagement starts. Nothing to fill in.
Other ways in.
The calendar is the fast path. It is not the only one.