For Partner Firms
CampusCISO produces independent, peer-grounded analysis that shows institutions what matters most. You deliver the work that follows. Institutions get a complete engagement from firms that collaborate rather than compete.
Limited to 3 to 5 partner firms, by design
20 to 30% channel margin on every deliverable
Vendor-neutral recommendations, by design
Why now
Reaching higher education buyers has gotten harder. AI-driven email filters route legitimate outreach into promotional folders, paid advertising is hard to justify against an audience this niche, and the path from first conversation to signed engagement often runs twelve to eighteen months. You know the pattern: a productive first meeting, then six months later, “we like this, we’ll try to get it in next year’s budget.”
What if you could enter that conversation differently? Not with another pitch deck, but with a prioritized view of an institution’s capability or governance gaps, mapped against hundreds of peers and presented by your firm, powered by CampusCISO. That is what this partnership puts in your hands.
The partnership thesis
CampusCISO services are intentionally narrow in scope: independent, vendor-neutral analysis and planning recommendations, grounded in higher education peer data. We don’t provide hourly implementation support or managed services. Every Planning Engagement surfaces work that’s yours to scope and deliver.
Services CampusCISO does not perform
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Penetration testing and technical security assessments
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Security awareness training delivery and content
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Compliance audits and certification preparation
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Policy development, writing, and revision
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Tabletop exercise facilitation
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Operational or on-site project work
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Staff augmentation and hourly consulting
This is your scope. Each Planning Engagement’s prioritized recommendations flow naturally into it.
Two ways to enter the conversation
Both motions are matched to where the opportunity already sits, and both put an independent, peer-grounded deliverable in front of the client with your firm leading the relationship.
The analytical opener
$399
IT Policy Diagnostic
Can be produced from the institution’s publicly published policies before your meeting. A credible analytical leave-behind that shows the depth your firm brings, and opens the conversation about a full engagement. Position it as an initial assessment a full engagement will sharpen.
A paid first engagement
$4,999
A Roadmap
A high-value deliverable with prioritized recommendations grounded in peer data. It establishes a paid relationship and partially offsets your business development cost while a larger project works through the budget cycle.
A worked example
A mid-sized institution facing a GLBA audit wants to complete both Roadmaps:
IT Policy Roadmap
$4,999
Cyber Heat Map® Roadmap
$4,999
Total at list
$9,998
Your channel margin
~$2,000
Entry tier · 20% off list
~$3,000
Established tier · 30% off list
The strategic value for partners isn’t the resale margin. A Roadmap report provides independent third-party recommendations for work your firm can scope and deliver at your own rates, such as policy writing, implementation projects, and compliance assessments. If your goal is just to earn resale margin on the CampusCISO deliverables, we probably aren’t a good fit.
Built for partner delivery
AI streamlines the analytical groundwork that makes senior expertise affordable. The founder reviews and validates every deliverable before it leaves CampusCISO. You present expert-validated work, not generic AI output.
CampusCISO doesn’t accept referral fees, provides no specific product recommendations, and does not establish formal vendor relationships. Our recommendations show which gaps to address, never which product to buy. Credibility with institutional leadership depends on it.
We intentionally operate under a solopreneur business model with disciplined capacity constraints, so every engagement gets the attention it needs, and every partnership is a working relationship, not a logo.
Who it fits
We're building a handful of strong collaborative relationships, not a resale marketplace. The fit is strongest when CampusCISO engagements unlock substantial follow-on opportunities that your firm can scope and deliver.
Already serving colleges and universities on IT strategy, compliance, or advisory work, who want to fold in structured cybersecurity analysis without building benchmarking frameworks themselves.
Who need higher-education domain depth, decentralized governance, faculty autonomy, FERPA/GLBA/CMMC stacking, to strengthen proposals.
Who want an affordable cybersecurity planning layer that fits cleanly into existing technology management services.
You’re probably not a strong fit if your goal is to resell CampusCISO as a standalone revenue stream, or if your core business is producing similar cybersecurity assessments as your primary consulting focus.
Start with a 60-minute call with Chris Schreiber to explore your firm’s higher education work, the services you typically deliver, and where CampusCISO frameworks would strengthen your client engagements.
Prefer to read more details before having a conversation? Request our Partner Guide and we’ll send it over.