
Rate Card
Optimo IT Rate Card – Time & Materials (T&M) Services
Role/Service
Hourly Rate (USD)
Description
vCISO / Security Executive
$500/hour
Executive-level advisory, security strategy, compliance oversight, board support.
Senior Security Consultant
$275/hour
Risk assessments, policy development, audit readiness, regulatory consulting.
Security Engineer
$225/hour
Technical implementation, hardening, configuration, and threat response.
GRC Analyst / Compliance Support
$200/hour
Framework mapping, documentation, control gap analysis (e.g., ISO, SOC 2, HIPAA).
Incident Response Specialist
$325/hour (on-demand)
Forensics, threat containment, response planning, post-incident reporting.
AI Security & Governance Advisor
$300/hour
Advisory and implementation support on secure, compliant use of AI systems.
General IT Security Support
$175/hour
Help desk security issues, user-level troubleshooting, MFA, endpoint protection.

Terms & Notes
➣ Out-of-Scope Work is performed only upon Customer request and approval.
➣ All services are subject to “best efforts” and “reasonable endeavors”; no fixed outcomes are guaranteed.
➣ Hours used will be tracked and invoiced monthly based on actual usage.
➣ A detailed breakdown of hours, work type, and resources will be provided with each invoice.
➣ For urgent or after-hours support, a surcharge of +25% may apply depending on availability.

