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Compliance & Risk

From audit fire drill to audit non-event.

Framework-aligned controls, automated evidence collection, and named auditors' relationships that turn compliance into a quiet, continuous background process.

The challenge

Where enterprise teams get stuck.

The recurring, expensive problems this service was built to solve.

Evidence chaos

Screenshots in Slack, spreadsheets on desktops, and controls no one can prove operated.

Pre-audit sprints

Every audit becomes a six-week fire drill that consumes the entire engineering roadmap.

Control gaps

Frameworks are met on paper but drift over time as tooling and processes change.

Our solution

How the service works.

A structured approach designed to deliver measurable outcomes from day one.

Framework-mapped controls

SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI, NIST CSF, CMMC mapped once and maintained continuously.

Automated evidence

Live evidence collected from cloud, identity, endpoints, and SaaS — no more screenshots.

Auditor liaison

We manage the auditor relationship, evidence requests, and remediation on your behalf.

Benefits

Outcomes you can put on a scorecard.

The specific, measurable improvements customers see within the first two quarters.

Faster audits

Typical audit fieldwork shrinks by 40–60% with continuous evidence collection.

Lower audit fees

Reduced audit hours and fewer follow-up cycles cut external audit costs materially.

Reduced risk

Continuous control monitoring catches drift the day it happens, not at audit time.

Sales enablement

Trust portals and up-to-date reports accelerate enterprise procurement cycles.

What's included

Every engagement, every time.

A defined scope of capabilities delivered under a single flat-rate engagement.

  • SOC 2 Type I and Type II readiness and audit support
  • ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018 program design
  • HIPAA and HITRUST program build
  • PCI DSS scoping, remediation, and QSA liaison
  • NIST CSF, CMMC, and CIS assessments
  • Continuous evidence collection (Vanta, Drata, Secureframe)
  • Risk register, third-party risk, and policy management
  • Trust center and prospect security-questionnaire response
Our process

From assessment to continuous optimization.

A predictable, four-phase engagement model that scales from a single site to a global enterprise.

  1. 01

    Assess

    Deep discovery of your environment, risks, and business drivers — baselined against enterprise benchmarks.

  2. 02

    Implement

    Design and roll out the service with documented runbooks, change control, and clear success criteria.

  3. 03

    Manage

    Continuous operations, monitoring, and support with named engineers and measurable SLAs.

  4. 04

    Optimize

    Quarterly business reviews, automation, and roadmap tuning to compound outcomes over time.

Technology

The platform behind the service.

A curated set of best-in-class tools operated as one, so you never have to integrate them yourself.

GRC platform

Vanta, Drata, Secureframe.

Controls

CIS, NIST, ISO mapping.

Identity

SSO, MFA, JML controls.

Data controls

DLP, encryption, retention.

Monitoring

Continuous control checks.

TPRM

Third-party risk mgmt.

Policy library

Framework-aligned templates.

Trust center

Prospect-facing evidence.

Industries served

Built for regulated, high-stakes operations.

We speak the compliance, uptime, and workflow language of the industries we serve.

Healthcare

HIPAA-aligned operations and clinical uptime.

Legal

Matter-centric security and privileged data controls.

Finance

SOC 2 and PCI-aligned resilience and reliability.

Construction

Field connectivity and mobile workforce security.

Manufacturing

OT/IT convergence and plant-floor continuity.

Professional Services

Client confidentiality and hybrid collaboration.

FAQ

Questions from real buyers.

Straight answers to the questions that actually come up on the first call.

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