Who this is for

  • Founders preparing for SOC 2 / ISO 27001 certification or customer security reviews.
  • PE or growth investors needing confirmatory control evidence pre-close.
  • Boards responding to regulator observations or cyber incident remediation orders.
  • Interim leaders stabilising security during CTO/CISO transitions.

Typical triggers

  • Enterprise customer issues a 200+ question security questionnaire with a two-week deadline.
  • SOC 2 auditor flags material gaps in access controls, logging, or incident response.
  • New regulation (e.g. DORA, NIS2) expands scope and board needs a compliance roadmap.
  • Incident postmortem reveals fragmented on-call, missing runbooks, or shadow tooling.
  • Tech DD surfaced unowned security debt that must be remediated before signing.

Scope

  • Product & architecture: data classification, encryption posture, secure SDLC checkpoints.
  • Security & IS: identity lifecycle, secrets handling, vulnerability & incident response maturity.
  • Delivery & reliability: change management, deployment gates, observability coverage.
  • Team & process: governance forums, policy ownership, vendor risk management cadence.
  • Cost & scale: tooling rationalisation, automation opportunities, audit runway effort.
  • Regulatory alignment: SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and sector-specific obligations mapped to controls.

Artifacts you get

  • Security RAG heatmap with control maturity, evidence status, and remediation owners.
  • 90-day compliance execution plan with dependencies, budget, and staffing guidance.
  • Control catalog mapped to SOC 2 / ISO clauses, including evidence and testing cadence.
  • Incident and vulnerability response playbooks ready for tabletop exercises.
  • Audit binder skeleton with policy updates, diagrams, and vendor agreements.

Timeline & cadence

Weeks 0-1: kickoff, evidence intake, and policy review. Weeks 2-3: control testing, stakeholder interviews, and draft remediation packs. Week 4: executive alignment on priorities and regulator-ready presentation. Optional Weeks 5-6: implementation coaching, tabletop drills, and auditor prep sessions.

Inputs we need

  • Access to policy repositories, ticketing systems, and control evidence storage.
  • Org chart for engineering, security, compliance, and key vendors.
  • Recent audit reports, customer questionnaires, or regulatory notices.
  • Inventory of production systems, environments, and data flows.
  • Contact list for security champions, on-call leads, and risk/compliance owners.

Pricing anchors

Fixed-fee engagements. We quote once we understand regulatory scope, evidence requirements, and delivery windows, and send a proposal within one business day.

CTA

Security findings lose value if they stay in spreadsheets. We convert them into accountable action and keep regulators, auditors, and customers informed.

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Related services & resources

Need a fast technical baseline first? Run the Tech Sanity Check. Encountered these gaps during a deal? Fold this work into Technical Due Diligence. When remediation needs hands-on leadership, use the Fractional CTO cadence. Track ongoing benchmarks on Signals.