01 · Outcome: Aligned
NIST & CIS Alignment
The starting bar. The two standards insurers, customers and boards recognize; no certificate exists and none is needed. Security 101, evidenced.
Compliance services
Five frameworks, one ladder, zero inflated promises.
From the recognized baseline to full certification prep, ordered from least to most complex. Every outcome word below is the honest one: we prepare you, and independent auditors, CPA firms and certification bodies issue the credentials.
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Not sure which one? That is literally what the call is for.
The ladder, bottom to top.
One question routes everyone: is a customer, regulator, insurer or investor naming a specific framework? If yes, start at that rung. If no, start at the bottom; the work carries upward and nothing is wasted.
02 · Outcome: Validated
PCI DSS Readiness
For anyone taking card payments. The right SAQ, a shrunken scope, quarterly ASV scans, and an attestation you can sign honestly.
03 · Outcome: Compliant
HIPAA Risk Assessment
It is law for anyone touching patient data. A security risk analysis built to survive an OCR records request, with remediation mapped to the rule.
04 · Outcome: Attested
SOC 1 & SOC 2 Readiness
For the enterprise deal stuck in vendor review. Gaps closed, evidence collected, pen test coordinated, and a licensed CPA firm issues the report.
05 · Outcome: Certified
ISO 27001 Readiness
The summit. A working management system, a two-stage audit by an accredited certification body, and annual surveillance to keep it alive.
Not seeing your framework? FedRAMP, StateRAMP and CMMC certification engagements are outside what an advisory practice our size can honestly deliver; we will tell you that in one call and point you at the right kind of firm.
Questions we hear about this service.
Ask one question: is a customer, regulator, insurer or investor naming one? If yes, that framework chooses you and we aim straight at it. If nobody is naming one, start with NIST and CIS alignment or the risk assessment; it delivers the security value and converts into any heavier framework later.
Never, and be suspicious of anyone who says otherwise. NIST and CIS have no certificates at all. HIPAA is law with no certification. PCI is validated by attestation and accredited scans. SOC reports come from licensed CPA firms. ISO 27001 certificates come from accredited certification bodies. We do the readiness; independent parties issue the credentials. That separation protects you.
Usually you should not chase two credentials at once, but the work overlaps heavily: one control set, one evidence index, one policy program feeding every framework. We sequence them so the second one costs a fraction of the first.
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Thirty minutes with an advisor.
We cover your organization, your deadline, and who is asking for what. You leave knowing the likely scope, the timeline, and your next step, with the price fixed in writing before any work starts.
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