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Risk & Compliance

Get audit-ready, stay audit-ready. We build your information security program from risk assessment through certification — aligned to SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and NIST — at fixed fees typically 20% below mid-market consulting rates.

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Fixed-fee, not hourly

Every engagement quoted as a firm fixed price so your CFO has predictability and your auditor has urgency — no billable-hour surprises.

One program, many frameworks

We build your control set once and map it across SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI, NIST CSF, CMMC, and GDPR — eliminating duplicate work.

20% below competitor rates

Benchmarked quarterly against Sprinto, Vanta, Drata, Secureframe, Scytale, and Thoropass — we match their scope and beat their price, transparently.

Frameworks we cover

Every major compliance framework — mapped, managed, and maintained

Build your controls once and satisfy every framework that matters to your customers, regulators, and insurers. We specialize in the eight frameworks most commonly required of mid-market and regulated enterprises.

SOC 2

SOC 2 Type I & II

AICPA Trust Services Criteria — the de facto standard for SaaS and B2B vendors.

ISO

ISO 27001:2022

The international standard for Information Security Management Systems.

HIPAA

HIPAA / HITECH

Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules for PHI — covered entities and BAs.

PCI

PCI DSS 4.0.1

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard — SAQ and ROC-level engagements.

NIST

NIST CSF 2.0

Cybersecurity Framework — the baseline expected by federal and enterprise customers.

CMMC

CMMC 2.0

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification for Department of Defense contractors.

GDPR

GDPR / CPRA

EU General Data Protection Regulation and California Privacy Rights Act alignment.

DFS

NY DFS Part 500

New York State Department of Financial Services cybersecurity regulation.

Features

A full GRC program — not just a pile of policies

Most "compliance consultants" deliver a ZIP of template policies and disappear. We stand up the whole governance program, operationalize it, and stay through your audit.

Risk register & quantification

Formal ISO 31000-aligned risk assessment, FAIR-style quantification of top risks, treatment plans with owners and target dates, and quarterly refresh cadence.

Policy & control library

Customized information security policies, acceptable use, incident response, vendor management, business continuity — tuned to your business, not boilerplate.

Security awareness & training

Role-based training programs, phishing simulations, attestation tracking, and evidence capture — everything auditors look for in people-based controls.

Board & executive reporting

Quarterly board decks, executive risk dashboards, compliance posture scorecards, and KRI/KPI reporting aligned to your strategic objectives.

How does it work?

We begin with a 2-week readiness assessment: we map your current state against the frameworks you need, quantify the gap, and deliver a prioritized remediation roadmap with effort estimates. From there, you can either take the roadmap in-house or retain us to execute it — as a fixed-fee program or quarterly vCISO engagement.

Unlike compliance automation platforms that focus on evidence collection, we do the governance work: writing policies, training staff, running your risk committee, sitting in your audits. You get a production-grade GRC program, not a dashboard.

Engagement journey

From kickoff to certified — in four structured stages

A proven 6–9 month path for first-time SOC 2 or ISO 27001. Every phase has defined deliverables, review gates, and a single accountable lead on our side.

01

Discover

Weeks 1–2

Scoping workshop, current-state assessment, gap analysis across target frameworks, prioritized remediation roadmap.

02

Design

Weeks 3–8

Policy authoring, control design, risk register buildout, vendor management setup, training curriculum development.

03

Deploy

Weeks 9–20

Control implementation, evidence collection setup, tabletop exercises, audit firm selection and onboarding, Type I attestation.

04

Sustain

Ongoing

Type II observation period, quarterly reviews, continuous monitoring, audit support, annual recertification preparation.

Services

What we actually deliver

Every mockup below is drawn from real client deliverables. Every service includes fixed fees, written scope, and senior-level execution.

ISO 31000 · NIST SP 800-30

Risk Assessment & Register

Formal enterprise risk assessment following ISO 31000 methodology with optional FAIR quantification for top risks. We identify threats across people, processes, and technology; score likelihood × impact on a documented 5×5 matrix; assign owners and target treatment dates; and maintain the live register through quarterly committee reviews. Every risk has a traceable audit trail from identification through acceptance, mitigation, transfer, or avoidance.

AICPA TSC · ISO 27002:2022

Policy & Control Library

A complete policy suite — Information Security, Acceptable Use, Access Control, Incident Response, Vendor Management, Business Continuity, Data Classification, and 20+ supporting procedures. Every document is tailored to your business (not template boilerplate), version-controlled, board-approved, and mapped to specific control IDs across your target frameworks. Annual policy review cadence is built into the engagement.

Unified Control Framework

Cross-Framework Control Mapping

Every control you implement is mapped to requirements across SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST CSF, and CMMC simultaneously. The result: one access review satisfies six frameworks, one encryption standard covers all of them, one vendor assessment serves every audit. This unified approach cuts total compliance effort by 40–60% compared to managing each framework in a silo.

Audit-ready evidence package

Audit Readiness & vCISO Support

When your auditor arrives, everything they ask for is already on the shelf: system description, evidence samples, completed access reviews, change management tickets, vendor SOC reports, tabletop records, pentest reports with closed findings. Our vCISO sits in every auditor call, answers technical questions in your language, and defends your control design. On-time, on-scope, no surprises — the outcome we deliver for every fixed-fee engagement.

Transparent pricing · 20% below market

Fixed-fee engagements, benchmarked against competitor rates

We publish our pricing tiers explicitly — and we benchmark them quarterly against Sprinto, Vanta, Drata, Secureframe, Scytale, Thoropass, and Workstreet. You should never pay mid-market consulting rates for this work.

Readiness Assessment

Gap Analysis & Roadmap

A 2-week deep-dive gap analysis against your target framework — delivering a prioritized remediation roadmap you can execute yourself or hand back to us.

$7,500 – $15,000
Market rate: $10,000 – $20,000 · Save ~25%
Fixed fee · 2 weeks · 1 framework
  • Kickoff & stakeholder workshop
  • Control-by-control gap analysis
  • Risk-ranked remediation roadmap
  • Effort & budget estimates per gap
  • Executive readout & Q&A session
  • 60-day follow-up checkpoint included
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Full Program

SOC 2 or ISO 27001

End-to-end compliance program — from gap analysis through Type I or Type II audit — executed as a single fixed-fee engagement with one accountable lead.

$22,000 – $60,000
Market rate: $30,000 – $80,000 · Save ~25%
Fixed fee · 6–9 months · complete program
  • Readiness assessment & roadmap
  • Complete policy library (27+ docs)
  • Control implementation support
  • Risk register buildout + owners
  • Vendor risk management program
  • Training curriculum + phishing simulations
  • Audit firm introductions (3 quotes)
  • Full audit support through attestation
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vCISO Retainer

Ongoing Governance

Quarterly-billed virtual CISO engagement for organizations maintaining one or multiple compliance frameworks — with ongoing risk committee, board reporting, and audit support.

$15,000 – $38,000 / qtr
Market rate: $20,000 – $50,000 · Save ~25%
Quarterly retainer · 20–60 hrs/month
  • Dedicated senior vCISO (CISSP / CISM)
  • Monthly risk committee facilitation
  • Quarterly board reporting deck
  • Policy review & refresh cadence
  • Vendor risk reviews (up to 25/qtr)
  • Audit & customer questionnaire support
  • On-demand executive advisory access
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Why we're consistently ~20% below market

We're a senior-led consultancy — not a venture-backed SaaS platform carrying enterprise sales overhead, marketing budgets, or investor-return pressure. We deliver the same policy libraries, same control frameworks, and same audit outcomes you'd get from Sprinto ($30K–$80K), Secureframe ($35K–$90K), Drata ($40K–$100K), Vanta ($35K–$80K), Scytale ($30K–$70K), or Thoropass ($40K–$120K) — and we benchmark quarterly to ensure our pricing stays at roughly 20% below the mid-market median. Ask for our competitive analysis worksheet — we'll send it with your quote.

FAQs

Frequently asked questions

The questions we get most from prospective clients. Need more? Talk to a senior GRC lead.

What's the difference between readiness, Type I, and Type II?
A readiness assessment is a gap analysis — we measure your current state against the framework and give you a remediation roadmap. A Type I audit is a point-in-time attestation that your controls are designed correctly — typically issued after 2–4 months of remediation. A Type II audit is an observation-period attestation (usually 3–12 months) that your controls are designed correctly and operating effectively. Most enterprise customers now require Type II; Type I is a stepping stone for startups needing evidence of progress before the full observation window completes.
How long does a first SOC 2 Type II typically take?
For an organization starting from zero: about 6–9 months total. Roughly 2 months of program build (policies, controls, tooling), 3–6 months of Type II observation window, and 4–6 weeks of audit fieldwork. Organizations that already have strong security hygiene can compress this to 4–5 months. We publish a realistic timeline at kickoff and hold ourselves to it — no moving goalposts.
Do we need to buy Vanta, Drata, or Secureframe to work with you?
No. Compliance automation platforms are useful for continuous evidence collection, but they're optional and they cost $10K–$30K/year on their own. We work with or without a platform — many of our clients pass their Type II audit using only our documentation system, a shared drive, and disciplined evidence capture. If you already have Vanta, Drata, or Secureframe, we integrate with it; if you don't, we won't force you to buy one.
How much internal staff time will this actually require?
For a SOC 2 Type II program, plan for 4–6 hours per week from your designated security lead (usually a CTO, Head of Engineering, or IT Director) and 1–2 hours per week from stakeholders in HR, Legal, and Operations. Total internal effort across the full program: approximately 120–180 staff hours, which is substantially less than the 400+ hours typically cited for DIY approaches. We do the heavy lifting on policy authoring, control design, and evidence preparation.
Who actually performs the audit?
An independent licensed CPA firm — not us. SOC 2 and ISO 27001 attestations require auditor independence from the consultant, so we specifically do not perform audits on our own consulting clients. We maintain working relationships with several reputable mid-market audit firms (Schellman, A-LIGN, KirkpatrickPrice, Prescient Assurance, and smaller specialist boutiques) and provide three qualified introductions as part of every Full Program engagement. You choose your auditor; we'll support you through their process.
What frameworks can you handle simultaneously?
All eight listed above: SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS 4.0, NIST CSF 2.0, CMMC 2.0, GDPR/CPRA, and NY DFS Part 500. Approximately 70–80% of controls overlap between any two of these frameworks, so adding a second or third framework to an existing program typically costs 25–40% of the first — not another full engagement. We'll map this out explicitly in your proposal.
Do you offer engagements for regulated industries specifically?
Yes. We have specific programs for: Healthcare (HIPAA Security Rule + HITECH + state breach notification), Financial Services (NY DFS Part 500, GLBA Safeguards Rule, CFPB expectations), Defense Contractors (CMMC Level 1, 2, 3 + NIST SP 800-171), and Payment Processors (PCI DSS 4.0.1 SAQ or ROC). Regulated-industry engagements are typically quoted at the upper half of the published price range due to additional documentation and industry-specific testing requirements.
What certifications do your GRC leads hold?
Every senior lead holds at minimum CISSP or CISM, with additional specialist credentials appropriate to the engagement: ISO 27001 Lead Implementer / Lead Auditor for ISO work, HCISPP for healthcare, QSA or ISA for PCI engagements, CISA for audit-facing roles. We provide redacted lead CVs during procurement. This matters because many compliance-platform "compliance teams" are junior — you should know who's actually running your program.
Resources & insights

Learn more about risk & compliance

Buyer guides, checklists, and deep dives from the iSECTECH GRC practice.

Buyer Guide

SOC 2 Type II pricing in 2026: what you should actually be paying

A market analysis of current SOC 2 Type II program pricing, the platforms inflating the market, and the specific line items where mid-market buyers get overcharged.

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Checklist

The 47-item SOC 2 Type II readiness checklist

The exact evidence package auditors expect before fieldwork begins — the same checklist we use on every client engagement, published in full.

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Deep Dive

ISO 27001 vs SOC 2: which framework for which customer

A practical decision framework for B2B vendors weighing ISO 27001 vs SOC 2 — including the customer segments that drive each requirement.

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Start your audit journey with clear pricing and senior leadership

Three ways to engage — whether you're preparing for your first audit or optimizing an established program.

Book a readiness assessment

Two weeks to a complete gap analysis and prioritized roadmap. Fixed fee between $7,500 and $15,000. Scoping call within 24 hours.

Download the readiness checklist

Our 47-item pre-audit checklist, the same one we use with every client, delivered as a formatted PDF you can hand to your auditor.

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