Stand up or remediate — end to end.

We build programs that pass audit and survive production—with your team, not around them.

Engagement
Compliance Programs
Frameworks FedRAMP · NIST 800-171 · NIST 800-53 · SOC 2
Duration 3–9 months
Deliverable Operating program · SSP · Audit-ready evidence
Starts Onboarding typically starts in 2 weeks
Why a Compliance Program

Built to pass. Built to last.

A Compliance Program is a multi-month engagement to stand up, remediate, or carry a program through assessment. Policies get written against real operations. Controls get implemented, tested, and evidenced. Your team learns the muscle—so the program doesn't collapse when we leave.

How it differs
  • Not a policy pack. A policy library alone doesn't operate. We tie every policy to a procedure your team actually runs, and we verify it produces evidence an assessor will accept.
  • Not a GRC tool deployment. Tools help evidence live where work happens. But a tool without a program is a dashboard. We build the program and then wire the tool to it.
  • Not a staff-aug contract. We don't park bodies at your desk. We embed, operate, transfer knowledge, and hand the program back to your team running.
Why it matters
  • Pass the first time. Artifacts survive assessor scrutiny on the first pass because we build them against what assessors actually ask for.
  • Operate after we leave. Continuous-monitoring cadence and POA&M hygiene are set up as habits inside your team, not rituals that need us to run.
  • Translate upward. A program your CFO and board can read—plain-language risk, clear asks, measurable progress.
What you get

A predictable path — and everything in scope.

Every phase below names the work and the scope items it delivers. One flow, nothing hidden.

01
Month 1

Onboarding + scoping

System boundary, control selection, team integration, work-plan.

02
Months 2–4

Build

Policy authoring, control implementation, evidence scaffolding.

Scope delivered in this phase
  • 01
    Policy and procedure authoring Tied to how your team actually ships—not copied from a template library.
  • 02
    Control implementation and testing We pair with your engineers to implement and test each control in your environment.
03
Months 5–7

Harden

Control testing, POA&M management, evidence automation.

Scope delivered in this phase
  • 03
    Evidence collection and automation Where possible we automate evidence collection. Where not, we set up a cadence your team can run.
  • 05
    POA&M management Plan of Action & Milestones maintained through close-out, with continuous-monitoring handoff.
04
Months 8–9

Audit / assessment

Package, liaise with assessor, close-out findings, hand off continuous monitoring.

Scope delivered in this phase
  • 04
    Audit prep and assessor liaison We package artifacts, prep your team for interviews, and sit at the table with the assessor.
Outcomes

What you’ll have when we’re done.

  • System Security Plan (SSP) aligned to the framework
  • Policy + procedure library tied to operations
  • Implemented + tested controls with evidence
  • Audit-ready artifact package
  • POA&M and continuous-monitoring cadence
Audit-ready
Artifacts that survive an assessor's scrutiny—on the first pass.
Operating
A program that runs inside your team, not a binder on a shelf.
Durable
Continuous-monitoring cadence and POA&M hygiene that outlasts the engagement.
Common questions

What clients usually ask.

Can you lead the audit itself?

We sit at the table with the assessor and own the assessor relationship. We're not the assessor—independence matters—but we carry the program to the table.

Do you integrate with our tooling?

Yes. We work with whatever you run—GRC platforms, ticketing, SIEM, endpoint, IAM. Evidence collection lives where your work already happens.

What if we already have policies?

We start by reading what you have. If it's serviceable, we refine. If it's copy-paste, we replace. Either way, everything ties back to how you operate.

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Ready to be Ready?

Let’s talk through where you are.

Got 15 minutes? A Readiness Review gives you a prioritized, framework-mapped picture of your program—and a plan you can act on Monday.