Skip to main content

Security & Compliance

Enterprise-grade security with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and automated vulnerability scanning

Get a quote

Service playbook

From problem to operating evidence

Main content is structured like a case study: context first, scoped work next, then the operating changes and evidence a team can use after handoff.

Service briefWho it is forReadiness and discovery inputsWhat we deliverSecurity services

Protect your infrastructure, reduce security risk, and prepare for customer or auditor security reviews. We help design practical controls, collect evidence, improve remediation workflows, and make compliance readiness part of normal engineering operations. Formal certification or legal compliance opinions remain with accredited auditors, assessors, and counsel.

Case-study lens

Scoped

Problem, responsibility, and handoff boundaries before implementation.

Evidence

Dashboards, runbooks, reviews, and operating records over borrowed logos.

Outcomes

Conservative summaries focused on observable operational improvement.

EvidenceSection 01

Who it is for

Runbooks, dashboards, reviews, and handoff material make the work auditable.

Team situationWhy this service fits
Enterprise customers are asking for security evidenceWe help turn controls, policies, and technical proof into a repeatable evidence package
Compliance work is startingWe map current practices to common control expectations before formal audit pressure increases
Security ownership is spread across engineering and operationsWe create a shared backlog, control map, and operating cadence
Vulnerability findings are piling upWe prioritize remediation by severity, exposure, asset criticality, and implementation effort
Incident and recovery procedures are undocumentedWe define practical playbooks, escalation paths, and readiness checks
Operating modelSection 02

Readiness and discovery inputs

Responsibilities, response paths, and technical changes are made explicit before work starts.

A security and compliance engagement starts by understanding the systems, obligations, and evidence that already exist.

  • business goals, customer-security requirements, audit timelines, and target frameworks
  • system inventory, architecture diagrams, data flows, and environment boundaries
  • cloud accounts, Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD systems, repositories, and production access model
  • identity providers, privileged access paths, service accounts, and third-party integrations
  • policies, runbooks, incident records, risk registers, vendor records, and previous audit outputs
  • vulnerability scanner exports, dependency reports, penetration-test findings, and remediation history

When inputs are incomplete, we document assumptions and create the missing inventory as part of discovery.

ScopeSection 03

What we deliver

The work is broken into visible capabilities, acceptance points, and handoff artifacts.

What changes

Security architecture

Design and implement secure infrastructure from the ground up.

Security principles:

  • Defense in depth — Multiple layers of technical and process controls
  • Zero trust — Explicit verification for users, workloads, devices, and network paths
  • Least privilege — Minimal access rights for people, services, and automation
  • Secure by default — Baselines and templates that reduce unsafe one-off decisions
  • Evidence by design — Logs, approvals, change records, and tests captured in the normal workflow

What changes

Compliance and control mapping

We map existing controls and gaps to the frameworks relevant to the engagement. The mapping is used for readiness, remediation planning, and customer-security conversations; it is not a certification by itself.

Framework or control setHow we support readiness
SOC 2Map security, availability, confidentiality, processing integrity, and privacy expectations where in scope
ISO 27001Support ISMS control inventory, risk treatment, evidence paths, and operational procedures
HIPAAReview technical and administrative safeguards where healthcare data handling is in scope
PCI DSSIdentify payment-card environment boundaries and security controls that need qualified assessment
GDPRConnect security controls to data-protection obligations, retention, access, and incident workflows
Internal controlsTranslate customer, board, or procurement requirements into engineering-owned controls

What changes

Vulnerability and remediation workflow

Continuous scanning only helps when findings become owned work.

  1. Intake — collect findings from scanners, audits, customer reports, and incidents.
  2. Triage — confirm validity, asset ownership, exposure, exploitability, and business impact.
  3. Prioritization — rank by severity, reachable attack path, data sensitivity, compliance impact, and effort.
  4. Remediation — create engineering tasks, pull requests, configuration changes, or compensating controls.
  5. Validation — re-scan, test, or review evidence that the risk is reduced.
  6. Exception handling — document accepted risks, temporary mitigations, owners, and review dates.
  7. Reporting — track open risk, SLA adherence, recurring root causes, and control effectiveness.

Scanning and review coverage can include:

  • container image vulnerability scanning
  • cloud and Kubernetes configuration scanning
  • dependency and software composition analysis
  • secret scanning and key exposure review
  • infrastructure-as-code policy checks
  • targeted penetration testing or red-team work when separately scoped
Operating modelSection 04

Security services

The section clarifies how production responsibilities change once the service is in place.

What changes

Infrastructure security

Secure cloud, Kubernetes, and on-premises infrastructure.

Network security

  • firewall configuration and management
  • network segmentation and micro-segmentation
  • DDoS protection and mitigation planning
  • VPN, private connectivity, and administrative access paths

Identity and access management

  • SSO and MFA implementation
  • RBAC and least-privilege access models
  • privileged access management patterns
  • service account, API key, and workload identity review

Data protection

  • encryption at rest and in transit
  • KMS, Vault, and secret-management patterns
  • data classification and retention support
  • backup and recovery security review

What changes

Application security

Secure applications throughout the development lifecycle.

DevSecOps

  • security scanning in CI/CD pipelines
  • static application security testing (SAST)
  • dynamic application security testing (DAST) where appropriate
  • software composition analysis (SCA)
  • release approvals, provenance, and artifact evidence

Runtime protection

  • web application firewall configuration
  • API security and rate limiting
  • bot and abuse controls where applicable
  • logging, alerting, and suspicious-activity detection

What changes

Secrets management

Securely store and manage sensitive credentials.

Operating modelSection 05

Compliance implementation

Responsibilities, response paths, and technical changes are made explicit before work starts.

Implementation focus

SOC 2 readiness

Prepare for SOC 2 by turning trust-service expectations into implemented controls and evidence routines.

  1. Gap assessment — Identify gaps against scoped criteria and customer expectations.
  2. Control implementation — Improve access, change management, monitoring, vendor, incident, and availability controls.
  3. Evidence collection — Establish repeatable evidence paths for approvals, logs, tests, and reviews.
  4. Audit support — Help organize technical evidence and answer engineering questions during the auditor process.
  5. Continuous monitoring — Track control health, owner follow-up, and remediation over time.

Implementation focus

ISO 27001 readiness

Support the operating pieces of an Information Security Management System (ISMS).

  • security policies and procedures
  • risk assessment and treatment plan support
  • control implementation notes across scoped domains
  • internal audit checklist and evidence preparation
  • management-review inputs and improvement backlog
Operating modelSection 06

Incident and DR operating model

The section clarifies how production responsibilities change once the service is in place.

Security and compliance programs need a clear response model before an incident occurs.

CapabilityPractical output
Ownershipincident roles, escalation contacts, decision authority, and on-call handoffs
Detectionalert sources, triage criteria, severity levels, and evidence preservation steps
Responsecontainment, eradication, communication, legal or customer escalation triggers
Recoveryrestore order, validation checks, rollback decisions, and dependency coordination
Reviewpost-incident timeline, root cause, control improvements, and accepted risks
DR linkageRTO/RPO assumptions, backup evidence, failover runbooks, and test cadence
ScopeSection 07

Deliverables

The work is broken into visible capabilities, acceptance points, and handoff artifacts.

  • current-state security and compliance readiness report
  • scoped control map with owners, evidence sources, and gaps
  • prioritized remediation backlog with risk rationale
  • vulnerability-management workflow and reporting approach
  • incident response and DR operating-model recommendations
  • policy, runbook, and evidence templates where in scope
  • executive summary for leadership and technical walkthrough for engineering
Operating modelSection 08

Boundaries and customer responsibilities

Responsibilities, response paths, and technical changes are made explicit before work starts.

Important boundaries:

  • We do not represent that a system is compliant, certified, breach-proof, or risk-free.
  • Formal certifications, attestations, and legal determinations require the appropriate auditor, assessor, or counsel.
  • Penetration testing, red-team activity, and production exploit validation require separate authorization and rules of engagement.
  • Remediation timelines depend on customer access, ownership, engineering capacity, and risk decisions.

Customer responsibilities:

  • provide accurate scope, business requirements, and compliance targets
  • approve access, testing boundaries, and production-change procedures
  • identify system owners and decision makers for risk acceptance
  • review and approve policies, customer-facing statements, and legal commitments
  • operate controls after handoff or maintain an ongoing support engagement
Next stepSection 10

Getting started

Decision points and common questions are made explicit so follow-up work is scoped cleanly.

Start with a security assessment to identify vulnerabilities, control gaps, evidence needs, and remediation priorities in your infrastructure.

Request Security Audit →

Talk to a senior engineer

Need a clearer path for Security & Compliance?

We'll help you understand fit, scope, pricing, and the fastest practical next step for your team.

Book a quote review

No obligation • Senior engineer review • Recommendations grounded in your current stack