Risk first. Framework second. Evidence always.
A cybersecurity program is a documentation and operations discipline before it is a technology problem. Every phase below produces a specific artifact, signed by a specific owner, defensible against the framework your regulators or customers require — NIST, CMMC, FedRAMP, FISMA, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, or a combination. The certification is the byproduct.
Five phases. No surprises.
Framework-agnostic. Whether the target is CMMC, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, or a custom program, each phase produces an artifact that survives audit — not a slide that survives a meeting.
- 01 · SCOPEWeek 1
Map the risk and the boundary
We trace every system, person, data flow, and third party that touches the information you must protect. Anything in scope is documented; anything out of scope is excluded with evidence. The scoping decision sets the cost of everything that follows.
DeliverablesScope Memo, Network Diagram, Data Flow Map - 02 · ASSESSWeek 2
Score controls against real evidence
Every control required by the applicable framework (NIST, CMMC, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, and so on) is scored against artifacts you can actually produce. Implemented, partially implemented, or not implemented — with a per-control owner and severity weight.
DeliverablesSSP / Program Doc, POA&M / Findings Register, Baseline Score - 03 · IMPLEMENTWeeks 3–12
Remediate alongside your team
A senior team works beside your engineers, compliance owners, and executives. Configurations applied, policies authored, training delivered, evidence captured. We do not hand you a backlog — we close it with you.
DeliverablesImplemented Controls, Evidence Library - 04 · PROVEAudit window
Audit / assessment support
Your assessment packet is built the way the assessor reads it. We escort the engagement — reading rooms, evidence defense, real-time clarification. Findings get answered before they become findings.
DeliverablesAssessment Packet, Certification / Authorization Letter - 05 · SUSTAINOngoing
Continuous monitoring + annual affirmation
Configuration drift detection, control re-test, annual attestations and affirmations. Your posture stays current because someone is watching it weekly, not annually.
DeliverablesQuarterly Reviews, Annual Attestation
How we work, codified.
Scope before tooling
We do not recommend a single license or platform before the boundary, data flows, and risk model are signed. Tooling decisions made before scoping produce overspend and audit headaches.
Artifacts over assertions
A control is implemented when the artifact survives a hostile read. Until then it is a draft, regardless of what the policy says.
Weekly working sessions
One standing, one-hour engagement per week with the executive sponsor, IT lead, and lead practitioner. No status decks — only blockers and decisions.
Plain-English deliverables
Every executive memo is one page, written in language a CFO, contracting officer, or board member can read aloud without an interpreter.
Evidence as code
We treat compliance artifacts the way engineers treat source: versioned, reviewed, and signed. The evidence library is a repository, not a folder.
No subcontracting of judgment
A partner signs every deliverable that leaves the firm. No junior-staff handoff to the client or the assessor. Ever.