Compliance that is continuous, not annual. We deliver FedRAMP ATO, CMMC certification, and HIPAA/GDPR compliance programs powered by automated evidence collection, Drata/Vanta continuous control testing, and zero audit findings.
Annual compliance audits produce a point-in-time snapshot; your controls are assessed once, and you spend the next 11 months hoping nothing drifts. When the next audit arrives, teams scramble for 6–8 weeks to collect evidence, remediate control gaps discovered during audit prep, and produce the deliverables. This is the most expensive way to do compliance.
We implement continuous compliance using Drata and Vanta for automated evidence collection from AWS, Azure, GCP, GitHub, and 200+ integrations. Controls are tested continuously, not once a year. OSCAL-based FedRAMP packages generate ConMon evidence automatically. Audit prep time drops 80% because the evidence is already collected, organized, and mapped to control requirements.
Key differentiator: We don't treat compliance as a documentation exercise. We treat control implementation as an engineering activity: automated evidence collection from Prisma Cloud and AWS Security Hub, infrastructure controls enforced via Terraform policy-as-code, and audit artifacts generated continuously rather than assembled in a panic before each audit.
The specific compliance frameworks, tools, and automation we use to achieve and maintain authorization.
Complete FedRAMP package development in OSCAL format: System Security Plan (SSP), Security Assessment Plan (SAP), and Security Assessment Report (SAR). System boundary definition and FIPS 199 categorization at Low, Moderate, or High impact. Control implementation evidence development. 3PAO coordination and assessment support. Post-ATO Continuous Monitoring (ConMon) with automated monthly evidence collection, including vulnerability scan results, POA&M updates, and significant change notifications auto-generated.
Complete NIST 800-53 Revision 5 control set implementation for Moderate or High baselines, 323 or 422 controls respectively. Control inheritance mapping from platform-level controls (cloud provider, datacenter) to system-level controls reduces implementation burden by 30–40%. Automated evidence generation from Prisma Cloud, AWS Security Hub, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Wiz, with cloud security posture findings mapped directly to control requirements. Policy and procedure templates pre-mapped to control families.
CMMC Level 1, 2, and 3 practice assessment and implementation against NIST SP 800-171 R3 and NIST SP 800-172 requirements. System Security Plan development with practice-by-practice implementation statements and evidence artifacts. Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M) management for open deficiencies. C3PAO pre-assessment readiness review, with gap remediation before official assessment begins. Federal contractor compliance support for DFARS 252.204-7012 and 7020/7021 requirements.
HIPAA Security Rule risk analysis per 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1): systematic assessment of vulnerabilities affecting PHI confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Business Associate Agreement (BAA) review and gap analysis. Breach notification procedures per HIPAA Breach Notification Rule. PHI data flows mapping across all systems, applications, and third-party integrations. HITECH Act compliance for breach notification and enforcement penalties. NIST 800-66r2 implementation guidance for healthcare organizations.
OneTrust DSAR (Data Subject Access Request) automation reducing response time from weeks to days with automated data discovery and redaction. Consent management platform for lawful basis documentation. Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) for new processing activities. Cross-border data transfer mechanisms, including Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), adequacy decisions, and Binding Corporate Rules. Breach response workflows per 72-hour GDPR notification requirement. CCPA/CPRA data mapping and rights fulfillment automation.
Drata and Vanta automated evidence collection from AWS, Azure, GCP, GitHub, Okta, CrowdStrike, and 200+ integrations, with controls tested continuously, evidence collected automatically, and the compliance dashboard always current. Automated SOC 2 Type II readiness with continuous control testing throughout the observation period. Real-time compliance dashboard showing passing/failing controls, evidence age, and audit readiness score. Alert on control drift within hours, not months.
GRC programs fail when they are treated as documentation projects separate from engineering. We integrate compliance into the engineering workflow: policy as code, automated evidence collection, and control implementation as software deployment.
Our GRC team includes CISSP, CISM, CISA, FedRAMP-experienced practitioners, and certified CMMC Registered Practitioners (CRP) with hands-on experience guiding organizations to ATO and through assessor audits.
Assess current compliance posture against the target framework (FedRAMP/CMMC/HIPAA/SOC 2). Document current control implementations, identify gaps, and produce a control-by-control deficiency list with risk ratings. Map existing security tools and processes to control requirements, identifying what evidence is already available automatically vs. what requires new tooling or process. Deliverable: compliance gap report with remediation effort estimates per control family.
Develop or update System Security Plan with complete control implementation statements. Map control inheritance from cloud service providers and organizational shared services, reducing per-system implementation burden significantly. Draft all required policies and procedures aligned to control families. For FedRAMP: develop OSCAL-formatted SSP using NIST's OSCAL tooling for machine-readable compliance artifacts that integrate with agency review systems.
Deploy Drata or Vanta with integrations for all relevant systems. Configure automated evidence collection for infrastructure controls (Prisma Cloud/AWS Security Hub), identity controls (Entra ID/Okta), endpoint controls (CrowdStrike/Intune), and development controls (GitHub). Manually map residual evidence requirements that cannot be automated. Run first automated evidence collection cycle, identifying and resolving integration gaps. Target: 85%+ of control evidence collected automatically.
Pre-assessment readiness review simulating auditor scrutiny, identifying and remediating any control deficiencies before the official assessment. For FedRAMP: coordinate with selected 3PAO on assessment scope, kickoff, and evidence submission. For CMMC: C3PAO readiness review with practice-by-practice validation. Support assessor requests for evidence, interviews, and system demonstrations during assessment. Provide real-time compliance dashboard access to assessors.
Post-authorization continuous compliance program: automated monthly ConMon evidence packages for FedRAMP (vulnerability scans, POA&M updates, user access reviews). Drata/Vanta continuous control testing with real-time alerting on control drift. Quarterly compliance review meetings with stakeholders. Annual framework reassessment to incorporate control updates. Change management integration, with significant changes routed through compliance review before implementation.
How GRC programs are delivering authorizations, certifications, and continuous compliance at speed.
Guided a cloud analytics SaaS startup from zero FedRAMP posture to FISMA Moderate ATO in 6 months, half the industry average of 12-18 months. OSCAL-based SSP development, Drata for automated evidence collection, and 3PAO pre-engagement preparation compressed the timeline. 247 NIST 800-53 controls documented with automated evidence for 74% of them. Agency ATO letter received from a civilian federal agency in month 6. Now generating $4M/year in federal ARR.
FedRAMP Moderate ATO in 6 monthsDeveloped comprehensive HIPAA Security Rule compliance program for a digital health startup processing 500K patient records/month. Security risk analysis per OCR guidance, full policy library (18 required policies), Business Associate Agreement template library, PHI data flow mapping across 40+ integrations. OneTrust DSAR automation deployed for patient rights requests. First OCR audit 18 months post-program launch: zero findings cited.
Zero OCR audit findingsPrepared a US-based SaaS company for EU market entry under GDPR. Conducted data mapping across 60 processing activities. Implemented OneTrust for consent management, DSAR automation, and privacy impact assessments. Updated privacy notices, terms of service, and data processing agreements. Executed Standard Contractual Clauses for 12 third-party processors. Established 72-hour breach notification procedure. EU DPA review completed without enforcement action.
EU market entry, no DPA enforcement actionPrepared a mid-sized defense contractor (600 users) for CMMC Level 2 certification under DFARS 252.204-7021. Gap assessment identified 31 deficient practices from 110 total NIST SP 800-171 requirements. 90-day sprint with embedded GRC engineers addressed all deficiencies: MFA deployment, encrypted transmission, media sanitization, audit logging. Final self-assessment score: 110/110 practices Met. C3PAO assessment scheduled and passed with zero findings.
110/110 CMMC practices, C3PAO passedStart with a GRC Assessment: we gap-assess your compliance posture, map your existing controls, and design an automation-first program that achieves authorization faster.