Compliance Services
Security framework consulting
NIST 800-171, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, CIS Controls — we align your systems, policies, and documentation with the standard your contracts and regulators actually expect, end to end.
Schedule a ConsultationWhy framework consulting matters
Frameworks turn "be secure" into something you can build, measure, and prove: documented controls and clear objectives. The right one helps you win contracts, pass audits, and earn customer trust. The wrong one wastes a year. We help you choose — and then meet it.
Frameworks we support
Your industry and your contracts usually decide. We work across the standards regulated businesses actually face.
NIST 800-171
Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information for contractors. The foundation of CMMC Level 2 — if DoD work is in your pipeline, this is where you start.
Learn moreISO 27001
The international standard for information security management systems — the framework customers ask about when you sell beyond US borders.
HIPAA
Healthcare data protection: the safeguards, policies, and documentation required of any organization handling patient information.
Learn morePCI-DSS
Payment data protection for anyone storing, processing, or transmitting cardholder data.
Learn moreCIS Controls & Benchmarks
Prioritized, practical security hardening — a strong baseline on its own and a useful companion to NIST or ISO.
SOX, GLBA & Tailored Frameworks
Financial-sector requirements and custom control sets for when your obligations don't fit neatly inside a single standard.
How an engagement runs
- 01
Discovery & Scoping
We identify which frameworks apply, what your contracts and customers require, and what's in scope — before any control gets reviewed.
- 02
Gap Analysis & Baseline
Your current systems, policies, and documentation measured against the framework: what's in place, what's partial, what's missing.
- 03
Roadmap, Tracker & Documentation
A prioritized roadmap, a live control tracker with ownership assignments, and the documentation the framework demands — SSPs, POA&Ms, policies, procedures.
- 04
Implementation & Audit Prep
Advisory or hands-on support to close gaps, then audit preparation — including mock assessments — so the real one holds no surprises.
Two ways to engage
Advisory
We guide; your team executes. Gap analysis, roadmap, control tracker, and ongoing direction for organizations with in-house IT capacity.
- Co-managed friendly
Project-Based & Managed
We execute: remediation projects with defined scope, or ongoing managed compliance that keeps the framework met as your environment changes.
- Fixed scope
- Ongoing
Frequently asked questions
What is framework consulting?
Aligning your IT systems, policies, and documentation with a recognized security standard — NIST 800-171, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or CIS Controls. We handle the mapping, the gap-closing, and the paperwork that proves it.
What's the difference between a framework and a regulation?
A framework is a structured set of security best practices. A regulation is a legal requirement — and regulations often reference frameworks. HIPAA is law; NIST 800-171 is a framework that DFARS clauses require contractors to follow.
Which framework should we follow?
Usually your industry decides: defense contractors follow NIST 800-171 and CMMC, healthcare follows HIPAA, financial firms follow PCI-DSS and SOX, and organizations selling globally often pursue ISO 27001. If more than one applies, we help you sequence them sensibly.
Do you create the documentation, or just advise?
We create it: SSPs, POA&Ms, HIPAA policies, PCI-DSS procedures, CIS benchmark checklists, and a live control tracker with ownership assignments — documents your team can actually run with.
How do CIS Controls fit alongside NIST or ISO?
CIS Controls are a practical security-hardening baseline. Many organizations use them as the technical floor while NIST 800-171 or ISO 27001 provides the broader compliance structure.
Pick the right framework. Then meet it.
Start with discovery and a gap analysis — know which standard applies, where you stand against it, and what closing the distance actually takes.
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