Compliance & Governance

Compliance you can prove. Governance you can run.

Most organizations do not fail audits because they lack controls — they fail because nobody can produce the evidence. We build compliance and governance programs that live in your day-to-day operations: mapped frameworks, written policies, assigned owners, and evidence collected continuously instead of the week before the auditor arrives.

Frameworks

The standards our clients are measured against.

We work across regulated sectors — government, higher education, healthcare, finance, and defense supply chain.

NIST CSF & 800-171

Control mapping, POA&M, and gap remediation.

CMMC Level 1–2

Readiness for defense contractors and suppliers.

HIPAA & HITECH

Safeguards, BAAs, and breach response readiness.

SOC 2 Type I / II

Trust services criteria and audit preparation.

PCI DSS 4.0

Scope reduction and control validation.

ADA Title II & WCAG 2.1 AA

Digital accessibility conformance programs.

ISO 27001

ISMS design, risk treatment, and internal audit.

FERPA & State Privacy

Data handling for education and public sector.

Core Capabilities

A complete governance program, not a binder.

Policy, control, evidence, and oversight — connected, owned, and continuously maintained.

Gap & Readiness Assessments

A control-by-control baseline against your target framework, scored by risk, with a prioritized remediation roadmap and realistic timelines.

Policy & Standards Development

Plain-language policies, standards, and procedures written for your environment — reviewed, approved, versioned, and mapped to the controls they satisfy.

Evidence & Audit Support

Continuous evidence collection, control testing, and auditor liaison — so audit season is a report request, not a fire drill.

ADA Title II & WCAG 2.1 Readiness

Accessibility audits of websites, documents, and applications, remediation plans, and staff training to meet ADA Title II obligations and WCAG 2.1 AA conformance.

AI Governance

Acceptable-use policy, model and vendor review, data-handling rules, human-in-the-loop requirements, and an AI risk register aligned to NIST AI RMF.

Third-Party & Vendor Risk

Vendor tiering, security questionnaires, contract security terms, and ongoing monitoring — operationalized in VendorQ where clients want automation.

Governance Structure & Training

Committees, charters, RACI ownership, board reporting cadence, and role-based training so accountability is defined before an incident tests it.

Risk Management & Continuity

Enterprise risk register, business impact analysis, incident response plans, and tested continuity and disaster recovery procedures.

The Challenge

Where compliance programs quietly break down.

Policies written years ago that no longer describe how the organization actually works.

Evidence scattered across inboxes, spreadsheets, and screenshots taken the night before an audit.

Controls with no named owner — so nothing is reviewed until something fails.

Public-facing websites and documents that do not meet ADA Title II or WCAG 2.1 AA.

AI tools adopted by staff with no policy, review, or data-handling guardrails.

Vendors with deep access and no security review since the contract was signed.

Our Proven Process

From assessment to a program that maintains itself.

01

Assess

Scope the frameworks that apply, inventory systems and data, and baseline every control with evidence of what exists today.

02

Plan

Risk-ranked remediation roadmap with owners, effort, and target dates — reviewed with leadership before work starts.

03

Remediate

Policies written, technical controls implemented, accessibility issues fixed, and training delivered to the teams accountable.

04

Sustain

Continuous evidence collection, control testing, quarterly reviews, and board-ready reporting that keeps the program current.

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