Compliance-aligned testing & reporting

We design penetration tests, secure code reviews, and assessments that map cleanly to your compliance frameworks so that technical work and audit requirements reinforce each other instead of competing for attention.

Many organizations first seek out penetration testing or code review because a framework such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, or GDPR requires it—or because a key customer or partner has embedded those expectations into their contracts. Our job is to translate those requirements into concrete testing plans and deliverables that satisfy auditors while also making your environment genuinely more secure. That means being explicit about which controls each test supports and ensuring that results can be reused in your broader risk management documentation.

We stay current on common interpretations of security-related controls across popular frameworks and geographies. While we do not act as your auditor, we work alongside your internal compliance, risk, and legal teams to make sure technical testing is scheduled at the right times, covers the right systems, and produces evidence that aligns with how your assessors and customers expect to see it. This coordination helps reduce “last mile” friction in audits where evidence is available but not organized in a way that maps neatly to requirements.

Our deliverables are structured to support reuse. A single test report can often serve as evidence for multiple frameworks if findings are mapped to relevant controls and requirements. We help you make those connections explicit so that each assessment increases your security posture and simultaneously strengthens your compliance story.

SOC 2, ISO 27001 & General Assurance

For organizations pursuing or maintaining SOC 2 or ISO 27001, we focus on how security testing supports the controls around vulnerability management, change management, access control, and incident response. We align our scoping and reporting with the trust services criteria or Annex A controls that are in scope for your certification, making it easy to show how assessment results feed into your corrective action and continuous improvement processes.

In practice, this often means scheduling penetration testing and code review activities to align with internal control testing windows, then producing reports that clearly identify which controls each finding relates to. We also highlight how remediation activities, retesting, and long-term program improvements can be documented as part of your evidence set, supporting your narrative of a maturing security posture over time.

Our consultants can participate in audit readiness sessions or discussions with your auditors as needed, helping explain technical aspects of the testing and ensuring that the scope, methodology, and independence of our work are clearly understood. This collaborative approach reduces the risk of misalignment between what was tested and what auditors expect to see.

PCI DSS & Payment Security

When handling cardholder data or operating in the broader payment ecosystem, organizations must meet specific requirements for penetration testing, segmentation validation, and secure development. We design tests that focus on your cardholder data environment (CDE), connected systems, and controls that enforce segmentation between in-scope and out-of-scope assets. Our work supports the evidence needs of qualified security assessors (QSAs) and internal PCI teams.

We examine how payment flows are implemented, how third-party processors and gateways are integrated, and how administrative interfaces and support tools interact with sensitive data. Where applicable, we validate whether your network and application controls enforce the boundaries defined in your PCI scoping exercise, and we test for common weaknesses that have historically led to breaches in payment environments.

Findings are documented in a way that supports both remediation efforts and future PCI assessments. We highlight items that must be resolved before a particular assessment can be considered complete, as well as opportunities to simplify your environment or reduce PCI scope over time by re-architecting certain components.

Privacy, HIPAA, GDPR & Data Protection

Privacy regulations such as HIPAA and GDPR emphasize the protection of personal and sensitive data throughout its lifecycle. While much of the compliance work in this space involves policies, contracts, and governance structures, technical security testing plays a crucial supporting role. We focus on how data is collected, stored, processed, and shared across your systems, and we test whether controls meant to enforce privacy principles are effective in practice.

For HIPAA-regulated entities and their business associates, we examine access controls, audit logging, and safeguards around electronic protected health information (ePHI) in key applications and integrations. For organizations subject to GDPR and similar privacy regimes, we consider how data minimization, purpose limitation, and data subject rights are implemented technically, along with how cross-border data transfers and third-party processors are managed in your architecture.

Our reports help bridge the gap between security and privacy teams by highlighting where technical vulnerabilities could lead to unauthorized disclosure, alteration, or loss of personal data. We provide recommendations not only for fixing specific issues, but also for tightening the alignment between your privacy commitments and the systems that operationalize them.

Audit-Ready Deliverables & Customer Sharing

Every engagement concludes with deliverables that can be used directly in audits, customer reviews, or due diligence exercises. Executive summaries provide high-level narratives suitable for boards, regulators, or risk committees, while technical appendices offer the detail necessary for engineering and security teams to act. Where useful, we can produce redacted versions that preserve evidence value without exposing sensitive implementation detail.

We recognize that many customers now request security testing evidence during procurement or vendor risk reviews. Our reports are structured so you can share appropriate sections confidently, demonstrating a commitment to ongoing security investment without revealing information that could help an attacker. We also help you summarize testing activities in security questionnaires, RFPs, and contractual negotiations.

Over time, organizations that adopt our approach build a library of assessments and remediation records that can be referenced across frameworks, customers, and regulators. This reduces the operational burden of repeatedly generating new artifacts from scratch and allows your teams to focus on substantive improvements to your security posture.