Corporate Integrity
Guarantee readiness for certification.
Ensure your technical controls align perfectly with PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOC2, or ISO 27001 requirements before your official audit through a comprehensive assessment that delivers irrefutable technical evidence of your security posture, significantly streamlining the certification process.
Compliance testing,
tailored to your requirements.
AICPA SOC 2
For SaaS and service providers, compliance testing validates security controls against AICPA criteria. This ensures SOC 2 audit readiness, satisfies auditors, and protects client data to maintain enterprise trust.
FISMA
For federal agencies and contractors, compliance testing ensures government IT systems meet FISMA's stringent requirements by exposing vulnerabilities in national data infrastructure, mitigating risks of breaches that could compromise public safety or federal operations.
HIPAA
Healthcare organizations face severe penalties for PHI breaches. Compliance testing proactively identifies weaknesses in patient data protection, ensuring compliance with HIPAA's privacy rules while avoiding multimillion-dollar fines and reputational fallout.
GDPR
Under GDPR, "appropriate security measures" are legally mandated for EU data. Compliance testing provides documented proof of due diligence, uncovering risks like unauthorized data exposure before they trigger fines (up to 4% of global revenue) or loss of customer trust.
NIS2
Critical infrastructure sectors (energy, healthcare, transport) must achieve cyber-resilience. Compliance testing hardens defenses against attacks that could disrupt essential services, aligning with NIS2's focus on safeguarding societal and economic stability.
DORA
Ensure DORA compliance and safeguard your financial institution against evolving threats with our Threat-Led Compliance Testing (TLPT) services, designed to uncover vulnerabilities through real-world attack simulations.
ISO
Certification requires continuous improvement of your ISMS. Compliance testing pinpoints gaps in your security framework, enabling proactive remediation and ensuring your organization meets ISO 27001's "risk treatment" obligations for ongoing certification.
PCI DSS
Annual compliance testing is mandatory for any business handling credit card data. We ensure payment systems are impervious to exploitation, avoiding non-compliance penalties (e.g., fines, revoked processing privileges) and protecting customer financial data.
OWASP
While not a compliance standard, OWASP's guidelines are the gold standard for secure development. Compliance testing aligns with its priorities, like preventing injection flaws or broken authentication, proving your applications mitigate the most critical attack vectors.
NIST CSF v2.0
This framework emphasizes proactive risk management. Compliance testing directly supports NIST's "Identify, Protect, Detect" functions by stress-testing defenses, closing gaps, and ensuring alignment with best practices for public and private sector organizations.
Frequently asked questions.
Find answers to common questions about governance, risk & compliance.
What is the difference between governance, risk management, and compliance?
Governance establishes policies, roles, and decision-making structures to guide organizational security. Risk management identifies threats and vulnerabilities, then quantifies and prioritizes them. Compliance ensures adherence to regulatory requirements and contractual obligations. Together, they form an integrated framework that protects assets and maintains stakeholder trust.
How does compliance testing fit into a GRC program?
Compliance testing is a critical control within the risk management pillar of GRC. It validates governance policies are effective, identifies risks that compliance frameworks require you to address, and provides auditors with documented proof that your organization is managing security controls properly.
How often should we conduct compliance testing as part of our GRC program?
Most regulatory frameworks require annual testing at minimum. However, best practices recommend testing after major infrastructure changes, new application deployments, or significant policy updates. Continuous or continuous-equivalent testing provides the most complete risk visibility.
What documentation does GRC require from compliance testing?
GRC requires comprehensive documentation including testing scope, methodology, detailed findings mapped to control frameworks, risk ratings, remediation timelines, re-testing validation, and evidence that vulnerabilities were addressed. This documentation serves as proof of due diligence for audits and regulatory reviews.
How do we prioritize which risks to remediate first?
Risk prioritization in a GRC framework balances regulatory requirements, business impact, and remediation effort. Critical and high-risk findings mapped to regulatory controls take precedence. Compliance testing findings are scored using CVSS and mapped to compliance control requirements to guide prioritization.
Can compliance testing results be used across multiple compliance frameworks?
Yes, a single comprehensive compliance test can generate evidence for multiple frameworks simultaneously such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and others. Our reports explicitly map findings to each applicable framework's control requirements, reducing assessment redundancy and cost.
How does GRC help reduce cyber insurance costs?
Insurers assess organizational risk maturity through GRC documentation. Companies with mature governance structures, active risk management, and strong compliance programs receive better rates. Regular compliance testing and remediation demonstrate proactive risk management, directly reducing premium costs.
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