Audit-ready.
Without the audit panic.
Cross-framework compliance for Phoenix businesses. HIPAA, GLBA, PCI, SOC 2, NIST CSF, CMMC. We do the implementation, the policy library, the evidence collection, and the audit support. Your auditor signs the audit. We make sure they can.
Compliance sits next to Cybersecurity and vCIO. Security is the controls, compliance is the documentation, vCIO is the board-ready posture.
Frameworks moved. Auditors got pickier. Most MSPs did not keep up.
If your compliance posture is a binder from 2019 and a few annual emails, you are exposed. These are the four shifts we run into every week.
The frameworks keep moving
FTC Safeguards expanded in 2024. PCI 4.0 deadlines hit in 2025. HIPAA Security Rule is being rewritten. CMMC Level 2 is being enforced for federal subs. “We did this in 2019” is no longer a defense.
Auditors want documentation, not vibes
“Trust us, we patch” does not pass an audit anymore. Auditors want written policies, named owners, evidence of execution, and a trail going back at least a year. The proof IS the deliverable.
Cyber insurance now asks the same questions
Beazley, Coalition, Travelers, Chubb. Every renewal questionnaire reads like a NIST CSF checklist. Self-attesting “yes” to questions you cannot prove is how claims get denied later.
Most MSPs check the box, not the framework
“Yes we have a firewall” is not a control. The framework asks how it is configured, who reviews the logs, when the rules were last tested, and where that evidence lives. That gap is what we close.
Four disciplines, every framework
Compliance is not a one-time project. It is a posture. Assessed, written, evidenced, defended. We run all four work streams on your behalf.
Gap Assessment
Where you are today vs. where the framework requires. Written report, prioritized remediation roadmap, scoped budget. You leave with the playbook whether you hire us to execute or not.
Policy & Procedure Library
Written policies, SOPs, and employee acknowledgments. Mapped to your framework, plain enough that your team will actually read them. Reviewed annually, updated when frameworks change.
Evidence Collection & Monitoring
Quarterly evidence snapshots: patch reports, access reviews, training completion, incident logs, backup verification. The audit trail your auditor and your insurer will both ask for.
Audit & Exam Support
When the auditor, examiner, or insurer calls. We sit in the room. Pre-audit prep, sample-pull responses, control walkthroughs, finding remediation. You are never improvising.
Eight frameworks. One compliance posture.
We cross-map controls so a single set of evidence often satisfies multiple frameworks. HIPAA + cyber insurance, SOC 2 + NIST CSF, PCI + WISP. One program, less duplicate work.
HIPAA
Security Rule risk analysis, Privacy Rule controls, Breach Notification Rule readiness, BAA management. Includes 2025 Security Rule update tracking.
GLBA & FTC Safeguards
Banks, credit unions, mortgage, CPAs, insurance, and any business handling consumer financial data. Includes the 2024 Safeguards expansion.
PCI-DSS 4.0
Card processing. Restaurants, retail, e-commerce, B2B card acceptance. SAQ alignment, ASV scan coordination, network segmentation review.
SOC 2 Type I & II
Readiness, gap remediation, evidence collection, auditor coordination. Common Criteria + the trust service criteria you opt into (Availability, Confidentiality, etc.).
NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Identify · Protect · Detect · Respond · Recover. The framework cyber insurance underwriters now use as their internal checklist. Great baseline for businesses without a specific regulator.
CMMC Level 2
Defense Industrial Base contractors handling CUI. 110 NIST SP 800-171 controls, gap assessment, remediation, CMMC C3PAO audit prep.
WISP
Written Information Security Program required by the FTC Safeguards Rule and the laws of 25+ states (NY SHIELD, MA 201, TX, CA, etc.). Maintained, not just written once.
Cyber-insurance attestations
Carrier questionnaires from Beazley, Coalition, Travelers, Chubb, AIG, Hartford. Renewal prep, defensible answers, evidence to back them up.
Your regulator. Your framework. Our playbook.
We do not write generic compliance programs. The playbook is shaped by the regulator who will actually read it.
From “we have a binder” to audit-ready in one quarter
No 12-month engagements just to get started. The first deliverable lands in week two.
Compliance discovery call
Which frameworks apply (often more than you think), what you have today, what triggered the conversation. A renewal, an audit finding, an enterprise prospect asking for SOC 2, a regulator exam. We leave with a draft scope, you leave with clarity.
Gap assessment + remediation roadmap
Written gap report against your applicable framework(s). Prioritized remediation roadmap with scoped budget and timeline. Identifies what is already a control vs. what needs to be built. Yours to keep. Even if you take it to another implementer.
Policy library + evidence cadence
Written policies live in your client portal. Quarterly evidence snapshots auto-collected. Annual policy review. Audit-time support when the questions come in. You stop dreading audit season.
Straight answers, no compliance theater
Are you a SOC 2 / HIPAA / PCI auditor?
No, and intentionally so. Auditors cannot also be implementers. It is a conflict of interest. We do the implementation, evidence collection, and audit support. Your independent auditor (we will recommend a few we work well with) signs the report. That separation is what makes the audit credible.
How is this different from your Cybersecurity service?
Cybersecurity is the technical controls. Endpoint protection, SOC monitoring, patch management, identity. Compliance is the documentation and posture. Written policies, mapped frameworks, collected evidence, audit support. Most clients need both. The Security Operations Stack on the Cybersecurity page generates a lot of the evidence the Compliance program collects.
We have cyber insurance. Is that compliance?
No, but they overlap heavily now. Cyber insurance carriers ask the same kinds of questions a NIST CSF auditor would. If you can answer your carrier’s renewal questionnaire honestly with documented evidence, you have already covered 70%+ of a NIST CSF baseline. We turn that overlap into one program instead of two.
An enterprise prospect is asking for SOC 2. How long until we have it?
Type I (point-in-time) is typically 3–6 months from kickoff. Type II (over a 6–12 month observation window) takes longer because the observation period itself takes the time. If a prospect is in a hurry, ask if they will accept a Type I report plus a Type II in flight. Most will. We have helped several Phoenix B2B SaaS companies do exactly that.
What if we get a regulator exam or audit finding mid-engagement?
That is exactly when audit-support time gets used. We have sat across the table from FFIEC examiners, HHS OCR investigators, and PCI QSAs. Goal #1 is no finding. Goal #2 is a finding with a documented, in-flight remediation plan attached, that is the difference between a slap and a fine.
Will you write policies we will actually use, or generic template junk?
Yours. Generic template policies are how organizations end up with a 200-page binder no one reads. Our policies map to your environment, your team, your specific technical controls. Short enough that an employee will finish them, specific enough that an auditor will accept them.
What does this cost?
Gap assessment is typically 5K to 15K depending on framework complexity (HIPAA on the low end, SOC 2 Type I or CMMC on the high end). Ongoing posture management runs 1,500 to 3,500 per month for a single framework. Multi-framework programs scope on the call. Inventive Prime clients get a 15% credit toward the gap-assessment fee.
Do you offer 1-year or 3-year contracts?
Yes. Both available, alongside month-to-month. Compliance posture is naturally a multi-year commitment (the evidence trail compounds), so most clients take the 3-year for locked-in pricing. None of our contracts use auto-renewal handcuffs. The client portal means your policies, evidence, and audit history are always yours.
One hour. Your frameworks. Your gap.
A free compliance discovery call with a senior engineer. You leave with which frameworks actually apply to you, what your gap looks like at a high level, and an honest “how long, how much” range. Yours to keep. Even if you hire someone else.
Phoenix-based · Compliance-aware (we do not claim certifications we do not hold) · 1-year and 3-year contracts available · Client portal included