Services

Three packages, prices published.

Fixed scope, written exclusions, and a price you can see before the first call. These are the three ways I work with startups.

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Security Review Response

From $3,000

Fixed fee per engagement. Further questionnaires for the same company cost less once the answer bank exists.

Book a 30-minute call

One customer questionnaire answered truthfully, plus an answer bank and a security overview you keep and reuse.

Who it is for
A startup with a questionnaire or security review open in a live deal, and no SOC 2 report.
Scope
  • One customer questionnaire.
  • A short review of your real controls, from read-only access and interviews.
What you get
  • The completed questionnaire, with truthful answers and compensating controls.
  • An answer bank you own and reuse.
  • A two-page security overview suitable for a trust page.
  • A subprocessor list.
  • A prioritized list of the gaps that will block the next review.
  • One call with your customer's security reviewer, if asked.
Not included
  • A SOC 2 audit or report.
  • A penetration test.
  • Remediation work.
  • Legal review of your customer's contract or data processing agreement.
  • Answers the evidence does not support.
/ 02

SOC 2 Enablement

From $8,000

Fixed fee, paid by milestone. Auditor and compliance platform fees are extra and paid by you directly.

Book a 30-minute call

Getting your company ready for SOC 2: scope, gap assessment, policies, control and evidence setup, choosing an auditor, and support through the audit.

I prepare your company for SOC 2. I do not audit, certify or attest. The audit is performed, and the report is issued, by an independent CPA firm that you choose, and no audit outcome is guaranteed.

I will recommend SOC 2 only when a deal or contract depends on it. Until then, a truthful questionnaire response is usually the cheaper answer.

Who it is for
A startup where a deal or contract now depends on a SOC 2 report.
Scope
  • The Security criterion only, unless your customer requires more.
  • One production environment on AWS, Azure or GCP.
What you get
  • Scope and system description.
  • Gap assessment.
  • A lean policy set that matches how your company actually operates.
  • Control configuration guidance in your compliance platform.
  • An evidence plan.
  • An auditor shortlist and introduction.
  • Support through the audit, up to the Type I report your auditor issues.
  • A plan for the Type II observation period.
Not included
  • The audit itself, the report and the auditor's fee. I am not a CPA firm and give no opinion.
  • The compliance platform subscription.
  • An independent manual penetration test. If your customer requires one, it is arranged with a third party at cost.
  • Engineering remediation beyond configuration guidance.
  • Any guarantee of the audit outcome.
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Fractional Security Lead

From $3,000 per month

Month to month, with 30 days' notice.

Book a 30-minute call

Someone to own security month to month: the roadmap, every incoming questionnaire, vendor and access reviews.

Who it is for
A startup past its first review that needs someone to own security month to month.
Scope
  • Owner of the security roadmap and risk register.
  • All incoming questionnaires, answered from the answer bank.
  • Vendor reviews.
  • Quarterly access reviews.
  • An annual incident response exercise.
  • Your side of each audit and its renewal. The audit itself stays with your independent auditor.
  • One investor or board update per quarter.
  • An AI use policy, and the AI section of customer reviews.
What you get
  • A monthly status report.
  • A maintained answer bank and trust page content.
  • A quarterly roadmap review.
  • Evidence kept current for the next audit.
Not included
  • Round-the-clock monitoring, or an on-call incident response service.
  • Staff-augmentation engineering.
  • Legal advice.
How it works

First call to handover,
in writing.

Every stage ends with a document in your hands.

The full process

  1. STEP 01

    A free 30-minute call.

    I find out what triggered this, the deadline, your stack and who decides. If I'm the wrong fit, I say so. You get a written recap the same day, with the package I recommend and its price.

  2. STEP 02

    A fixed scope and fee.

    A short intake, then a statement of work: deliverables, exclusions, milestones, and how your data and any AI tools are handled.

  3. STEP 03

    Delivery, then handover.

    Read-only access, a status note every week, and everything moved into your own storage at the end.

Get in touch

Deal waiting on a security review?

Book thirty minutes, or send me the questionnaire and I'll tell you what it will take.

Based
Pacific Northwest