Compliance & Governance
ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI DSS readiness
Gap analysis through internal audit readiness — then certification support.
We take you from control-by-control gap analysis to certification readiness across ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, and India DPDP — policies, risk register, evidence automation, and a full internal audit dry-run before the certifier arrives.
- Madhapur, Ayyappa Society, Hyderabad
- Manual finding validation
- Free critical/high retest
- View sample reports
- OSCP
- CEH
- CISSP
- CISA
What Compliance covers
Compliance readiness is a structured program that closes the distance between where your controls are today and where your target framework demands them to be. We start with a control-by-control gap analysis, then build your ISMS: policies, risk register, asset inventory, access reviews, training and evidence automation. The result is certification achieved efficiently — and a security program that outlives the audit and keeps earning its keep.
When teams engage us
Enterprise deals stall without SOC 2. Fines accumulate without GDPR. Insurers reject claims without ISO 27001. But the real value is operational: organizations with mature controls suffer materially fewer breaches. Our GRC consultants have sat on both sides — implementing controls and auditing them — so you build evidence once and reuse it across every framework that matters, with automation doing the heavy lifting.
One audit, many frameworks
Cross-walked controls satisfy ISO 27001, SOC 2 and PCI DSS simultaneously — build evidence once.
Auditor-experienced team
Consultants who know exactly what auditors request and how they think.
Evidence automation
Continuous control monitoring that replaces screenshot-chasing before every audit.
Deal acceleration
Security questionnaires answered from your trust center — sales cycles shrink by weeks.
Build controls once. Reuse evidence across frameworks.
We cross-walk ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI DSS so you do not rebuild the same evidence three times. Gap analysis, risk treatment, policy design, and a rehearsal internal audit come before any certification booking.
From gap report to certification prep.
Five phases · 8–14 weeks typical · program-based · each phase ends with named outputs you can hold us to.
ISO 27001:2022 · SOC 2 · PCI DSS v4.0 · GDPR · NIST CSF
Gap assessment
Control-by-control review against your target framework with maturity scoring per domain. You learn exactly where you stand — and what the shortest honest path to readiness looks like.
- Gap report with maturity scores
- Scope definition
- Readiness timeline
Risk assessment & treatment
Build the asset register and risk methodology, assess risks with your team, and agree treatments — mitigate, accept, transfer — with owners and dates.
- Asset inventory
- Risk register
- Treatment plan
Policy & control design
Policies, procedures and technical controls built with your team — not dropped on them — plus the Statement of Applicability and evidence automation.
- Policy suite
- Statement of Applicability
- Evidence collection setup
Implementation support
We work alongside your owners as controls go live: access reviews, awareness training, vendor management and continuity plans, unblocking wherever implementation stalls.
- Training records
- Control operation evidence
- Vendor review register
Internal audit & certification prep
A full dry-run audit replicating the certifier's approach, corrective actions closed, management review completed — then auditor liaison through certification.
- Internal audit report
- Corrective action log
- Certification-readiness attestation
What we test and harden
Flaw classes and disciplines we prioritize on every compliance engagement.
ISMS scope & context
Boundaries that match how the business actually runs, so the certificate covers what customers and auditors expect.
Asset & risk register
A living inventory and risk methodology — the foundation every other control references.
Access control
Joiner-mover-leaver processes, least privilege, privileged access review and authentication policy.
Operations security
Change management, capacity, malware protection, logging and vulnerability management made operational, not theoretical.
Supplier security
Vendor assessment, contract clauses and monitoring proportionate to the data each supplier touches.
Continuity & resilience
Business-impact analysis, continuity plans and backup/recovery expectations that survive scrutiny.
Awareness & competence
Role-based security awareness with records — auditors test culture, not slide decks.
Monitoring & improvement
Metrics, internal audit cadence, management review and corrective-action loops that keep the ISMS alive.
Tools we use on this work
What you receive
Named artifacts you can open, share with auditors, and hand to engineering — not vague promises.
Gap assessment report
Domain-by-domain maturity scores with a realistic, dated path to readiness.
Risk register & treatment plan
Risks assessed with your team, treatments owned and scheduled — the document auditors read first.
Policy & ISMS suite
Policies, procedures and records tailored to your operations, cross-walked across every framework you need.
Statement of Applicability
Annex A control decisions with justification — built to withstand certifier questioning.
Internal audit report
A full rehearsal audit with findings and corrective actions, closed before the real one.
Certification-readiness attestation
Our signed assessment of when you are ready — honest, dated and specific.
What we typically confirm
Flaw classes we most often validate on this engagement type — so scope conversations stay realistic.
Access reviews never performed — leavers retain access months after departure
Risk register maintained once for the audit, then abandoned
Policies copied from templates that describe a different company
Suppliers onboarded without security review or contractual clauses
Asset inventory incomplete — unknown devices, shadow SaaS and orphaned systems
Backup restore and continuity plans untested since they were written
Awareness training delivered without records or role-specific content
Internal audit skipped or performed by the people being audited
What we need from you
A short checklist so kickoff is not delayed. Most items take under an hour — and everything shared is covered by NDA from the first call.
An executive sponsor with authority to assign control owners
Named owners for each domain willing to attend working sessions
Access to current policies, contracts and HR/onboarding processes
Read-only visibility into identity, MDM and HR systems for evidence
Commitment of roughly 4–6 hours per week per control owner during implementation
Agreement on target frameworks and certification timeline up front
Compliance FAQ
With committed internal effort, 3–5 months from gap analysis to Stage 2 audit for most organizations under 500 employees. Automation platforms can compress this; complex multi-entity groups take longer. We give a realistic timeline after the gap analysis.
Services often paired with this
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Fractional CISO 2–3 days/week — roadmap, board packs, vendor risk, incident command.
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Madhapur · +91 73373 81478 · security@cynarks.com