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Compliance Readiness Assessment
Fixed-fee gap analysis against your target framework, classified into the three layers.
Best forAnyone who needs to know where they stand before spending another dollar.
Security & Compliance · PCI DSS · SOC 2 · NIST
Compliance fails on evidence, not security.
Most small businesses already have more of the technical controls PCI DSS, SOC 2, and NIST require than they realize — a firewall, some segmentation, a bit of logging. What they don't have is proof. When an auditor asks “show me your firewall was configured correctly in March, and who reviewed the logs,” the answer usually lives in someone's memory and a folder of screenshots.
Vectory's Security & Compliance practice closes that gap — with continuous evidence, not a one-time checklist.
The problem, plainly
Frameworks ask two different kinds of questions.
Q.01
Do you have the control?
A firewall, MFA, log retention, intrusion detection.
✓ Most businesses: yesQ.02
Can you prove it, over time, with a human accountable for it?
Who reviewed the logs in March, who approved that firewall change, who signed off on the risk assessment.
✗ Almost none — without a scrambleFig. 01 · Evidence activity over a compliance year
That scramble — not a missing control — is what fails assessments, slows deals, and makes cyber insurance more expensive than it should be.
How we think about it
Three layers, always visible.
We classify every control a framework requires into exactly one of three layers — and we show clients which layer they're in at all times. This is the backbone of how we work, and it's why we never tell a client they're “compliant.” That word belongs to the auditor.
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Device-verified
A tool enforces the control and generates evidence automatically.
Examples
- Network segmentation
- Log retention
- Intrusion detection
Who's responsible
The technology
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Device-assisted
The tool supplies evidence; a person completes a procedure and signs it.
Examples
- Quarterly log review
- Firewall change approval
Who's responsible
You, guided by us
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External
Policy, training, and organizational controls no device can touch.
Examples
- Risk assessments
- Security policy
- Vendor review
- Employee training
Who's responsible
You, with us
Nothing here is a magic “compliance in a box.” Frameworks include human and organizational work that no software automates — and we say so, out loud, every time. That's the point: assessors, insurers, and acquirers trust an evidence trail more when the vendor is honest about what's automated and what isn't.
What we do
From gap analysis to an evidence trail that never goes stale.
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Readiness assessment
We map your current controls against the framework you need — PCI DSS 4.0, SOC 2, or NIST CSF — and classify every gap into one of the three layers. You leave knowing exactly what's covered, what needs a procedure, and what needs a policy.
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Evidence build-out
For the device-verified and device-assisted layers, we stand up continuous evidence collection tied to the technology you already run (or help you select what's missing) — timestamped configuration history, monitoring summaries, and guided attestations with a named person signing off on each one.
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Policy and procedure library
For the external layer — the part no device can touch — we deliver the risk assessments, policies, training records, and vendor-review procedures your framework requires, written for your business, not boilerplate.
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Audit-ready binder
When it's time for an assessment, a renewal, or a due-diligence request, you export one package: the control matrix, the supporting evidence, the attestation history, and an honest gap summary of anything still open. No scramble.
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Ongoing attestation support
Compliance isn't a one-time project. We keep the quarterly reviews, change approvals, and policy updates on schedule so the evidence trail never goes stale.
How engagements work
Diagnose before we build. Progress visible the whole way.
We use the same shape as the rest of our consulting menu.
Engagement 02
Readiness + Build
The assessment, plus we close the gaps — evidence collection, attestation workflows, and the policy library.
Best forBusinesses with an audit, a deal, or an insurance renewal on the calendar.
Engagement 03
Compliance Retainer
Monthly support to keep attestations current, evidence flowing, and policies up to date as frameworks change.
Best forAnyone who's closed their gaps and wants to stay that way.
Pricing is scoped to your framework and business size and finalized in a proposal — ask us for current ranges.
Why this, and not a generic compliance tool
A lot of compliance software will tell you that you're “compliant.” We won't.
Neither will any tool we help you set up. That word belongs to your auditor or assessor, and protecting that line is exactly what makes assessors, insurers, and acquiring banks comfortable working with businesses we've touched. We'd rather show you your gaps than paper over them. A client who knows what's still open is a client who can actually close it — and who passes the audit for real, not on paper.
Next step
Ready to see where you stand?
A readiness assessment tells you, in writing, exactly what's covered, what needs a procedure, and what needs a policy — before an auditor, an insurer, or a customer's security questionnaire asks first.