Security and compliance, done properly.
Most firms do security, or compliance, or AI governance. We bring all three together: real security, the certifications your customers ask for, and AI you can stand behind, in one program built around your business.
- ISO 27001
- SOC 2
- ISO 42001
- HIPAA
- GDPR
- ISO 9001
- Vanta partner in APAC
- #1
- Clients
- 200+
- Certification success rate to date
- 100%
- Years of security experience
- 20+
Our approach
Fast, and built for your business.
Most companies are offered a choice: quick and generic, or tailored and slow. Either way, keeping the program running costs engineers four or more hours a week. We don’t make you choose.
The usual choice
The fast path
Switch on a platform, accept the default controls, fill in template policies.
Quick, but cracks at the first surveillance audit or serious customer review
The careful path
A traditional consultancy builds everything bespoke, one document at a time.
Fits your business, but takes months while your team waits
With Cyber Ally
Fast and contextualised
Built from your real environment, team and risk profile, at the pace your customers need.
Quick, and it holds up at every audit and customer review that follows
Bar length shows time taken. The fast path is quick but brittle, the careful path is tailored but slow, and Cyber Ally is both quick and tailored.
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Senior judgement, from day one
Scoping, risk and control decisions made by experienced practitioners who get them right the first time.
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We carry the documentation
Policies, risk register, Statement of Applicability and audit pack are our job. During onboarding your team gives 2 to 4 hours a week to decisions and approvals.
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We keep it running
After certification we take on the ongoing maintenance, so your engineers get their time back.
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The platform does what platforms do best
Vanta handles automated evidence and monitoring. We supply the context it cannot.
- Certification success rate. Zero audit failures to date.
- 100%
- A week of ongoing maintenance taken off your engineers.
- 4+ hrs
- A program your team understands and can run, not one that cracks at the first surveillance audit.
- Built to last
Trusted by fast-growing teams around the world
Why it matters
Platforms automate the evidence. They can’t supply the judgement.
A compliance platform done well accelerates certification and builds enterprise trust. The difference almost always comes down to how the foundations are set.
Scope gaps from day one
Undefined scope means more work than you need, or gaps you only discover at audit time.
Controls without context
Default controls create friction with the teams expected to follow them, and they do not survive auditor scrutiny.
Policies from templates
Template policies that have not been tailored to your business do not hold up when it matters.
Getting it right from the start is not just cleaner. It is significantly faster.
What we do
Everything you need to get certified and stay secure.
Senior practitioners across governance, risk, compliance, privacy, security architecture and penetration testing.
Virtual CISO
An experienced CISO on retainer who owns your governance, risk and compliance program and scales with you.
Learn moreAI governance
ISO 42001 certification, AI risk assessments and guardrails for AI agents, from a team that has done it before.
Learn moreCompliance & certification
A structured path to ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and ISO 9001 certification, a clean SOC 2 report, and HIPAA and GDPR compliance.
Learn moreSecurity questionnaires
Get through customer security reviews faster, with accurate answers and the evidence to back them up.
Learn moreInternal audit
An independent, structured assessment of your readiness, with corrective actions closed before the external auditor arrives.
Learn morePenetration testing
Web, API, network, cloud, mobile and AI application testing, reported in a way engineers can act on and auditors accept.
Learn moreCyber Gym
A four-week, expert-led vCISO program that sets your compliance foundations properly from day one.
Learn moreNot sure where to start?
Tell us what your customers are asking for. We will recommend the fastest sensible path, even if it is not with us.
AI governance
Your vCISO for the agentic era.
AI agents now read your data, call your systems and act on your behalf. Your customers and auditors want to know that is governed. We have taken multiple clients through ISO 42001 certification, and we use AI across our own practice.
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ISO 42001 certification
An AI management system built around how you actually use AI, taken through the certification audit.
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Guardrails for AI agents
What your agents can access, what they can do alone, and where a human signs off.
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AI risk and impact assessments
Each AI system assessed for the data it touches, what could go wrong and who it affects.
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Answers for enterprise buyers
Evidence-backed answers to the AI questions in security reviews and due diligence.
The Cyber Gym
Vanta is the gym. We’re your personal trainer.
A four-week, expert-led vCISO program that sets your compliance foundations properly from day one.
- Duration
- 4 weeks
- Sessions
- 1 a week
- Your time
- 2–4 hrs
Week 1
Foundation
Define scope, connect your environment and set a proper baseline.
Week 2
Governance
Roles, policies and decision structures that make everything else work.
Week 3
Prescribed focus
We go deep on the area that matters most for your risk profile.
Trainer prescribesWeek 4
Readiness review
Attack surface review, readiness assessment and certification roadmap.
How we work
A clear path from first conversation to certificate.
We carry the documentation: policies, procedures, the risk register and the audit pack. You bring decisions, access and evidence. Everyone knows who does what, and when.
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Design
Scope, policies, risk assessment and a Statement of Applicability built around your business.
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Implement
Controls operating and evidence flowing, with hands-on guidance for your engineers.
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Validate
An independent internal audit and management review, with corrective actions closed.
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Certify & maintain
We stand beside you through the external audit and every surveillance cycle after it.
Frameworks
The standards your customers ask for.
One security program, mapped to every framework you need. Build it once, use it everywhere.
ISO 27001
CertificationThe international standard for information security management. The certificate global enterprise buyers ask for first.
ISO 27001 guideISO 42001
CertificationThe international standard for AI management. Proof that the AI you build, buy and deploy is governed responsibly.
ISO 42001 guideSOC 2
AttestationThe AICPA attestation North American customers expect from service providers that store or process their data.
SOC 2 guideHIPAA
RegulationThe US law protecting health information. Essential for health technology companies serving US providers and payers.
HIPAA guideGDPR
RegulationThe EU’s data protection law. It reaches businesses anywhere in the world that offer services to, or monitor, people in the EU.
GDPR guideISO 9001
CertificationThe international standard for quality management. Often combined with ISO 27001 in a single integrated program.
ISO 9001 guideWho we work with
Built for businesses that are scaling fast, wherever they are.
We work best with founders, CTOs and operations leaders who want to do compliance properly, build capability inside their team, and use certification to win bigger customers.
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SaaS and cloud platforms
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Health technology
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AI and data companies
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Fintech and digital commerce
Insights
Practical guidance from the field.
ISO 42001 or ISO 27001? What AI companies should do first
Enterprise buyers now ask how your AI is governed, not just how your data is secured. How ISO 42001 and ISO 27001 fit together, and which to start with.
Vulnerability scan, pen test, red team or continuous testing: which do you need?
Security testing is sold under many names, and buying the wrong one is common. A plain guide to what each type of test does, what it costs you, and which one your auditors and customers actually expect.
How to get through enterprise security questionnaires without stalling the deal
The security review is where many enterprise deals slow down. A practical guide to answering questionnaires accurately, quickly and in a way you can reuse.
Let’s get your compliance program right.
Tell us where you are and where you need to be. We will spend 30 minutes understanding your situation and give you an honest view of the fastest sensible path.