01Practice
GRC consulting services built on working controls
Governance, risk and compliance consulting for organizations facing ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR, DPDP Act, SEBI CSCRF and customer assurance demands: gap assessment through audit readiness, with controls that actually reduce risk. The frameworks we work to are listed under compliance frameworks.
- Name
- GRC & Compliance
- Line
- 01 · Cybersecurity
- Type
- Practice, engaged on its own or within a program
01The problem
Checkbox compliance satisfies no one for long.
Frameworks exist because customers and regulators need evidence they can trust. But programs built as documentation exercises collapse under their own weight: policies nobody follows, risk registers nobody reads, evidence scrambled together the week before an audit.
The sustainable path is the honest one: implement controls that reduce real risk, then let certification follow from work you would defend anyway.
- Deals depend on it
- Enterprise procurement increasingly requires ISO 27001 or SOC 2 before contracts sign. Readiness is a revenue project, not a cost center.
- Regulation carries real obligations
- GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIS2, DORA, the DPDP Act and SEBI CSCRF attach specific duties and penalties to security and privacy failures. Structured compliance started early costs less than remediation under notice.
- Risk-first survives audits
- Programs anchored to genuine risk assessment produce consistent evidence year after year, and improve security along the way.
02Scope
What GRC consulting covers.
ISO 27001
Gap analysis against ISO 27001:2022, ISMS design and implementation, internal audit and certification preparation.
SOC 2
Type I and Type II readiness: Trust Services Criteria mapping, control implementation, evidence programs and auditor liaison.
PCI DSS
Cardholder data environment scoping, gap assessment and control implementation support ahead of assessment by a qualified assessor.
GDPR & Privacy Regulation
Readiness for GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and comparable privacy laws: data mapping, lawful basis, notices, processor contracts and breach processes.
NIS2 & DORA
Readiness assessment against EU NIS2 and DORA requirements: risk management measures, incident reporting and third-party oversight.
DPDP Act
Readiness for the Digital Personal Data Protection Act: data mapping, consent and notice, breach processes and data protection officer support.
SEBI CSCRF
Readiness for the Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framework for SEBI-regulated entities: control implementation and audit support.
Cybersecurity Risk Assessment
Structured, business-anchored risk assessment with treatment plans leadership can act on.
Gap Assessment
Honest current-state measurement against your target framework, with a sequenced remediation roadmap.
ISMS Development
A management system sized to your organization: governance, metrics and review cycles that survive real operations.
Security Policies & Documentation
Policies and standards written to be followed: short, specific and mapped to how your teams work.
Vendor & Third-Party Risk
Vendor assessment programs, questionnaires, contract security review and ongoing monitoring.
Security Governance
Roles, committees, metrics and board reporting that give security decisions an owner and a forum.
Audit & Compliance Readiness
Evidence collection programs and pre-audit reviews so external audits hold no surprises.
Control Implementation
Hands-on implementation of technical and process controls. We write the requirements and help you meet them.
Regional Frameworks
Readiness and advisory across US (NIST, HIPAA, CMMC), GCC (NCA ECC, SAMA CSF, UAE PDPL, Dubai ISR) and APAC (MAS TRM, Essential Eight) requirements.
03Approach
How a GRC consulting engagement runs.
Cross-framework control mapping lets one control set serve several frameworks. The same method informs the design of [GRC](/products/grc), which is in development.
Scope & context
Define what the program must achieve: which frameworks, which business drivers, which systems in scope.
Assess
Gap analysis and risk assessment against the target framework. Honest findings, no inflated maturity scores.
Design
Control set, policy framework and ISMS structure proportionate to your size and risk.
Implement
Controls deployed with your teams, with documentation and evidence generation built into normal operations. Technical controls can be built by our cloud and IT teams.
Verify
Internal audit and readiness review before the external auditor arrives.
Sustain
Management review cycles, metrics and continual improvement so year two is easier than year one.
04Deliverables
GRC consulting deliverables.
- Gap assessment with prioritized remediation roadmap
- Risk register and treatment plans
- Policy and procedure framework
- Control implementation evidence and audit trail
- Internal audit report and management review pack
- Certification-audit support and findings response
When this work fits
- SaaS companies whose enterprise deals require SOC 2 or ISO 27001
- Organizations processing personal data under GDPR, HIPAA, the DPDP Act or similar law
- Regulated financial entities addressing DORA, PCI DSS, SEBI CSCRF or comparable obligations
- Companies formalizing security governance for the first time
05Questions
GRC consulting: questions we are asked
Typically three to nine months depending on current maturity and scope. A gap assessment at the start gives you a realistic, sequenced timeline. We will not promise certification dates we cannot defend.
No, and that is by design. Certification audits must be independent. We prepare you, implement controls and support you through the audit conducted by an accredited certification body or CPA firm.
Yes. Programs are sized to reality: lean control sets, automation where it helps and evidence generation embedded in existing workflows rather than parallel bureaucracy.
Yes. Findings remediation runs as a defined closure plan, and is often faster than an original implementation because the gaps are already named.
We support readiness and advisory across US requirements (SOC 2, NIST, HIPAA, CMMC readiness), EU regulation (GDPR, NIS2, DORA), GCC frameworks (NCA ECC, SAMA CSF, UAE PDPL, Dubai ISR), APAC regimes (MAS TRM, Essential Eight, APRA CPS 234) and Indian regulation (DPDP Act, SEBI CSCRF, RBI, CERT-In). Applicability varies by country, sector and regulator, so we scope against your actual obligations.
Follow your customers. SOC 2 is asked for mainly by North American buyers, and ISO 27001 is recognized more widely across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The control requirements overlap heavily, so the second costs far less than the first if both are planned from the start. Our guide to running ISO 27001 and SOC 2 from one control set explains how.
An information security management system: the set of policies, risk assessments, controls, responsibilities and review cycles through which an organization manages security. ISO 27001 certifies the management system, not individual products or servers. In practice it means risks are assessed on a schedule, controls have owners, exceptions are recorded and management reviews the results.
A control-by-control comparison of current practice with the chosen framework, showing what is in place, what is partial and what is missing. Each gap carries the evidence reviewed, the effort to close it and a suggested owner. The output is a sequenced plan, so leadership can see cost and timing before committing to an audit date.
It needs to. Surveillance audits and SOC 2 Type II periods test whether controls operated throughout the year. Ongoing work includes risk reviews, internal audit, evidence collection, policy updates and vendor assessments. We run this as a recurring service or alongside your compliance lead. Our GRC product, in development, is being built to keep that evidence current.
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