Security reviews that keep pace
Customer questionnaires become a routine step in the sales cycle, answered from a documented program.
Governance, Risk & Compliance Consulting
Audit-ready. Contract-ready.
Board-ready.
Senior practitioners build security and compliance programs that satisfy auditors, customers, and regulators. We map controls once, reuse evidence across frameworks, and leave your team with a program it can run.
- 15 years in security, risk & compliance
- CISSP · C-CISO · CISM · CISA
- PCI QSA · CMMC RP
- Experience leading security for defense and public-sector organizations
- Hands-on ISO 27001 implementation experience
The Practice
Senior judgment. Boardroom-ready advice.
Map once. Prove across many.
NIST CSF 2.0NIST SP 800-53NIST SP 800-171CMMCISO/IEC 27001ISO/IEC 42001SOC 2PCI DSS v4.0.1HIPAAHITRUSTISO 22301GDPRCCPA/CPRADORANIS2SOX28 C.F.R. Part 202
The Method
One set of controls, reused across every framework you answer to.
Audit-ready
Evidence organized
Contract-ready
Requirements met
Board-ready
Risk made clear
Team-ready
Program you can run
01 — Sound familiar?
Most organizations call us at one of these moments.
Each one has a clear path forward. Here is what that looks like.
Security reviews are slowing your deals
Enterprise buyers send long questionnaires and ask for proof that is not documented yet. Sales cycles stretch while your team pieces answers together.
What we do
A documented program and a reusable answer set, so reviews move at the pace of the deal.
CMMC is showing up in your DoD contracts
Primes and contracting officers expect NIST SP 800-171 controls in place and an assessment on the horizon. It is hard to tell where you stand.
What we do
A clear gap picture, a prioritized plan, and an organization prepared to meet the assessment with confidence.
An audit is on the calendar
A SOC 2, ISO 27001, or PCI DSS date is set. Controls, policies, and evidence are spread across teams.
What we do
Controls and evidence organized into an audit-ready program, with support through fieldwork.
Your board wants a clear picture of cyber risk
Directors and investors are asking where the risk sits and what is being done about it. Technical reports do not answer that question.
What we do
A plain-English risk view with clear priorities and the decisions leadership needs to make.
No one owns security full time
Security work falls to IT or operations, alongside everything else. Strategy, roadmap, and the conversation with leadership have no owner.
What we do
Senior vCISO leadership that sets direction, runs the program, and builds your internal capability.
Facing one of these now?
Tell us the requirement and the deadline. A senior practitioner will reply with a practical next step.
02 — Outcomes
What changes when the program is right.
Audits you walk into prepared
Controls in place, evidence organized, and control owners who know their part.
One effort, many frameworks
One control set and one body of evidence support every framework you answer to.
Decisions leadership can make
Risks, priorities, and tradeoffs presented in plain business terms.
Have a deadline? Let's start there.
Tell us what is due and when, and we will map a practical path to get there.
Sectors we serve
Methods tuned to the regulatory, operational, and security obligations of each sector.
Financial ServicesHealthcare & Life SciencesDefense Industrial BaseGovernment & Public SectorTechnology & SaaSRetail & E-CommerceHospitalityHigher EducationRegulated Manufacturing
03 — Consulting
Senior advice across security, risk, and compliance.
A full program build, a focused assessment, a readiness push before an audit, or steady leadership over time. Each engagement is scoped to the outcome you need.
GRC Strategy & Risk Management
A governance and risk direction that fits your business, with structured risk assessments based on NIST SP 800-30 and ISO/IEC 27005.
Learn moreCompliance Programs & Audit Readiness
One control set mapped across your frameworks, organized evidence, and coached control owners before your auditor or assessor arrives.
Learn morePrivacy & Data Protection
Privacy programs matched to real data flows, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and the DOJ Data Security Rule.
Learn morevCISO & Fractional CISO
Senior security leadership on a retainer, ready when you need it.
Learn moreBusiness Continuity & Resilience
Business impact analysis with RTO/RPO, BC/DR strategies and plans, and tabletop exercises with after-action reports.
Learn moreThird-Party Risk Management
Lifecycle TPRM programs: supplier tiering, onboarding due diligence, contract requirements, ongoing monitoring, and secure offboarding.
Learn morePCI DSS Readiness
Gap assessments, scoping and segmentation review, SAQ support, ROC preparation support, and ongoing compliance, led by PCI QSA-credentialed practitioners.
Learn moreCMMC / NIST SP 800-171
Scoping, gap assessment, SSP and POA&M development, and remediation planning for the defense industrial base.
Learn moreAI Governance
Governance for how you build, buy, and use AI, based on ISO/IEC 42001 and the NIST AI RMF.
Learn more04 — Education
Programs last when people understand them.
Practical training for security, compliance, and leadership teams, built around the standards your program actually uses and delivered by practitioners who do this work every day.
Framework walkthroughs
Clear, practical tours of the standards your program runs on, from NIST CSF and ISO 27001 to CMMC and PCI DSS.
Audit-readiness workshops
Hands-on sessions that prepare teams for what auditors and assessors ask for, and why.
Control-owner training
Your people learn what their controls do, what good evidence looks like, and how to keep it current.
Executive briefings
Focused sessions that give leaders and boards the context to make confident cyber risk decisions.
The academy
Field-Tested GRC
Practitioner-led GRC education for people building GRC careers and skills. Built on the same field-tested methods we bring to consulting engagements, and taught the way the work is actually done.
For analysts moving into governance, risk, and compliance, engineers adding GRC to their toolkit, and practitioners sharpening their craft.
Visit the Field-Tested GRC academy(opens in a new tab)05 — Why Trustalis
Senior judgment, built to last.
Senior practitioners do the work
The people who scope your engagement are the people who deliver it. Our practitioners hold CISSP, C-CISO, CISM, CISA, PCI QSA, and CMMC RP credentials and bring 15 years of experience, including leading security for defense and public-sector organizations.
Map once, prove across many
One unified control set connected to every framework you answer to. Evidence collected once supports SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, NIST SP 800-171, HIPAA, and more.
Programs your team can run
Your people learn the program as it is built, with clear roles, routines, and documentation they can maintain long after the engagement.
Plain-English advice for leaders
Frameworks and findings translated into business terms. Executives get clear options, clear tradeoffs, and a clear recommendation.
Credentials held by our practitioners
CISSPC-CISOCISMCISAPCI QSACMMC RP
Backed by an MBA in IT Management, a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity, and 15 years of experience that includes leading security for defense and public-sector organizations and extensive hands-on ISO 27001 implementation.
About Trustalis06 — How it works
Three steps from question to program.
01
Talk
A short call to understand your requirement, your deadline, and what is already in place.
02
Plan
We scope the work in writing, map your gaps, and agree on a prioritized roadmap.
03
Build
We work alongside your team and prepare you for the audit, assessment, or review ahead.
07 — Engagement Models
Three ways to work together.
We recommend the right fit after the first conversation.
Model 1
Fixed-scope assessment
A defined assessment with a clear deliverable and timeline. Know exactly where you stand before you commit.
Model 2
Program build
A multi-phase engagement to design and stand up a security, privacy, or compliance program your team can operate.
Model 3
Retained advisory / vCISO
Ongoing senior leadership on a monthly retainer, with scope and hours agreed up front.
08 — Questions
Answers before you ask.
Can you get us certified?+
We prepare you for certification and work alongside the auditor or assessor you choose. You walk into the assessment with controls in place, evidence organized, and a team that knows the program. Certificates, PCI DSS Reports on Compliance, and CMMC certification assessments come from the accredited bodies authorized to issue them.
Which frameworks do you cover?+
SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001 and 42001, ISO 22301, PCI DSS, CMMC and NIST SP 800-171, NIST SP 800-53, SP 800-34, and CSF 2.0, HIPAA and HITRUST, the NIST AI RMF, GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, SOX, DORA, NIS2, and the DOJ Data Security Rule, among others. We map them to one control set so your effort carries across all of them.
Who actually does the work?+
Senior, credentialed practitioners. The people who scope your engagement deliver it.
Will this fit the systems and processes we already use?+
Yes. We build around your current environment, tools, and meeting rhythms, and recommend changes only where they serve the program.
How do engagements start?+
With a short conversation about what you need and by when. We then recommend the right fit: a fixed-scope assessment, a program build, or retained advisory. Every engagement is scoped and priced in writing before work begins.
Trustalis provides advisory, readiness, and assessment services and works alongside your auditor or assessor of choice. Certifications and attestations are issued by accredited bodies: PCI DSS Reports on Compliance by PCI SSC-approved QSA companies, and CMMC certification assessments by authorized C3PAOs.
Build a program that holds up under scrutiny.
Talk with a senior practitioner about your audit, contract, or board requirement.