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Get ready for SOC 2, HIPAA, NIS 2, and CMMC through one coordinated readiness effort. 

One delivery methodology adapts to every framework we support. Pick the one you know you need — or pick two. We'll tell you where they overlap so you don't pay for the same control twice. And, we’ll help you answer the questions that your customers, regulators and board members are asking.

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SOC 2 (AICPA Trust Services Criteria)
HIPAA (U.S. Healthcare)
NIS 2 (EU Directive)
CMMC (DoD Supply Chain)

Why audit readiness breaks down before the audit.

If any of the below items sound familiar, you're not behind. You're normal. Every mid-market security team we meet is wrestling with some version of these six problems. None of these get fixed by a platform or SaaS purchase. They get fixed by people who've operated programs through real audits.

  
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Framework Overload
Multiple frameworks with overlapping controls leave the team without a single source of truth. The same question gets answered five different ways for five different auditors.
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Evidence Chaos
Screenshots buried in email. Controls without owners. No reliable audit trail. Evidence gets chased before an audit instead of being produced as a byproduct of work.
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Audit-Season Fire Drills
Teams stop real work for weeks to chase artifacts and rehearse walkthroughs. Roadmaps slip, people burn out, and the same cycle repeats every year.
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Control Owner Gaps
Controls are documented on paper, but no one is actually accountable for operating them. Named owners have often left the company — or point at a team instead of a specific person.
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Noise vs. Real Risk
Programs get built to pass checklists rather than reduce real business risk. Low-value controls consume cycles while material risks stay under-invested.
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Scaling Across Entities
Global footprints, new products, and M&A activity strain a single-framework program. What worked for one entity breaks when scope, geography, or regulation expands.

Cybersecurity felt like an overwhelming undertaking for a company of our size, but Reveal Risk took the guesswork out of what to implement. As a resource, Reveal Risk has exceeded our expectations and we won’t hesitate to include them in our future data security projects.

 

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One delivery methodology — applied consistently across every framework we support.

The framework changes. The methodology doesn't. Five phases, transparent progress, no surprises in week ten. 

 

1. Understand & Assess
2. Define Gaps & Remediation
3. Build & Remediate
4. Operationalize & Communicate
5. Manage & Audit Preparation
Align stakeholders, scope, and evidence around what compliance requires

Connect with cyber, IT, GRC, and business stakeholders. Scope entities, systems, and data flows. Assess current state of controls, evidence, and documentation against the framework. Align on vision, timeline, and immediate next steps.

Prioritize the gaps that create the greatest risk and audit exposure

Map findings to required controls and framework clauses. Prioritize gaps by risk exposure and audit impact. Build a remediation plan with named owners and realistic timelines. Sequence quick wins early; scope heavier lifts honestly.

Implement practical controls that fit your environment and operating model

Close control, process, and documentation gaps. Draft policies, standards, and procedures. Implement or configure technical controls. Embed changes into existing tools and workflows so controls stick.

Create ownership, governance, and reporting that keep controls working

Stand up governance, RACI, and SOPs so controls run between audits. Train control owners on their responsibilities. Define KPIs and reporting cadence. Shift the program from project mode to steady-state operations.

Maintain readiness before, during, and after the audit cycle

Run ongoing program management and continuous improvement. Coordinate audit preparation — evidence collection, auditor interface, issue resolution. Keep the program ready at all times instead of scrambling during exam season.

1. Understand & Assess
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Align stakeholders, scope, and evidence around what compliance requires

Connect with cyber, IT, GRC, and business stakeholders. Scope entities, systems, and data flows. Assess current state of controls, evidence, and documentation against the framework. Align on vision, timeline, and immediate next steps.

2. Define Gaps & Remediation
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3. Build & Remediate
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4. Operationalize & Communicate
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5. Manage & Audit Preparation
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Why mid-market teams pick Reveal Risk over their auditor, their GRC vendor, or a Big-4 advisory team.

We get you ready. We're not your auditor.
Practitioners, not playbook readers.
One effort. Multiple certifications.
Close gaps and build the evidence story before the auditor asks

There's a reason auditors can't tell you how to pass their own audit — independence rules forbid it. We sit on the other side of the table. We close the gaps, build the evidence story, train the control owners, and walk you through what your auditor is going to ask before they ask it. When the audit starts, we help your team coordinate directly with your SOC firm, or HIPAA assessor.

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Get recommendations shaped by real audits, real budgets, and real operating constraints

Every Reveal Risk senior consultant on your engagement has spent 10+ years building, operating, and defending compliance programs inside real companies — through real audits, on real budgets, with real staffing constraints. We've owned NIS 2, CMMC, SOC 2, and HIPAA programs as employees, not just as advisors. That's why our recommendations pass auditor scrutiny without being so expensive they get ignored.

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Map once, evidence once, and operate one program across multiple frameworks

Most mid-market teams aren't chasing one framework — they're chasing two or three. We use a single delivery methodology and a cross-framework control map so a SOC 2 control also satisfies NIST CSF 2.0, NIS2, or CMMC where they overlap.  

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We get you ready. We’re not your auditor.
Close gaps and build the evidence story before the auditor asks

There's a reason auditors can't tell you how to pass their own audit — independence rules forbid it. We sit on the other side of the table. We close the gaps, build the evidence story, train the control owners, and walk you through what your auditor is going to ask before they ask it. When the audit starts, we help your team coordinate directly with your SOC firm, or HIPAA assessor.

Mapping to Practitioners, not playbook readers.
One effort. Multiple certifications.
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Stop fire-drilling for audit season. Start with a readiness assessment.

30 minutes with a Reveal Risk director. No deck. We’ll identify what’s missing, what it takes to close it, and whether we’re the right team to help. 

What you walk away with before the audit starts.

A readiness engagement should leave your team with more than recommendations. You need the documentation, control ownership, evidence structure, and audit support to move from preparation to execution. Here’s the actual list of artifacts and outcomes you own at the end of a readiness engagement.

 

Documentation that survives the audit

  • Scoped, framework-mapped control list
  • Policies, standards, and procedures drafted or updated
  • System Security Plan and POA&M for CMMC, or equivalent control documentation for other frameworks
  • Evidence library organized by control with named owners
  • Risk register prioritized by business impact, not activity counts
 

A program that runs between audits

  • Documented governance structure and RACI across business, legal, risk, IT, and executive teams
  • Charters, meeting cadences, and policy governance
  • Trained control owners with operating instructions for each control
  • KPIs and reporting cadence aligned to leadership decision-making
 

Audit execution support

  • Pre-audit walkthrough rehearsals
  • Auditor coordination with your C3PAO, SOC firm, or HIPAA assessor
  • Evidence packaging and submission support
  • Real-time issue resolution during the audit window
  • Weekly status reporting, risk register updates, and a running decision log


Instead of asking employees to choose between speed and security, we help you design systems where they no longer have to.

Compliance Readiness FAQs.

The questions CISOs ask before they book the call.

What happens on the first compliance readiness call?
Are you a compliance readiness consultant or the auditor?
How is compliance readiness different from buying another GRC platform?
Can one compliance readiness engagement support SOC 2 and HIPAA?
How long does a compliance readiness engagement take?
What if our compliance controls are documented but nobody actually owns them?
Who actually does the compliance readiness work — senior people or junior consultants?
What happens after the compliance audit or readiness assessment is complete?
How is compliance readiness consulting priced?

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