Compliance Readiness
Achieving and maintaining compliance with industry regulations is critical to protecting your organization from risks, fines, and reputational damage. It’s also an important way of demonstrating trust to your customers.
Whether you’re preparing for your first audit or ensuring ongoing adherence to complex regulatory frameworks like PCI-DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, or SOC 2, Sidekick Security can equip your organization with the people, process, and technologies needed to meet regulatory requirements. We provide a tailored approach to compliance, ensuring your business is prepared, secure, and aligned with your industry’s evolving standards.
How To Engage
At Sidekick Security, we understand that every organization’s compliance needs are unique. That’s why we offer two flexible engagement models to ensure that your compliance readiness program aligns with your goals, whether you’re looking for a one-time assessment or long-term support.
Project-Based
For organizations preparing for a specific compliance audit or certification, Sidekick Security offers targeted, one-time compliance readiness support such as gap assessments and risk assessments.
Our experts help assess your current compliance posture, identify gaps, and provide remediation guidance to ensure you meet regulatory standards. We specialize in key compliance activities such as gap analysis, control testing, and pre-audit preparation to help you navigate the complexities of certification processes like NIST CSF, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, or HIPAA.
Project-Based
Ideal for: Organizations looking for targeted compliance readiness support to prepare for an upcoming audit or certification.
What you get: A one-time compliance readiness service that includes a gap analysis, remediation plan, and pre-audit preparation with expert guidance on meeting regulatory requirements.
Continuous Compliance and Maturity Development
For organizations seeking continuous oversight of their compliance efforts and a partner in the external audit process, Sidekick Security offers long-term program management services.
Our team helps you build, maintain, and scale a compliance program that evolves with your organization. From regular assessments and control testing to policy updates and recurring audit support, we ensure your compliance program remains aligned with changing regulations and business needs.
Continuous Compliance and Maturity Development
Ideal for: Organizations looking for ongoing compliance program development and management to ensure long-term adherence to regulatory standards.
What you get: Continuous support that includes ongoing risk assessments, control testing, compliance updates, and regular reporting to help maintain compliance and respond to evolving regulations.
Proactive Compliance
With Sidekick Security’s proactive compliance approach, your organization doesn’t just react to regulatory demands — you stay ahead of them.
We continuously monitor evolving regulations and standards, ensuring your compliance program adapts to changes before they impact your business. This proactive approach means fewer surprises during audits, minimized risk of non-compliance penalties, and enhanced operational efficiency. It also means compliance is seamlessly integrated into your business operations, not just a checkbox exercise.
With Sidekick’s proactive compliance services, your organization is always audit-ready, allowing you to focus on innovation and growth without being distracted by checkboxes.
Confidence For Your Customers
Achieving compliance not only protects your organization but also builds trust with your customers and can help streamline your sales process. By demonstrating that you meet industry regulations and security standards, you reassure clients that their data is in safe hands.
With Sidekick Security’s Compliance Readiness services, you’ll gain the confidence to showcase your secure and compliant practices, strengthening customer relationships and giving you a competitive edge in the market.
What You Get With Sidekick On Your Team
Industry-Specific Expertise
Sidekick Security has deep experience across various industries, including healthcare, finance, retail, energy, and more. We tailor our compliance services to your specific regulatory landscape, ensuring alignment with relevant standards.
Comprehensive Solutions
From initial readiness and risk assessments to ongoing monitoring, Sidekick covers every aspect of your compliance journey, ensuring your organization is prepared for audits and capable of maintaining certifications over time.
Clear, Actionable Guidance
We don’t just identify compliance gaps; we provide you with clear, prioritized steps to remediate them, making the path to compliance as smooth and actionable as possible. We also help translate compliance jargon into plans that actually make sense.
Engineering-Driven and Built to Scale
Sidekick Security takes an engineering-driven approach to compliance, ensuring that your security and compliance programs are designed with scalability in mind. We don’t just implement one-off solutions; we build frameworks that integrate seamlessly into your existing workflows and can scale as your business grows.
Long Term Partnership
Whether you need project-based help or continuous program management, Sidekick Security remains a trusted partner, evolving your compliance program as new regulations and risks emerge. We know that security is not “set and forget” and that new evolutions need to be tailored to your unique risk profile and business needs.
"We’ve relied on Sidekick’s ongoing retainer for everything from day-to-day security guidance, vendor security questionnaire support, security tool tuning, policy development, and threat modeling. They have been a valuable partner on the security and compliance front every step of the way. Their team has helped us prepare for and pass critical audits like ISO 27001 and SOC 2, and ensured HIPAA compliance readiness. Their proactive, responsive approach has been crucial to Bobsled’s security success."
– Director of Operations, Bobsled