A data-security program, operationalized
Designed and operationalized a data-security and regulatory-compliance program for a SaaS platform operating within a heavily regulated industry. That program accounts for all the necessary controls, documentation, evidence, and the real-world security pipelines supporting them. All assets built, documented, and operationalized from zero-to-certification.
Challenge
A fast-growing platform handling regulated data had outgrown its ad-hoc controls. Customers were starting to ask for attestations the company couldn't produce, and every security questionnaire became a fire drill. There was no control framework, no evidence trail, and no owner.
Approach
I mapped the data flows first, then built a control set aligned to the framework customers actually cared about — not a binder of policies, but controls wired into how the platform ran. Data classification drove DLP and transport rules; access controls were defined as policy and reviewed on a cadence; evidence collection was automated so audits stopped being events.
Outcome
The company could answer security questionnaires from a single source of truth and walked into its first formal audit with evidence already in hand. Controls ran continuously instead of being reconstructed under deadline.
Engagement details are anonymized. The methodology and judgment are the point — never the client.
— Engagement anonymized. Trust and confidentiality come first, always.