WHEN A READINESS REVIEW MAKES SENSE
Common Compliance Pressure Moments Readiness work pays off quickly when you hit any of these points
PCI DSS and SOC 2 don’t feel urgent—until a bank, processor or enterprise customer puts them on the critical path. At that point, guesswork and one-off fixes get risky. A focused readiness review gives you a single, honest view of where you stand today and what has to move first.
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New bank, card network or processor asking for PCI or SOC 2 -
Enterprise sales blocked on “security & compliance” review
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Controls exist, but no one can show clean evidence for them
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Multiple audits produced conflicting gap lists and advice
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Cloud shift made old on-prem policies impossible to follow
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Vendor questionnaires keep exposing the same weak spots
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Leadership wants a real plan, not a 200-page PDF
What We Review
Across Scope, Controls, Evidence & Vendors From card data to log pipelines, we line up tech and requirements
Scope & Data Flows
- Cardholder data environments, tokens, and data stores.
- System and network boundaries that matter for PCI & SOC 2.
Access, Change & Operations
- Identity, roles, approvals, and least-privilege patterns.
- Change management, deployments, backups and DR.
Logging, Monitoring & Incidents
- Log coverage, retention, alerting, and dashboards.
- Incident response plans, runbooks and evidence trails.
Vendors & Governance
- Third-party risk, contracts, and due diligence packs.
- Policies, standards, and how they map to daily work.
HOW A READINESS REVIEW WORKS
From Gap List To Actionable Control Plan We keep workstreams small and aligned to real audit criteria
01 Discover & Define Scope
Products, systems, data flows and existing policies / reports.
02 Gap & Risk Assessment
Compare reality vs PCI & SOC 2 requirements, rank by risk and effort.
03 Control & Evidence Design
Design controls, owners, and simple ways to capture evidence in-tool.
04 Roadmap & Audit Prep
Prioritised backlog, sample evidence pack, and recommendations for CBs.
What You Get
A Practical PCI & SOC 2 Readiness Pack One package you can hand to auditors, buyers and your own teams
Every review ships with
- PCI / SOC 2 scope and data-flow diagrams your team can reuse.
- Gap assessment with risk-ranked findings and owners.
- Recommended controls for access, change, logging, and vendors.
- Evidence plan mapped to specific PCI requirements and SOC 2 criteria.
Your Internal Source of Truth
Most clients treat this as their compliance “source of truth” for:
- Kicking off formal PCI / SOC 2 audits with a clear starting point.
- Answering enterprise security questionnaires with confidence.
- Keeping engineering, security, and GRC teams aligned on the priorities.
Who This Is For
Where Readiness Reviews Help Most Ideal for fintechs heading into banks, schemes or enterprise deals
Founders & CxOs
Can we pass PCI / SOC 2 and still hit our growth targets?
Heads of Engineering & Product
How do we meet requirements without derailing delivery?
Security & Compliance Leads