Compliance readiness
Are we compliance-ready?
Prepare for ISO 27001, SOC 2, or NIS2 review with mapped gaps, clear ownership, and defensible evidence.
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Does any of this sound familiar?
Compliance work gets clearer when the target framework is named.
– A customer asks for ISO 27001, SOC 2, or NIS2 evidence before a deal can move.
– An audit or customer review is planned, but evidence is scattered across tools and owners.
– Policies exist, but reviewers will ask for proof that controls operate in practice.
– The team needs remediation priorities, not another open-ended compliance checklist.
If the framework is already named, start with Compliance Readiness. If the ask is still broad, start with a security baseline first.
Start with your target framework
Compliance Readiness starts from the named framework your customer, auditor, or board has put in front of you.
ISO 27001 readiness
Prepare ISMS evidence, risk treatment, access control records, supplier controls, and management review inputs for ISO 27001 review.
SOC 2 readiness
Prepare SaaS or service-control evidence for customers that expect formal proof around security, availability, confidentiality, or privacy.
NIS2 readiness
Prepare documented risk controls, incident handling, supplier security, and resilience evidence for EU-facing cybersecurity expectations.
Framework routing note: Not sure which framework fits yet?
Use CyberCheck first to establish the baseline, then convert priority gaps into a readiness plan.
What you receive from readiness
Outputs depend on framework, scope, and evidence maturity. The goal is to leave fewer open questions for reviewers.
| Program outputs | Audit-facing artifacts |
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| Gap assessment and control mapping: what is missing, what matters, and who owns each area. Remediation roadmap: priorities, owners, dependencies, and effort view. Implementation support plan: workshops, check-ins, and tracking approach, as scoped. | Policy and procedure drafts or updates where required by scope. Evidence plan and templates: what to collect, where to store it, and how to present it. Readiness summary for leadership, customers, or auditors. Final readiness review before the customer review or audit. |
Sunbytes does not issue certificates or audit opinions. We help your team prepare the evidence, structure, and implementation path before formal review.
How Compliance Readiness works
Four stages turn a named framework into a practical readiness plan.
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1. Scope the framework
Confirm the framework, review trigger, deadline, systems, stakeholders, and current documentation. Output: scope map and evidence request list.
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2. Review gaps and evidence
Compare policies, controls, and existing artifacts against target expectations. Output: gap list, evidence status, and priority risks.
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3. Build the readiness plan
Translate gaps into remediation work, owners, and implementation support. Output: roadmap, templates, and policy/action pack depending on scope.
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4. Run readiness review
Check consistency, missing proof, and owner sign-off before external review. Output: readiness summary and next actions.
Turn technical findings into evidence your buyers can review.
What we cover for readiness
The exact control set follows the selected framework. These areas are common across ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIS2 readiness.
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Governance and risk
Readiness starts with clear ownership. We review how risks are identified, treated, and escalated, and whether policies, responsibilities, management reviews, and supplier oversight are defined and consistently applied.
We then check the evidence behind those controls, including risk registers, treatment plans, approvals, review records, and accountability trails. The goal is to demonstrate that governance is not only defined, but actively maintained.
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Access and operations
We assess how access is granted, changed, reviewed, and removed across systems, together with the operational controls around assets, changes, incidents, and day-to-day security responsibilities.
We also review the evidence these activities produce, such as access reviews, approvals, change records, and incident documentation. This helps expose controls that may exist in practice but are not yet documented strongly enough for readiness.
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Technical controls
We review the technical safeguards supporting your compliance requirements, including vulnerability management, system hardening, logging and monitoring, secure delivery practices, and backup controls where relevant.
The focus is not only on whether a control exists, but whether it is repeatable, monitored, and supported by evidence. Gaps in implementation, ownership, or documentation are identified so remediation can be prioritised.
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Data and resilience
We assess how data is handled across its lifecycle, including access, storage, retention, backup, recovery, and deletion, together with the controls connecting privacy and information security requirements.
We also review how the business prepares for disruption through recovery expectations, continuity responsibilities, and supporting evidence. This shows whether data protection and resilience measures can be demonstrated.
Compare plans
Choose the entry point based on how specific the compliance ask is.
| CyberCheck | Readiness | CyberCare | |
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| Best fit | You need a structured security baseline first. | A named framework or review is already in front of you. | You need evidence and controls kept current over time. |
| Primary question | Are we secure? | Are we ready for this framework? | Can we stay secure over time? |
| Scope | Core security controls and risk signals. | ISO 27001, SOC 2, or NIS2 expectations. | Ongoing posture, evidence upkeep, and improvement cadence. |
| Primary output | Baseline snapshot, priorities, roadmap. | Gap mapping, evidence plan, remediation roadmap, readiness review. | Continuous evidence upkeep and scoped security support. |
| Sunbytes role | Assess and prioritise. | Map, guide, structure, and support readiness work. | Maintain, review, and improve. |
| Typical next step | Move into framework readiness if required. | Proceed to audit, customer review, or ongoing upkeep. | Keep controls and evidence from drifting. |
Testimonials
“Sunbytes started to assemble the team at their own risk even before we had our seed investment signed. When that happened we could make a flying start.”
“We were impressed by the vulnerabilities that were discovered. We can tell that the pentesters dug deep to discover the vulnerabilities, and not just a surface scan.”
“Sunbytes’ thorough approach uncovered risks we’d never even considered and opened my eyes to just how important it is to secure our platform from day one.”
“Sunbytes provided practical, prioritized remediation guidance that our team could act on immediately.”
Why teams choose Sunbytes
A Netherlands-led security partner that helps teams turn framework pressure into evidence, ownership, and practical remediation.
ISO 27001-certified ISMS
Our own information security management runs under ISO 27001, so evidence handling, access, and audit trails are part of delivery discipline.
Framework-specific readiness
We start from ISO 27001, SOC 2, or NIS2, not a generic checklist, so each gap maps to what the reviewer will ask for.
Evidence before reassurance
Every recommendation points to an artifact, owner, or remediation action, so the work can be defended during review.
Practical implementation guidance
Readiness does not stop at advice; scoped workshops, templates, and check-ins help your team close priority gaps.
Secure delivery context
Controls can be linked to how your software and operations work, not treated as disconnected policy files.
One partner after readiness
When the readiness push ends, CyberCare or control implementation can maintain evidence and reduce drift.
Proof behind the readiness work
Sunbytes combines secure delivery practice with company-level execution proof, so readiness work is structured around evidence your team can maintain.
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Get compliance-ready with confidence
Book a short call to confirm your target framework, scope, and evidence state. We will outline the readiness path before the work starts.
