Security Questionnaire & RFP Response Service
Every enterprise deal arrives with a security questionnaire — SIG, CAIQ, a customer spreadsheet or an RFP security section. We build your answer library from your real controls, complete questionnaires inside an agreed turnaround, have a CISO review every submission, and stand up a trust center so many requests never need a questionnaire at all. AI-assisted drafting keeps it fast; a named practitioner keeps it accurate.
In scope
- Answer library built from your policies, controls and audit reports
- Questionnaire completion (SIG, CAIQ, custom spreadsheets, portals)
- CISO review of every submission
- Trust center setup and upkeep
- Gap log: questions you cannot yet answer 'yes' to
You receive
- Maintained answer library
- Completed questionnaires within the agreed turnaround
- Public or gated trust center
- Quarterly gap report that feeds your security roadmap
Tiers
Choose the depth.
Essential Questionnaire Support
$950 / mo
Up to 3 questionnaires a month, 5-business-day turnaround, answer library and a basic trust center page. Limit key 'sessions' = questionnaires per month.
- sessions
- 3
Advanced Questionnaire Support
$2.5K / mo
Up to 10 a month, 3-day turnaround, gated trust center with document requests and quarterly gap report
- sessions
- 10
Enterprise Questionnaire Desk
$6.5K / mo
Fair-use volume up to 40 questionnaires a month, 48-hour turnaround, RFP security sections and live customer security calls with a CISO.
- sessions
- 40
Members: engagement coupons from the CISO Marketplace coupon book apply to services. There is no blanket discount.
What's inside this engagement
Phase by phase.
How a advisory & fractional leadership engagement runs, what happens in each phase and what you see. Exact scope, tier and timeline are fixed in your proposal and SOW.
01Onboarding & baseline
Current program, risks, commitments and stakeholders reviewed.
You see · Access to leadership and existing documents.
02Priorities & roadmap
A risk-ranked roadmap agreed with leadership.
You see · Decisions on priorities and budget.
03Ongoing cadence
Regular working sessions, decisions and deliverables to the agreed scope.
You see · A named advisor and a standing rhythm.
04Reporting to leadership
Board and executive reporting in business terms.
You see · Board-ready updates.
Commercials
From first call to final report.
- 01
Scoping call
A practitioner, not a salesperson, walks through targets, constraints and what a good outcome looks like for you.
- 02
Proposal & rules of engagement
A fixed-scope proposal with tier, price and deliverables. Rules of engagement, contacts and out-of-bounds systems are agreed in writing.
- 03
Sign, then start
MSA and SOW are signed electronically and the deposit is paid. Only then does testing begin.
- 04
Execution
Testing runs to the agreed plan. Critical findings are escalated as they are found; you don't wait for the report.
- 05
Report & debrief
An executive summary plus technical findings with evidence, reproduction steps and fixes, walked through with your team.
- 06
Retest
Where the tier includes it, we verify your fixes and reissue the report, so auditors and customers see the issues closed.
Timelines are set per engagement in the SOW.
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