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Governance & Compliance — one mapped programme, not five separate audits.
ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST CSF, PCI DSS and sector-specific rules increasingly all apply to the same organisation at once. SIRI builds governance and compliance as one connected programme mapped across frameworks, with owners and evidence — not a certificate that expires quietly in a drawer.
3+Frameworks the average mid-market or enterprise organisation now maps against
92%+Of organisations report increased cybersecurity and compliance budgets
ContinuousEvidence management, not a once-a-year audit scramble
Why frameworks keep stacking instead of replacing each other
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Stacking, not swapping
3+
Most mid-market and enterprise organisations now map against three or more frameworks simultaneously — ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST CSF and sector-specific rules stack rather than replace one another.
Rising investment
92%+
Over 92% of organisations report increased cybersecurity budgets, with compliance and governance a growing share of that spend as procurement and regulatory expectations rise together.
Procurement gate
STANDARD ASK
SOC 2 and ISO 27001 attestation are now standard prerequisites in enterprise procurement and vendor due diligence, not differentiators.
Board accountability
GOVERNANCE
Compliance has shifted from an IT checklist to a board-level governance topic, with directors expected to hold a current, defensible risk and compliance position.
Multi-framework mapping
SHARED CONTROLS
A meaningful share of controls across ISO 27001, SOC 2 and NIST CSF overlap directly — mapped once, a single control can satisfy evidence requirements across multiple frameworks at once.
A certificate is a snapshot. Governance is what keeps it true.
Most compliance failures happen between audits, not during them.
Passing an ISO 27001 or SOC 2 audit proves your controls worked on the day they were tested. Governance is the ongoing discipline that keeps them working in between — owners assigned to each control, evidence collected continuously rather than gathered in a scramble before the next audit, and a programme that adapts as frameworks and business requirements change.
The compliance burden itself has grown structurally: most mid-market and enterprise organisations now map against three or more frameworks at once — ISO 27001 for information security management, SOC 2 for customer trust in enterprise sales, NIST CSF as a common risk-management reference, plus sector-specific rules layered on top. Treating each as a separate audit project multiplies the work; mapping them once against a shared control set doesn't.
A meaningful share of controls across ISO 27001, SOC 2 and NIST CSF overlap directly
Mapped once against a shared control set, a single piece of evidence can satisfy multiple frameworks at once — the difference between one governance programme and three separate audit projects.
SIRI builds governance and compliance as one connected programme: gap assessment, ISMS and control documentation, and certification support across ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 and NIST CSF mapped together, with continuous evidence management so audit readiness is a standing state, not an annual scramble, and findings from SIRI Attack and SIRI Exposure feed directly into the evidence record.
What organisations get wrong
Four assumptions that turn compliance into a recurring scramble
Most compliance pain isn't the audit itself — it's what wasn't maintained in between.
01 — POINT IN TIME
“We passed our last audit, so we're compliant”
A passed audit reflects a moment in time — controls drift, ownership changes, and evidence goes stale well before the next audit cycle arrives.
02 — DUPLICATION
“Each framework needs its own separate project”
ISO 27001, SOC 2 and NIST CSF share a meaningful share of overlapping controls — treating each as an isolated project duplicates work that mapped-once evidence could satisfy across all three.
03 — OWNERSHIP
“Compliance is the security team's job”
Controls span HR, engineering, legal and operations — a programme owned only by security misses the evidence and accountability that sit outside that team.
04 — EVIDENCE
“We'll gather evidence when the audit is scheduled”
Evidence collected in a pre-audit scramble is harder to verify and more likely to reveal gaps than evidence maintained continuously as controls actually operate.
What SIRI's governance & compliance covers
One mapped programme across the frameworks that actually apply to you
Gap assessment through certification support, with continuous evidence management throughout.
ISO 27001
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Implementation
Gap assessment, ISMS documentation, control implementation and certification readiness.
- Gap assessment
- ISMS design & documentation
- Certification-audit support
SOC 2
SOC 2 Type I & Type II
Readiness assessment, control design and audit preparation for enterprise procurement.
- Readiness review
- Control design
- Evidence collection & audit support
NIST CSF
NIST Cybersecurity Framework Mapping
Mapping Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover to your actual systems.
- Maturity assessment
- Control mapping
- Governance design
MULTI-FRAMEWORK
Multi-Framework Evidence Mapping
Mapping shared controls once across frameworks, so evidence satisfies more than one requirement at a time.
- Cross-framework control mapping
- Evidence deduplication
- Sector-specific overlays
BOARD REPORTING
Board & Governance Reporting
Translating compliance status into a board-legible, defensible risk position.
- Board-level reporting
- Risk-register maintenance
- Regulatory-calendar tracking
CONTINUOUS EVIDENCE
Continuous Evidence Management
Maintaining audit-ready evidence continuously, rather than gathering it before each audit.
- Continuous evidence collection
- Control-ownership tracking
- Audit-readiness dashboarding
Evidence, not guesswork
No governance programme vs. audit-by-audit compliance vs. SIRI Governance & Compliance — what actually differs
Passing an audit and running a governance programme are different undertakings.
| Approach | No governance programme | Audit-by-audit compliance | SIRI Governance & Compliance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evidence collection cadence | None | Pre-audit scramble | Continuous |
| Multi-framework control mapping | No | Rare — each audited separately | Standard |
| Control ownership assigned & tracked | No | Inconsistent | Standard |
| Board-level reporting | No | Ad hoc | Standard |
| Connected to offensive & exposure findings | No | No | Direct input |
Sources: ISO/IEC 27001:2022; AICPA SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria; NIST CSF 2.0. Summarised for comparison; confirm current framework requirements applicable to your organisation.
Numbers every board should know
What's actually driving the compliance burden
3+
Frameworks stacking
The typical number a mid-market or enterprise organisation now maps against at once.
92%+
Increased budgets
Of organisations report increased cybersecurity and compliance investment.
Standard
SOC 2 / ISO 27001 ask
Attestation is now a standard prerequisite in enterprise procurement, not a differentiator.
1
Programme, not five
Frameworks mapped once against a shared control set rather than audited in isolation.
Compliance alignment
Standards & frameworks we align to
Our methodology is built around publicly recognised frameworks — not a proprietary checklist. Where a specific certification or attestation is completed and verified, it will be named here explicitly.
ISO/IEC 27001:2022
SOC 2 (AICPA TSC)
NIST CSF 2.0
MITRE ATT&CK
OWASP Top 10
OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications
NIST AI RMF
ISO/IEC 42001
ISO 22301
CERT-In Directions 2022
Framework references reflect publicly available versions as of publication and describe the standards our methodology is aligned to; they are not a claim of certification, attestation, or audit completion unless stated explicitly elsewhere on this site.
Why SIRI for governance & compliance specifically
One programme, mapped across frameworks — not a new project for every new requirement
Compliance stacking is the reality; the programme should be built for it from the start.
01
Multi-framework by default
ISO 27001, SOC 2 and NIST CSF are mapped together from the start, so a single control satisfies multiple framework requirements at once.
02
Continuous, not a scramble
Evidence is collected continuously as controls operate, so audit readiness is a standing state rather than a pre-audit sprint.
03
Connected to real testing
Findings from SIRI Attack and SIRI Exposure feed directly into the compliance evidence record, connecting governance to what's actually been tested.
04
Board-legible
Compliance and risk status is reported in terms a board can act on, not buried in audit-preparation detail.
Who this is built for
Organisations SIRI's governance & compliance is built for
Technology & SaaS
Financial Services
Healthcare
Enterprises facing multiple simultaneous frameworks
Startups pursuing first-time SOC 2 / ISO 27001
Boards needing a defensible compliance position
How we work
From gap assessment to continuous, multi-framework readiness
01
Gap Assessment
Assessing current state against the frameworks that actually apply to you.
Weeks 1–202
Design & Map
ISMS documentation and multi-framework control mapping.
Weeks 3–503
Implement & Evidence
Control implementation with continuous evidence collection.
Weeks 6–1004
Certify & Maintain
Certification-audit support and ongoing governance maintenance.
OngoingFrequently asked
Governance & compliance, answered directly
We need both ISO 27001 and SOC 2 — do we run two separate projects?
No — the two frameworks share a meaningful share of overlapping controls, and SIRI maps them together so evidence gathered once satisfies both, rather than duplicating the work across two disconnected audit projects.
How long does a first-time ISO 27001 or SOC 2 programme take?
Typically 3-6 months from gap assessment to audit-ready, depending on current control maturity and organisation size; SOC 2 Type II additionally requires an observation period, usually 3-12 months, before the audit itself.
Does this replace our internal compliance or legal team?
No — this is designed to work alongside your existing teams, providing specialist framework expertise and continuous evidence management most internal teams don't have dedicated capacity to run alone.
How is evidence kept current between audits?
Through continuous evidence collection tied to control ownership, rather than a pre-audit scramble — so audit readiness is a standing state that can be demonstrated at any point, not just at audit time.
Can findings from a penetration test count as compliance evidence?
Yes — where scoped, findings from SIRI Attack and SIRI Exposure feed directly into the evidence record supporting control testing under ISO 27001 and SOC 2.
Stop running compliance as a recurring scramble
Build one programme, mapped across every framework you need.
Start with a gap assessment, or map an existing certification against new requirements.
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