Compliance
& Governance
Streamlined pathways to certification and regulatory readiness — without slowing your engineers, overwhelming your legal team, or missing a single deadline that a regulator or enterprise customer is watching.
Compliance as a competitive advantage — not a regulatory burden
Security-First, Not Checkbox-First
ZecurX helps you implement controls that actually work — and then produce the documentation. Our compliance programmes are grounded in the same technical security expertise that powers our penetration testing, SOC, and cloud security practices. The result is a compliance posture that withstands both auditor scrutiny.
India-Native Regulatory Expertise
Deep, current knowledge of India's regulatory environment — DPDPA 2023, CERT-In, RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, and MeitY frameworks — combined with international certification expertise in SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and PCI-DSS. We speak fluently in both languages, for both Indian regulators and global enterprise customers.
Continuous, Not Periodic
We design compliance programmes that generate evidence continuously — not in a 6-week scramble before the auditor arrives. Automated evidence collection and integrated GRC tooling mean your compliance posture is always audit-ready. Our clients typically reduce audit preparation effort by 40% or more.
Commercial Outcome Oriented
Every compliance engagement is structured around your business outcomes — closing a specific enterprise customer, satisfying a specific investor due diligence requirement, meeting a specific regulatory deadline. We understand that the SOC 2 report is not the end goal. The enterprise contract it unlocks is. We align our delivery accordingly.
Six Specialised Compliance & Governance Capabilities
From gap analysis to certification in hand to ongoing programme management — one integrated compliance practice.
SOC 2 Type I & II Readiness
Gap analysis, control implementation, evidence collection automation, and auditor liaison — from first assessment to Type II report in hand, without derailing your engineering team. Vanta, Drata, or Secureframe integration for automated evidence collection from 100+ system integrations including AWS, GCP, Azure, GitHub, and Okta.
ISO 27001 Certification
ISMS design, risk treatment plan, internal audit preparation, and certification body liaison — the internationally recognised gold standard for information security management. Full ISO 27001:2022 alignment with all 93 Annex A controls including 11 new additions covering cloud security, threat intelligence, and ICT continuity.
DPDP Act Compliance (India)
India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 readiness — data mapping, consent architecture, grievance mechanisms, and cross-border transfer controls built for Indian enterprises. Covers Significant Data Fiduciary obligations, Data Principal rights implementation, and breach notification procedures.
GDPR & Privacy Programs
Data mapping, DPIAs, consent management architecture, data processor agreements, and supervisory authority liaison — for Indian enterprises processing European personal data. Includes RoPA, legal basis assessment, Transfer Impact Assessments, and Virtual DPO service under Articles 37–39.
PCI-DSS Assessment
Cardholder data environment scoping, gap analysis, compensating control design, technical remediation, and QSA preparation — for organisations that handle payment card data. PCI-DSS v4.0 aligned with support for all SAQ variants, customised approach, and Requirement 11.4 penetration testing.
GRC Program Design
Policy framework creation, risk registers, third-party risk management, and board-level security reporting — building the governance infrastructure that ties every compliance obligation together. Unified control framework mapping overlapping SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and DPDPA requirements to a single control set.
The ZecurX Compliance Journey Framework
A structured, continuous approach — from initial assessment to certification in hand to ongoing compliance-as-code.
Assess
Gap analysis, scope definition, risk assessment, and prioritised remediation roadmap.
Design
Control architecture, policy framework, evidence collection structure, and tooling selection.
Implement
Control deployment, policy adoption, GRC tooling configuration, and staff training.
Evidence
Automated evidence collection, control testing, and internal audit preparation.
Certify
Auditor coordination, management responses, fieldwork support, and report delivery.
Maintain
Continuous monitoring, annual programme refresh, surveillance audit support, and regulatory updates.
What You Receive
Audit-ready documentation and certification delivered at programme completion — not after a separate remediation exercise.
Gap Analysis & Remediation Roadmap
Prioritised remediation plan against your target framework — with effort estimates, timeline projections, and ownership mapping. Covers all applicable control domains with clear engineering-task formatting so your team knows exactly what to build, not just what is missing.
Policy & Procedure Library
Complete suite of framework-required information security policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures — drafted, reviewed, and formatted for immediate adoption. Practical for employees, defensible for auditors, and appropriate for board review without additional legal redrafting.
Automated Evidence Collection Programme
GRC tooling deployment (Vanta, Drata, Secureframe, or custom pipelines) that automatically collects and organises evidence from your tech stack — eliminating the manual evidence scramble at audit time. Security questionnaire answer library built from certification programme for sales acceleration.
Certification & Regulatory Compliance Report
Audit-ready compliance documentation — SOC 2 report, ISO 27001 certificate, DPDPA attestation, PCI-DSS RoC, or GDPR programme evidence package — delivered with management responses and auditor liaison complete. Ready for enterprise customer security questionnaires and investor due diligence.
Proven compliance programme outcomes
How our compliance and governance engagements have delivered certifications, unlocked enterprise deals, and satisfied regulators.
34 Control Gaps Closed — SOC 2 Type II Received, ₹4.2 Cr Enterprise Deal Unblocked
"ZecurX conducted a gap analysis revealing 34 control gaps, implemented remediation across 16 weeks, deployed Vanta for automated evidence collection, and coordinated the Type I audit followed by a 6-month observation period and Type II examination. The company received their Type II report, provided it to the blocked prospect, and closed a ₹4.2 Cr annual contract within 3 weeks of report delivery. The SOC 2 programme paid for itself 8 times over on the first closed deal."
ISO 27001 Certified in 22 Weeks — ₹6 Crore in New Contracts at 3 Banks
"ZecurX designed their ISMS from scratch, conducted the risk assessment and gap analysis, developed all 27 required policies, prepared and conducted the internal audit, and coordinated the certification body examination with BSI. The company achieved certification in 22 weeks from engagement start. Within 6 months of certification, they had qualified as an approved vendor at all three banks and progressed two of the blocked deals to signed contracts. The combined annual contract value of those two deals exceeded ₹6 Crore."
DPDPA Compliance Achieved — 2.8M Borrower Platform Ready Before Enforcement
"ZecurX conducted a full DPDPA readiness assessment, mapped all personal data flows, drafted DPDPA-compliant processor agreements for all 14 vendors, designed the consent management architecture for the mobile application (implemented in 6 weeks), and established the Grievance Officer function with documented intake and resolution workflows. The platform achieved demonstrable DPDPA compliance ahead of the enforcement notification — positioning itself competitively against fintech peers that had not yet begun their compliance programmes."
German DPA Inquiry Resolved — GDPR Programme Implemented, Now a Sales Differentiator
"ZecurX was engaged to conduct a rapid GDPR gap assessment, draft Transfer Impact Assessments for the India-based processing, update all client data processing agreements to include Article 28 mandatory provisions, and draft the response to the supervisory authority inquiry. The authority accepted the response without further action. The firm subsequently implemented ZecurX's GDPR programme framework — RoPA, legal basis register, and DSR workflow — and now cites GDPR compliance documentation as a differentiator in European client proposals."
23 PCI-DSS Gaps Remediated — Clean RoC Issued, Acquiring Bank Relationship Preserved
"ZecurX conducted a PCI-DSS v4.0 gap assessment, identified 23 remediation items including critical gaps in log management, multi-factor authentication for all non-console CDE access, and an inadequately segmented network that placed 40+ out-of-scope servers effectively inside the CDE. ZecurX implemented all remediations in 14 weeks, redesigned the network segmentation architecture, and prepared the client for a formal QSA assessment. The QSA issued the Report on Compliance (RoC) with no exceptions. The acquiring bank relationship was preserved and the client subsequently won a new acquirer relationship specifically citing their clean RoC."
GRC Programme Built in 10 Weeks — Series C Closed 18% Above Initial Term Sheet
"ZecurX designed and implemented a complete GRC programme in 10 weeks: risk register with 47 identified and treated risks, TPRM programme with vendor tiering and quarterly assessment cadence, board security report template reviewed and approved by the CFO, and a unified control framework mapping their SOC 2 and ISO 27001 obligations to a single set of controls. The investor's due diligence team cited the GRC programme as evidence of institutional security maturity in their investment committee recommendation. The Series C closed at a valuation 18% higher than the initial term sheet."
One Control Set. Every Framework.
For organisations with multiple simultaneous obligations, ZecurX designs a single control set that satisfies all frameworks — eliminating redundant audit effort.
| Control Domain | SOC 2 | ISO 27001 | PCI-DSS | DPDPA | GDPR | GRC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access Control & IAM | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Encryption & Key Mgmt | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ |
| Incident Response | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Vulnerability Management | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | ✅ |
| Logging & Monitoring | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ |
| Data Classification | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Third-Party Risk | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Privacy & Consent | — | ⚠ | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Business Continuity | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | ✅ |
| Security Awareness | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — | ✅ |
✅ Required ⚠ Partially applicable — Not required
The ZecurX GRC Tooling Ecosystem
The platforms ZecurX deploys and operates for continuous compliance programme management.
Compliance Automation
- ◉Vanta — SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI evidence
- ◉Drata — continuous compliance automation
- ◉Secureframe — audit-ready evidence collection
- ◉Tugboat Logic — policy and evidence management
- ◉Sprinto — India-focused compliance automation
- ◉Wiz + Orca — cloud compliance evidence collection
GRC Platforms
- ◉ServiceNow GRC — enterprise risk and compliance
- ◉OneTrust — privacy, GRC, and third-party risk
- ◉LogicGate — risk management workflows
- ◉Archer (RSA) — enterprise GRC platform
- ◉MetricStream — integrated GRC suite
- ◉Jira + Confluence — lightweight GRC for growing teams
Privacy & Data Mapping
- ◉OneTrust Data Mapping — RoPA and DPIA automation
- ◉Privacera — data governance and classification
- ◉BigID — personal data discovery and classification
- ◉TrustArc — consent management platform
- ◉Didomi — granular consent and preference management
- ◉DataGrail — DSR request management automation
Structured to Match Your Compliance Timeline
Commercial structures designed for the compliance timelines that matter — customer deadlines, regulatory notices, and investment rounds.
Certification Sprint
Fixed-scope, timeline-driven engagement targeting a specific certification — SOC 2 Type I, ISO 27001 initial certification, PCI-DSS SAQ completion, or DPDPA readiness attestation. Defined milestones, weekly progress reporting, and a contractual target completion date. Ideal when a customer deadline or regulatory date drives the timeline.
Continuous Compliance Programme
Ongoing managed compliance programme — ZecurX operates your evidence collection, control monitoring, and programme maintenance as a managed service. Monthly compliance health reports, quarterly control reviews, and annual certification cycle management. Priced on a monthly retainer basis. Ideal for organisations with multiple active frameworks and no internal compliance team.
GRC Programme Build
Comprehensive GRC programme design and implementation — policy framework, risk register, TPRM programme, unified control framework, and GRC platform deployment. Delivered over 12–16 weeks. Designed for organisations scaling beyond individual certifications and establishing enterprise-grade governance infrastructure for PE, IPO, or major enterprise customer readiness.
Virtual CISO (vCISO)
A named ZecurX senior security and compliance leader acting as your virtual CISO — owning the security and compliance programme, reporting to the board and executive team, managing relationships with auditors and regulators, and providing strategic security advisory. Monthly engagement. Includes all Layer 06 services as required. Ideal for Series B+ companies preparing for enterprise sales and institutional investment.
Turn compliance from a cost centre into a competitive advantage.
Request a complimentary Compliance Readiness Snapshot — a 45-minute session with a ZecurX senior compliance architect who will assess your current certification and regulatory posture, identify the highest-priority gaps, and outline the fastest path to the compliance outcome your business needs.
