Vendor Security Guidance · ISO 27001 · Audit Readiness

Turn Security Reviews
from Sales Blocker to Competitive Advantage.

Your enterprise deal is stalled in procurement limbo — again. We help IT providers and SaaS companies build the security documentation, policies, and certifications needed to pass customer audits and close deals faster.

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Audit Readiness Dashboard
Live
Information Security PolicyComplete
ISO 27001 RoadmapIn Progress
Questionnaire Library (SIG)Ready to Send
Incident Response PlanGap Identified
Audit-Ready Score69%

3 enterprise deals unblocked this quarter

The Problem

Is Security Killing Your Sales Velocity?

You have a strong product. But somewhere between the demo and the signed contract, things get stuck — and it almost always starts with a procurement email containing a spreadsheet.

01

The 300-Question Nightmare

Every enterprise customer sends a different, massive security questionnaire. Your CTO ends up spending 15–20 hours a week answering compliance questions instead of building your product.

02

The Silent Deal Killer

A missing Information Security Policy. No documented Incident Response Plan. No ISO 27001 certificate. Any one of these can kill a deal that was already verbally won — instantly and silently, deep in someone's procurement checklist.

03

NIS2 Is Creating a Cascade

Large organisations under NIS2 are pushing security requirements down to their entire supplier base. If your customers include banks, energy companies, or critical infrastructure — those requirements are already landing on your desk.

04

Every Audit Starts from Zero

Without a standardised security documentation package, every new customer request starts from scratch. You rebuild the same answers, locate the same policies, and explain the same architecture — over and over.

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Questions in a typical enterprise security questionnaire
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Per week lost by CTOs answering compliance questionnaires
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Of customer questions answered upfront with our Security Assurance Package
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Maximum business days to respond to any inbound questionnaire
Our Services

Build It Once. Win With It Every Time.

We act as your Fractional Security Office — preparing you to face the scrutiny of banks, governments, and multinational procurement teams with confidence.

Gap Analysis & Remediation

Before your customer finds a security gap, we do. We simulate a realistic enterprise vendor audit and identify the specific issues most likely to stall your next deal.

  • Simulated enterprise vendor audit
  • Deal-blocking issue identification
  • Prioritised remediation roadmap

Security Assurance Package

We build your standardised, enterprise-ready security documentation pack — pre-answered SIG/CAIQ templates, architecture summaries, and compliance statements that answer 80–90% of questions before they are asked.

  • Pre-answered SIG & CAIQ templates
  • Architecture & policy summaries
  • Answers 80–90% of questions upfront

ISO 27001 Certification Readiness

ISO 27001 is the universal passport to enterprise deals. We guide you through full ISMS implementation — scope, risk assessment, policy framework, internal audit — ready for the certification body.

  • Full ISMS implementation
  • Risk assessment & control selection
  • Internal audit & management review

Questionnaire Management

Stop answering customer questionnaires yourself. Forward the spreadsheet to us. We complete the technical and compliance sections and return a ready-to-send document within 3–5 business days.

  • 3–5 day turnaround per questionnaire
  • Accurate, validated technical answers
  • Built on your real architecture

"Right to Audit" Representation

When a major enterprise customer invokes their right to audit you, we sit at the table, speak the auditor's language, and turn what feels like an interrogation into a confident, structured dialogue.

  • On-site & remote audit representation
  • Auditor-fluent presentation
  • Pre-audit preparation session

Ongoing Compliance Maintenance

Security documentation ages quickly. We keep your Security Assurance Package current as your product, architecture, and customer requirements evolve — so your answers are always accurate and defensible.

  • Quarterly documentation review
  • Policy updates on architecture changes
  • Always-current answer library
Why New Paradigm Security

We Know What Your
Customers Are Looking For.

We spent years acting as the CISO on the buying side — for banks, multinationals, and critical infrastructure organisations. We know precisely what red flags their security teams look for in a supplier. We help you remove those flags before the sales meeting.

SubjectStandard ApproachNPS Approach
Questionnaire turnaroundWeeks of internal effort 3–5 days, handled for you
ISO 27001 support ✗ Not offered Full readiness programme
Audit representation ✗ You face it alone We sit at the table
Policy qualityGeneric downloaded templates Tailored to your tech stack
Repeat questionnairesStart from scratch each time Pre-built reusable answer library

Common Questions from IT Providers & SaaS Companies

Not always, and not immediately. For many early-stage deals, a well-structured Security Assurance Package with solid policies is sufficient to move past procurement. ISO 27001 becomes critical when selling to banks, insurers, government bodies, or large corporates under NIS2. We will tell you honestly where you actually stand and what you genuinely need for a specific deal.

For an inbound questionnaire from a prospect, we typically return a completed draft within 3–5 business days. We work with your team to validate the technical answers and align with your actual controls before it goes out.

Readiness means we have built the ISMS, written the policies, performed the risk assessment, and conducted the internal audit. Certification requires an accredited external auditor to formally verify that work and issue the certificate. We prepare you completely — the certification is then conducted by an independent certifying body. We can recommend accredited partners for this step.

This service is specifically designed for companies without a dedicated security function. You do not need an in-house CISO or security engineer. We become that function for the purpose of building your compliance posture and handling inbound customer security requests.

A Security Assurance Package engagement starts from approximately €5,000–€8,000. Questionnaire management is billed at our standard €100/hour rate; most individual questionnaires take 8–16 hours depending on complexity. ISO 27001 readiness programmes are scoped individually after an initial gap analysis call.

Stop Apologising for Your Security.

The next enterprise prospect who asks about your security posture can be a conversation you dread — or one you are completely prepared for. Let's build the documentation, policies, and certification path that makes security a feature of your pitch.

Book a Free Audit Readiness Call

No obligation. We will tell you exactly where you stand.