Case Studies

Real problems, handled.

A look at what changes when the framework goes in. Each story follows the same arc: what they came in with, what we found underneath, and where they ended up.

Illustrative scenarios. These are composite examples of the situations we are brought in to fix, with names and identifying details generalized, not specific named clients.
Law Firms

A 35-lawyer firm that couldn't pass a client review

The challenge

A growing litigation firm kept losing time on client security questionnaires it could not answer, and its insurer flagged gaps at renewal.

What we did

Mapped their safeguards to ABA expectations and SOC 2, closed the gaps worst first, and built a reusable evidence pack for client reviews.

Result: questionnaires answered same-day, and a clean insurance renewal.
Manufacturing

A maker chasing a defense contract it couldn't win

The challenge

A precision shop was blocked from a prime contract by security requirements it had no path to meet, with a deadline closing in.

What we did

Built a readiness roadmap against NIST 800-171 and CMMC, separated the shop floor from the office network, and documented the controls.

Result: readiness evidence in hand and the contract conversation back on the table.
Wealth Management

An advisory firm one email away from a fraudulent wire

The challenge

An advisory firm approved wire requests over email, with no verification step and client financial data spread across personal drives.

What we did

Hardened email against impersonation, put a verification step in front of every transfer, and brought client data under controls we could evidence.

Result: a fraudulent wire request caught before it was sent, and clean answers at the next review.
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