vCISO and Managed GRC
Steadfast forward deploys fractional senior security leadership and runs your compliance operations. Your CEO gets a date in and a date out on every security review. Your CFO gets a security budget they can forecast. Your engineers get back to the product.
Services
Fixed fee engineering that wires your compliance platform into your real systems. Converts to a monthly tier at go live.
Your compliance operation managed month to month on Drata. Essentials for one framework and Professional for more.
A named senior security leader inside your company with a Managed GRC tier underneath. Our flagship service.
Ways to start: a Platform Health Check at $2,500 fixed and credited to month one, or a Security Program Assessment at $7,500 to $15,000 fixed.
Who it is for
Your customer's security team can hold a signed term sheet for months. Every open item is a week the deal does not close and every stale answer invites another round of questions.
The deal stalls not because you aren't secure but because no one owns proving that you are.
Hospitals, payers and pharma sponsors audit vendors like they audit each other. HIPAA is table stakes. SOC 2 gets you in the door. HITRUST gets you the enterprise contract. We run all three from one control set so the review ends with a yes.
Enterprise banks and partners audit you like a vendor twice your size. SOC 2 is the baseline. The due diligence questionnaire decides the partnership. Privacy commitments need proof behind them. We run it all from one control set so you show up ready.
How we work
Most clients arrive with a customer review or an audit already on the calendar.
We identify real risk and prioritize remediation to reduce actual exposure, not to fill a checklist.
A customer requirement gets a dated plan with costs. Usually the same day.
When there is no security hire, we do the work: access reviews, admin cleanup and endpoint monitoring.
We take the auditor's thread and work findings before the report is drafted.
One status email a week: phase, done, risks, next and accountability.
How it fits together
Drata holds the evidence. Your systems feed it every day. Your vCISO sits in the middle and reads the whole picture every week. Customers, auditors and the board all hear one story.
Recent engagements
A clinical trial payments platform ran SOC 1 and SOC 2 alongside three pharma customer audits. Two of them Big Four.
Two proposed SOC 2 exceptions combined into one control and agreed with the auditor before the draft report.
A SOC 2 program, pen test and Drata subscription delivered for $16,100 against a $25,000 estimate. Partner pricing did the work.
From clients
"Steadfast Partners was the driving force behind our HITRUST success. Responsive, expert, and fully invested in our mission."
Kiki R. · Chief Clinical Transformative Officer
"Steadfast Partners transforms audit from a checklist into a strategic conversation, bringing calm, clarity, and collaboration to every challenge."
Jason L. · CISO
"Steadfast Partners is a trusted partner whose professionalism, reliability, and expertise were instrumental in our repeated HITRUST success."
Jonathan F. · CFO and Co-Founder
