# Konfirmity — Full Content > Konfirmity is a security-driven compliance platform you can run self-serve or have fully managed. It pairs the CASCADES software platform with an optional dedicated CISO team (up to 10 hours/month) so companies build real, operational security first and let compliance — ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS, MAS TRM — emerge as automatically mapped evidence. Tagline: "Security-Driven Compliance. Not Audit Theater." Built by the founding CTO who scaled NIUM to $2B. This is the expanded, single-document version of Konfirmity's commercial content, intended for AI ingestion. It covers positioning, the problem, who it serves, how the engagement works, the platform, the managed service, pricing, frameworks, and proof. The curated link index lives at https://www.konfirmity.com/llms.txt and the complete URL list (including 299+ blog articles and 120+ glossary terms) is at https://www.konfirmity.com/sitemap.xml. All figures and quotes below are drawn from Konfirmity's own published pages and are the company's stated claims. --- ## What Konfirmity is Konfirmity is a security-driven compliance platform you can run self-serve or have fully managed. The thesis: most compliance programs fail to deliver real security because organizations approach it backward — chasing certifications instead of building genuine security practices. Konfirmity flips the model. It starts with security — real, operational security — and lets compliance emerge as a natural outcome. It is described as "The Only Security-Driven Compliance Platform," pairing enterprise-grade platform capabilities you can run self-serve with an optional fully-managed service and dedicated CISO expertise — up to 10 hours per month building security that generates compliance evidence automatically. ## How Konfirmity is different (vs. Vanta, Drata, Secureframe) Unlike traditional GRC tools that just track tasks, Konfirmity is a security-driven compliance platform, self-serve or fully managed, that combines platform *and* people to deliver real security outcomes. Pure-SaaS GRC tools give you a dashboard and a checklist; with the fully-managed service, Konfirmity gives you a dedicated CISO, security program design and execution, continuous monitoring, automatically mapped evidence, and audit support. The distinction it draws: a clean audit report says nothing about whether controls actually hold up against a real attacker — Konfirmity is built to make the underlying security real, with compliance as the by-product. ## The problem Konfirmity addresses The traditional approach focuses on passing audits, not building real security. Konfirmity frames four recurring failures: - **Multi-framework expansion:** Every new framework means re-collecting the same evidence in a new format, multiplying work that should compound. - **Disconnected evidence:** Screenshots, spreadsheets, and Slack threads scattered across tools — with no single source of truth when the auditor asks. - **False sense of security:** A clean audit report says nothing about whether controls hold up against a real attacker on a Tuesday afternoon. - **Checkbox compliance:** Frameworks reward documented intent, not operational rigor — policies on paper, gaps in production. ## Who it's for Konfirmity targets regulated businesses where checkbox compliance simply doesn't work: - **Enterprise sellers / SaaS companies selling to enterprises.** Enterprise buyers send 200-question security reviews that expose what checkbox compliance misses. SOC 2 Type II gets you the proof-of-concept but not the revenue. The need: real security that passes enterprise questionnaires and continuous monitoring that proves ongoing protection. - **Licensed financial companies.** Banking, payments, or lending licenses require continuous compliance with authorities such as MAS, OCC, and others; SOC 2 alone doesn't satisfy regulators who audit actual security posture. License suspension stops the business immediately. - **Healthcare (PHI).** Protected Health Information under HIPAA carries fines up to roughly $1.92M per violation category per year. The HHS Office for Civil Rights audits actual controls, breach-notification procedures, risk assessments, and business associate agreements — not your SOC 2 report. By industry, Konfirmity serves fintech & payments, healthcare & healthtech, enterprise SaaS, and financial services. ## How it works — the 9-phase engagement Konfirmity delivers comprehensive security and compliance outcomes through one all-inclusive subscription, run as a 9-phase process from security assessment to continuous monitoring: 1. **Security Assessment** (Weeks 1–2) — Security posture assessment, gap analysis, risk identification matrix. Outcome: complete understanding of the current security state. 2. **Security Roadmap Finalization** (Week 2) — Prioritized roadmap, resource allocation, milestone timeline. Outcome: an agreed implementation plan. 3. **Tooling & Policy Implementation** (Weeks 3–4) — Configured security tools, documented policies, implemented controls. Outcome: all planned controls deployed. 4. **Risk Review & Evidence Collection** (Weeks 5–6) — Evidence repository, internal audit findings, remediation tracker. Outcome: a complete evidence package. 5. **Auditor Selection & Readiness** (Week 6) — Auditor shortlist, pre-audit checklist, readiness assessment. Outcome: audit-ready status confirmed. 6. **Audit Execution** (Weeks 7–8) — Audit coordination, finding remediation, documentation support. Outcome: clean audit results. 7. **Certification & Communication** (Week 9) — Certification documentation, stakeholder communication, marketing assets. Outcome: certification achieved and communicated. 8. **Continuous Monitoring** (Ongoing) — Real-time dashboards, incident alerts, monthly security reports. 9. **Compliance Operations** (Ongoing) — Renewal management, framework updates, continuous improvement — maintained compliance with no lapses. ## The platform — CASCADES CASCADES provides continuous security with real controls and automatically generates mapped evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, and more. It spans six security domains, each producing both controls and audit evidence: - **Cloud Infrastructure Security** — Continuously scans cloud environments for misconfigurations, exposed resources, and drift, with automated remediation and real-time alerts. Controls: IAM monitoring, encryption at rest and in transit, network segmentation, resource tagging. Evidence: configuration snapshots, encryption status, access-control matrices, change logs. - **Data Protection** — Classify sensitive data, enforce encryption, monitor data flows. Controls: data classification, encryption key management, DLP monitoring. Evidence: data inventory, encryption status, privacy logs. - **Endpoint & Devices** — Enforce device security policies. Controls: full-disk encryption, EDR, MDM. Evidence: device compliance reports, detection logs. - **Access & Identity** — Automate access reviews and monitor privileged activity. Controls: RBAC, PAM, MFA. Evidence: access logs, session tracking. - **Compliance Automation** — Map security controls across frameworks automatically. Controls: policy versioning, automated testing. Evidence: audit reports, validation logs. - **SecOps & Monitoring** — Security event monitoring and incident orchestration. Controls: log aggregation, intrusion detection. Evidence: incident reports, remediation logs. ## The managed service — what you get Konfirmity is a complete platform backed by a dedicated CISO team, combining automation with hands-on expertise. - **Platform access:** Full access to the CASCADES platform, all core capabilities included (no feature tiers), unlimited integrations across your stack, unlimited users with role-based access, and API access for custom workflows. - **Managed service (up to 10 hrs/month):** A dedicated CISO assigned to your account, security program design and execution, incident response leadership and readiness, vendor security assessments and reviews, and board/investor/regulator communication. - **Ongoing operations:** 24/7 monitoring of your security posture, automated evidence collection and mapping, continuous security and risk scanning, ongoing control testing and validation, and audit preparation and support. - **Support:** Email support with a <4-hour response SLA, direct Slack access to your CISO, an emergency incident response hotline, quarterly business and risk reviews, and monthly security and compliance reports. Coverage spans roughly 18 hours a day across global timezones, with a dedicated Slack channel, regular check-ins, and a client portal for real-time visibility (compliance dashboards, risk reports, audit-readiness scores, and executive summaries). ## Pricing Konfirmity publishes transparent, all-inclusive annual pricing — "Complete Compliance at a Predictable Annual Cost." Three tiers, each bundling the GRC platform, managed compliance (which includes a penetration test and internal audit), and the audit cost for one framework (bring your own external auditor). Prices are annual and exclude GST. - **Starter** — 10–50 employees. GRC Platform $7,500 + Managed Compliance $12,000 + Audit Cost $5,000–8,500. **Total $24,500–28,000/yr.** - **Growth** — 51–200 employees. GRC Platform $15,000 + Managed Compliance $24,000 + Audit Cost $5,000–8,500. **Total $44,000–48,500/yr.** - **Enterprise** — 200+ employees. GRC Platform $30,000 + Managed Compliance $48,000 + Audit Cost $5,000–8,500. **Total $83,000–86,500/yr.** ## ROI The pricing page includes an interactive ROI calculator. Inputs: number of employees, current GRC platform cost, annual pen-test / VA cost, external audit fees, hours per week spent on compliance, and number of frameworks. It compares your current total cost against Konfirmity's total cost and shows time recovered (hours/year) and annual savings. Konfirmity states clients spend about 75 hours per year on compliance with Konfirmity, compared with an industry average it cites as 550–600 hours. ## Frameworks Konfirmity implements and maintains six frameworks; a single control set maps across multiple frameworks to avoid duplicate work. - **ISO 27001** — The international standard for an Information Security Management System (ISMS), universally recognised, audited annually, certificate valid three years. Konfirmity timeline: ~90 days with an existing security program, 4–5 months building from scratch, 6–8 months for complex environments. ~70% control overlap with SOC 2. - **SOC 2** — An AICPA report issued by an independent CPA firm on how your controls meet the Trust Services Criteria; the North American baseline for B2B SaaS procurement. Type I in roughly 8–12 weeks; Type II adds a 3–12 month observation window (first Type II often 6 months, annually thereafter). - **HIPAA** — US federal law governing protected health information, audited by the HHS Office for Civil Rights, with civil penalties up to roughly $1.92M per violation category per year. If your product touches PHI — directly or as a vendor — covered entities won't sign a Business Associate Agreement without it. - **GDPR** — European data-protection regulation built on its core principles (lawfulness, fairness and transparency, purpose limitation, data minimization, accuracy, storage limitation, integrity and confidentiality, accountability) and data-subject rights (access, rectification, erasure, portability, objection, and rights around automated decision-making). - **PCI DSS** — Six objectives and 12 requirements, enforced by the card brands (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, JCB) through acquirers; non-compliance can trigger monthly fines. If you take card payments you need PCI — the card brands' contract doesn't accept SOC 2 as a substitute. - **MAS TRM** — Singapore's Monetary Authority Technology Risk Management Guidelines for regulated financial institutions, organised in four pillars (Governance & Accountability, Robust Delivery & Operations, Defence-in-Depth Security, Continuous Assurance). Every MAS-regulated institution — banks, insurers, capital-market services, payment institutions, digital banks, exchanges — measures vendors against the TRM Guidelines. ## Proof and outcomes Konfirmity's published figures (company-stated): - 4.5 years of profitable operations since founding. - 70% of duplicate work eliminated across frameworks. - 35% reduction in compliance overhead via automation. - 90 days average from kickoff to audit-ready posture. - Founder with 25+ years in cybersecurity; the team has collectively conducted over 6,000 security audits, with backgrounds across Fortune 500 enterprises, leading consultancies, and high-growth startups. Customer testimonials (named, company-reported): - *"Konfirmity helped us achieve SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA compliance. Their platform and team made a complex process feel manageable."* — Jimmy G., Co-founder/CTO, Agentic AI company (USA). - *"Expanding into new markets meant navigating multiple regulatory frameworks simultaneously. Konfirmity's expertise in multi-market compliance made it seamless."* — Peter M., Head of Security, Swiss banking. - *"Having a dedicated CISO service from Konfirmity gave us enterprise-level security leadership without the enterprise-level cost."* — Vijay R., SVP Engineering, Indian software/KPO. - *"Konfirmity reduced our compliance workload by 85% and helped us achieve Thai PDPA certification. The time savings alone justified the investment."* — Wicky T., Co-founder/CTO, Thailand fintech. ## Free resources - **The Asset Inventory Guide** — Build an asset inventory that satisfies ISO 27001 and SOC 2 auditors and stays current as you scale. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/asset-inventory-guide - **50 Security Questionnaire Questions Founders Answer Badly** — The weak answer, the strong answer, and the evidence to attach for 50 real security questionnaire questions. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/security-questionnaire-questions - **The Access Review Playbook** — A repeatable user access review process that satisfies ISO 27001 and SOC 2 auditors. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/access-review-playbook - **The SOC 2 Evidence Collection Template** — A fillable Evidence Tracker mapped to every Trust Services Criteria, plus Trust Services Criteria and collection-frequency reference tables. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/soc-2-evidence-collection-template - **The ISO 27001 Audit Preparation Checklist** — The exact gap-assessment, scope, and evidence checklist used before every ISO 27001 Stage 1 audit. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/iso-27001-audit-prep-checklist - **The ISO 27001 Timeline Planner** — A printable ISO 27001 certification timeline planner, sized to your headcount and ISMS maturity. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/iso-27001-timeline-planner-template - **The HIPAA-to-NIST CSF Crosswalk Template** — The complete HIPAA-to-NIST CSF crosswalk covering every safeguard, with owner, evidence location, and review-frequency columns. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/hipaa-nist-csf-crosswalk-template - **The ISO 27001 Incident Response Plan & Severity Matrix Template** — A ready-to-adapt plan, a P1-P4 severity matrix, and a fully worked incident log showing what auditors expect. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/iso-27001-incident-response-plan-template - **The ISO 27001 Vulnerability Management Policy & Register Template** — A ready-to-adapt policy, a severity-based remediation SLA, and a fully worked vulnerability register. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/iso-27001-vulnerability-management-policy-template - **The ISO 27001 Backup & Disaster Recovery Policy Template** — A ready-to-adapt policy, an RPO/RTO worksheet, the 3-2-1 storage checklist, and a worked restore-test log. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/iso-27001-backup-recovery-policy-template - **The ISO 27001 Evidence Collection Checklist & Template** — A ready-to-use evidence tracker covering all nine core categories, with worked example rows. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/iso-27001-evidence-collection-checklist - **The SOC 2 Physical Security Policy & Audit Checklist** — A ready-to-adapt policy, a control matrix mapping all 16 domains to CC6, and a worked audit checklist. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/soc-2-physical-security-checklist - **The ISO 27001 Cloud Compliance Checklist for Azure** — A shared-responsibility breakdown, a control-to-Azure-feature matrix, and a worked evidence tracker. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/iso-27001-azure-cloud-compliance-checklist - **The ISO 27001 Policy Templates Pack** — The core Information Security Policy plus nine topic-specific policies, ready to adapt. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/iso-27001-policy-templates-pack - **The SOC 2 to NIST CSF Mapping Matrix** — A spreadsheet mapping every SOC 2 control to NIST CSF, with example rows already filled in. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/soc-2-nist-csf-mapping-matrix - **The GDPR Gap Assessment Template Pack** — Templates for data mapping, risk scoring, and audit prep to run your own GDPR gap assessment. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/gdpr-gap-assessment-template-pack - **The ISO 27001 Secure SDLC Template Pack** — Templates for a secure development policy, risk assessment, and security control checklist. https://www.konfirmity.com/resources/iso-27001-secure-sdlc-template-pack ## Company Konfirmity serves clients across Singapore, the United States, Australia, Thailand, and Germany. Learn more at https://www.konfirmity.com/about, see results at https://www.konfirmity.com/case-studies, or get in touch at https://www.konfirmity.com/contact-us. ## More content - Blog (299+ articles): https://www.konfirmity.com/blog - Glossary (120+ terms): https://www.konfirmity.com/glossary - Complete URL index: https://www.konfirmity.com/sitemap.xml