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Most compliance engagements fail before the auditor arrives, because the program was built by people who don’t know the technology, configured by people who don’t understand the framework, and documented by people who’ve never seen the actual environment. TechWise is one team that covers all three.

The Patchwork Problem

One consultant for HIPAA. Another for the penetration test. A third for policy documentation. None of them talk to each other. The controls don’t align. The evidence doesn’t connect. When the auditor asks for a control that was configured by one vendor and documented by another, nobody can produce a coherent answer, and every year starts from scratch. TechWise builds the audit package once and maintains it continuously.

The Binder Problem

Generic policy templates written by someone who’s never seen the environment don’t satisfy auditors, and they don’t protect the business. Auditors look for evidence that policies match actual operations: access logs that confirm the access control policy, backup test results that confirm the backup policy, configuration screenshots that confirm the technical controls. TechWise writes policies against real operations and configures the controls that make them true.

The Tools Problem

Most organizations running Microsoft 365 are paying for security tools they’ve never turned on. Defender sits dormant. Intune was never deployed. Purview is gathering dust. Auditors ask for evidence of controls, but a license isn’t a control. Activating and properly configuring what the client already owns is a core part of every TechWise compliance remediation, not a separate engagement.

The Insurance Problem

MFA. Yes. EDR. Yes. SOC/MDR? Incident response plan that’s been tested? Quarterly vulnerability scanning? Each “no” is a premium increase or a coverage gap. Compliance evidence and cyber insurance evidence are largely the same evidence, gathered once, applied to both. TechWise builds the documentation that satisfies the auditor and the underwriter in a single engagement.

TechWise holds SOC II Type II certification. They apply to their own operations the same rigor they bring to client environments. Every compliance engagement uses NIST CSF as the underlying structure, with framework-specific controls layered on top.

Healthcare

Hospitals · Practices · Health Tech · Payers

OCR audit preparation, clinical compliance architecture, and technical safeguard configuration. TechWise maps controls against HIPAA Security Rule requirements and builds the evidence package for OCR review. SOC II backing supports HITRUST certification pathways.

Defense Contractors

DoD Contractors · Primes · Subs

CMMC compliance architecture for defense contractors at all levels: CUI scoping, system security plan (SSP) production, Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M), and ongoing monitoring against CMMC practice requirements.

Payments & Retail

Retailers · Payment Processors · SaaS

Cardholder data environment scoping, network segmentation, access control configuration, and audit evidence assembly. TechWise maps the technical control environment against PCI-DSS requirements and remediates gaps before the QSA review.

All Industries

Baseline Across All Compliance Programs

NIST CSF is the underlying structure TechWise applies across every compliance engagement. Used standalone as a security posture baseline or as the foundation beneath HIPAA, CMMC, and PCI-DSS. Also a standard requirement for cyber insurance underwriters.

Technology & Services Companies

SaaS · Technology Vendors · Managed Service Providers · Any Organization Storing Customer Data

SOC 2 readiness for organizations that store, process, or transmit customer data, and need to demonstrate security controls to enterprise clients, partners, or auditors. TechWise holds SOC II Type II certification and brings that operational experience directly to client readiness engagements. Assessment, control configuration, evidence package, and support through the auditor’s process.

These frameworks appear in contracts, insurance questionnaires, and auditor letters. Here is what each one is, who it applies to, and what compliance actually requires in practical terms.

HIPAA

HIPAA applies to covered entities and their business associates who handle protected health information. The Security Rule requires administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. Compliance is enforced by the HHS Office for Civil Rights. Penalties range from $100 to $50,000 per violation with annual caps up to $1.9M per violation category. A HIPAA audit letter requires documented evidence of controls, not just policies.

CMMC 2.0

CMMC 2.0 is required for contractors handling Controlled Unclassified Information. Level 2 aligns with NIST SP 800-171 (110 practices) and requires third-party assessment for most contracts. Non-compliance means contract ineligibility. Key deliverables include a System Security Plan (SSP) and Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M).

PCI-DSS v4.0

PCI-DSS applies to any organization that stores, processes, or transmits cardholder data. Compliance is validated annually by a Qualified Security Assessor for larger merchants or via Self-Assessment Questionnaire for smaller ones. Requirements include network segmentation, access controls, encryption, quarterly vulnerability scanning, and annual penetration testing.

SOC 2 Type II

SOC 2 is required by many enterprise customers and investors as a condition of doing business. Type I evaluates control design at a point in time. Type II evaluates whether controls operated effectively over six to twelve months. TechWise holds SOC II Type II certification and brings direct operational experience to client readiness engagements.

NIST CSF

NIST CSF organizes security activities into five functions: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover. It is voluntary but referenced by cyber insurance underwriters and DoD requirements as a baseline expectation. TechWise uses NIST CSF as the underlying structure for every compliance engagement, with framework-specific controls layered on top.

HITRUST

HITRUST CSF consolidates HIPAA, NIST, ISO, and other standards into a single framework. Certification is increasingly required by large health systems and payers as a condition of vendor engagement. SOC 2 is a stepping stone to HITRUST as control requirements overlap significantly. TechWise supports HITRUST readiness as an extension of HIPAA compliance engagements.

TechWise delivers audit readiness, not the audit. The external auditor conducts the audit. TechWise assesses the gap, remediates the controls, builds the evidence, and supports the client through the auditor’s process, because compliance and technology are in one team, controls get configured and documented by the same people at the same time, no handoff gap, no misaligned evidence.

TechWise evaluates the current environment against HIPAA, CMMC, PCI-DSS, or NIST CSF, both technical gaps and procedural gaps. Findings are prioritized by audit risk and remediation impact, with a written readiness score and remediation roadmap delivered at the end of the phase.

→ Technical gap identification, missing controls, misconfigured systems, access issues
→ Procedural gap identification, missing policies, undocumented processes, evidence gaps
→ Tools activation audit, what’s licensed but dormant
→ Readiness score with prioritized remediation roadmap

TechWise remediates technical and procedural gaps, configuring system controls, writing policies that reflect actual operations, and activating tools that were licensed but never deployed. Remediation is sequenced by what moves the audit needle most, not what’s easiest.

→ System-level control configuration, technical controls implemented directly
→ Microsoft Defender, Intune, Purview, Entra ID, activated and configured
→ Policy development, written against actual operations, not generic templates
→ Access control remediation, identity, permissions, MFA, privileged access
→SSP and POA&M production for CMMC and frameworks that require them

TechWise assembles the complete evidence package, controls documentation, framework adoption evidence, incident response plan status, and VAPT results where the framework requires them. Then supports the client through the auditor’s process: answering technical questions, producing additional evidence, and managing the auditor conversation so the client isn’t navigating it alone.

→ Evidence package, controls mapped to framework requirements
→ Framework adoption documentation, what was implemented and how
→ Incident response plan, current status documented and evidenced
→ VAPT results integrated for frameworks that require them
→ External auditor support, TechWise present throughout the process

The gap between audits is where compliance erodes. Access changes. Systems get reconfigured. Policies go stale. TechWise maintains compliance posture continuously so the next audit cycle is easier than the first, and cyber insurance renewals aren’t a last-minute scramble for documentation that should already exist.

→ Quarterly access reviews, user permissions reviewed and documented
→ Continuous compliance monitoring against framework requirements
→ Annual re-audit readiness, evidence package maintained year-round
→ Cyber insurance questionnaire support, controls documented and current
→ Policy updates as frameworks evolve and the business changes

Most compliance engagements surface security gaps that need fixing and cyber insurance conversations that need documentation. TechWise covers all three without handing the client to a different team.