What does the engagement actually look like day-to-day?

Early on, we're deep in your architecture, your buyer requirements, and your gaps. Within a few weeks, we're saving you time on security procurement calls, managing questionnaire responses, building your roadmap, and helping with what to prioritize, and what to skip. The engagement evolves as your pipeline and your program mature. The people who scope your engagement are the people who do the work.

We have Vanta / Drata. What does Adversis add?

Vanta handles evidence collection and monitoring, and it's valuable. But it can't get on the call when the buyer's CISO has architecture questions. It can't run a pen test. It can't tell you which of the 47 controls it monitors actually matter for your specific threat surface. And it can't write the security roadmap your board is asking for. We're the expertise layer that makes your platform investment pay off.

What's the typical engagement length?

Retainer clients typically engage for months to years. Some stay longer because the security landscape evolves and their buyer conversations keep escalating. The relationship grows with your enterprise pipeline: what starts as "help us field this call" often becomes "help us build the program we'll grow into."

Can you help us answer security questionnaires?

Yes, and we can get on calls with your buyer's security team when needed. We've been on the other side of those calls, running vendor evaluations. We know what they're actually trying to learn and how to answer in a way that builds confidence. We've also been on both sides of a breach and can justify when controls make a difference.

Security Partnership for SaaS

Strategic Security Partnership

Enterprise buyers don't just want a SOC 2 badge. They want to talk to someone who can answer real architecture questions. When the questionnaire lands or the buyer's security team asks for a call, you need someone credible on your side.

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We've been on both sides of that table: running security evaluations at Fortune 500 companies, deciding which vendors passed. Now we help SaaS companies build security stories that survive that scrutiny.

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Your embedded security partner

01Your embedded security partner

Most SaaS companies first call us because a deal needs a pen test or there's a security review they can't field. We solve that, fast. But the reason clients stay is what happens next.

Your security program was built to pass an audit, not to scale. Questionnaires keep coming. Buyers get more sophisticated. The board starts asking for a roadmap nobody has time to write. Your security hire (if you have one) is probably drowning in operational work with no time for anything strategic.

We become the security partner your team leans on. Not consultants who deliver policies and disappear. We learn your architecture, your threat surface, your buyer profile. We bring pattern recognition from years of enterprise red team work and security evaluations, the kind of accumulated judgment that tells us not just what to fix, but what to skip. Then we build a prioritized roadmap grounded in real risk, not framework checklists.

What's included

1. Enterprise buyer calls and security questionnaire support
2. Security roadmap informed by real attack patterns
3. Deprioritization guidance
4. Security program development and oversight
5. Policy and governance that fits your stage
6. Platform optimization

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02Is this you?

Who it's for

You just got an 847-question security assessment from your biggest prospect. Your CTO is spending 15 hours a week on security reviews instead of building product. The buyer wants a call with "your security team" and you're not sure who to put on it.

Or: you have Vanta, you passed the audit, and the dashboard is green, but the buyer's CISO is asking about key rotation practices.

The outcome

Your CTO goes from 15 hours a week on security to 2. Your enterprise buyers get answers that come from real operational experience. Your board gets a security narrative grounded in evidence, not aspirational framework language.

Your security program scales from Series A through growth stage, built on what actually reduces risk, not what looks good on a slide.

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Case study

Sokn Engineering partnered with Adversis to protect intellectual property, secure applications and infrastructure, and establish compliance with SEC, FTC, and CFTC cybersecurity requirements, gaining both regulatory confidence and a clear framework for ongoing security decisions.

Challenge: As a growing FinTech company, Sokn Engineering needed to protect its intellectual property and business interests while meeting cybersecurity regulations from multiple federal agencies. The team wanted more than a compliance checklist. They needed to understand their actual risk posture and build security practices that would scale with the business.
Solution: Adversis began with a realistic threat model tailored to Sokn's business environment, examining critical operations, technical architecture, likely threats, and potential impacts. The engagement combined technical assessment of workstations, network configurations, cloud infrastructure, and public-facing services with policy development and process review, translated into plain language throughout.
Result: 3Regulatory frameworks addressed (SEC, FTC, CFTC), with validated controls, tailored policy guidance, and a response plan the team can execute with confidence.

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FAQ

Straight answers to what teams usually ask us before we start. If yours isn't here, ask us directly.

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Early on, we're deep in your architecture, your buyer requirements, and your gaps. Within a few weeks, we're saving you time on security procurement calls, managing questionnaire responses, building your roadmap, and helping with what to prioritize, and what to skip. The engagement evolves as your pipeline and your program mature. The people who scope your engagement are the people who do the work.
Vanta handles evidence collection and monitoring, and it's valuable. But it can't get on the call when the buyer's CISO has architecture questions. It can't run a pen test. It can't tell you which of the 47 controls it monitors actually matter for your specific threat surface. And it can't write the security roadmap your board is asking for. We're the expertise layer that makes your platform investment pay off.
Retainer clients typically engage for months to years. Some stay longer because the security landscape evolves and their buyer conversations keep escalating. The relationship grows with your enterprise pipeline: what starts as "help us field this call" often becomes "help us build the program we'll grow into."
Yes, and we can get on calls with your buyer's security team when needed. We've been on the other side of those calls, running vendor evaluations. We know what they're actually trying to learn and how to answer in a way that builds confidence. We've also been on both sides of a breach and can justify when controls make a difference.