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Security Questionnaires

An 855-question SIG lands in your inbox. The buyer wants network diagrams you've never drawn, incident response plans you've never tested, and a call with your "security team", which is your CTO, part-time, between shipping features.

We've been on the other side of these evaluations. We know which answers get flagged, which gaps actually matter, and what makes a buyer's security team say yes. We take questionnaires off your plate and get on the calls when buyers want to talk to a human.

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Security questionnaires

01Security questionnaires

How Security Questionnaires works with Adversis

Customers don't just want a SOC 2 report. They want real answers about your architecture, controls, and processes. We help you build responses (and systems) that satisfy scrutiny and get on calls when buyers want to talk to a human.

What's included

  1. 1. SIG, CAIQ, and custom questionnaire response (including the monsters from financial services)
  2. 2. Live call support when the buyer's security team wants to talk, with someone who's been on their side of the table
  3. 3. Security narrative and positioning
  4. 4. Reusable response library creation

02Sound familiar?

  • Q1“Describe your SIEM and log retention policies”
  • Q2“Do you have a dedicated CISO or security team?”
  • Q3“Provide penetration test results from the past 12 months”
  • Q4“Walk us through your incident response process”

03Is this you?

Who it's for

Sales and security teams tired of pushing more important work off to deal with questionnaires, and losing deals to incomplete answers and low trust signals.

The outcome

Faster deal cycles, confident responses, and someone credible on the call. Research shows 29% of companies lose deals outright over security gaps. We make sure that's not you.

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Case study

A scaling EdTech organization unlocks state contracts, compresses sales cycles, and gains the documentation to back up their mission.

Challenge
Post-acquisition platform lacking security documentation, blocking state and enterprise education contracts.
Solution
Comprehensive pen testing, direct vendor remediation support, CIS v8 and GDPR alignment, SOC 2 readiness groundwork.
Result
180+ → 30 daysSecurity reviews that stalled deals for months now complete in weeks

FAQ

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

  • Mostly B2B SaaS companies, typically Series A or B, with a small security team or none at all. The common thread: enterprise buyers are asking hard security questions, and the team needs help answering them.

  • Keep using them. They're great at automating evidence collection and getting you through your SOC 2 audit. We pick up where they stop: the live security call with your prospect's team, the custom questionnaire questions that fall outside your audit scope, and pen testing that holds up when a buyer's security team actually reads the report. Instead of your CTO spending weeks figuring out what enterprise buyers expect and how to talk about your security posture, you hand it to us. Compliance platforms get you the certificate. We get you through the security review.

  • Yes. But we'll probably ask what's driving the need, because a pen test is often part of a bigger picture (a deal in motion, a compliance requirement, a buyer's security review). If you genuinely just need a clean report, we can do that, validation and retesting included. If there's more to untangle, we'll tell you.

  • 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.

  • Most engagements kick off within 2-3 weeks. If you have a deal on the line and need to move faster, tell us. We'll see what we can do.

  • Both. Some clients need a pen test or SOC 2 sprint and we're done. Others want a retained advisor they can pull in for security reviews, architecture questions, or board prep. We structure it around what you actually need.

  • It depends on scope, but most companies spend less on a full engagement than they lose in delays. A pen test or gap analysis starts in the low five figures. A broader security story or compliance push scales from there based on what you actually need.

  • That's most of our clients. We act as your security bench: fractional expertise you can tap without hiring a full team. When you're ready to build internally, we can help with that transition too.

Get started

Whether it's a questionnaire, a certification, or a pen test, we'll scope what you actually need.

Chad Nelson
Chad NelsonCo-Founder, Head of Business Development
“Most companies don't need more security. They need the right security at the right time. We figure out what that is.”
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