SOC2 readiness and assessment, fractional vCISO leadership, and AI governance for AI-native startups and growing companies heading into enterprise sales or their next round.
Enterprise buyers are asking for your SOC2. We take you from "where do we even start" to audit-ready — then hand you straight to an auditor with evidence already in place.
Define your systems, TSC in scope, and target report type & date.
Measure current controls against SOC2 and score your readiness.
Close gaps with policies, controls & workflows — no busywork.
Stand up the evidence library and monitoring auditors will sample.
Select an auditor and run the Type I / Type II with support at your side.
Your SOC2 work shouldn't be throwaway. We build a single audit-ready evidence library that satisfies SOC2 today and maps to ISO 27001, NIST, and your AI obligations tomorrow — not five separate audits, five separate binders, and five separate scrambles.
Compliance shouldn't slow your growth. Done right, it's the thing that unlocks your next enterprise deal.
Board-First Security Program Design™ — strategic design from the board down, mapped to a single control set and a reusable evidence library.
From SOC2 readiness to embedded leadership and practitioner workshops — built for AI-native startups and lean security teams.
Go from zero to audit-ready with evidence in place and an auditor lined up.
The security leadership your team needs, without the full-time cost.
A real AI risk assessment, the way procurement teams and auditors expect to see it in 2026.
Monthly working sessions for AI founders & GRC teams — 60 minutes, one practitioner topic, no slideware.
Whether you need an expert embedded in your team or a head start you can run yourself, there's a path that fits your stage.
A senior security leader inside your business — for a fraction of the cost of a full-time CISO.
Practitioner workshops and ready-to-deploy templates you can run yourself, on your own timeline.
13+ years across JPMorgan, EY, S&P, MUFG, and Cantor. Built by someone who has done the work — not by slideware.
Readiness through audit-day, Type I and Type II — with evidence auditors actually accept.
Specialized in AI governance, ISO 42001 readiness, and NIST AI RMF. Built for startups with AI in production.
No bloated project plans. Designed for small security teams and founder-led companies without overhead.
“Meenu has a rare ability to go deep on the details while keeping the broader picture in focus — taking complicated technical concepts and communicating them clearly across teams. She brings a level of rigor that raises the bar for everyone around her.”
Cyber Advisory provides SOC2 readiness, fractional vCISO leadership, GRC advisory, and AI governance to AI-native startups (Seed to Series B) and growing companies selling into the enterprise — plus mid-market and family-owned firms making their first security hire.
Led by Meenu Chadha, Founder & Principal Advisor, with 13+ years of hands-on security and risk leadership across global financial institutions.
"Compliance shouldn't be the thing that slows your growth. Done right, it's the thing that unlocks your next enterprise deal."
Type I attests that your controls are designed correctly at a point in time — the fastest way to satisfy a buyer who needs "a SOC2." Type II attests that those controls operated effectively over a period (typically 3–12 months). Most startups start with Type I to unblock a deal, then run Type II. We prepare you for both.
For a lean team, a focused readiness engagement is typically a few weeks to get through the gap assessment and remediation plan, with evidence maturing from there. The exact timeline depends on your current controls, your stack, and whether you're targeting Type I or a Type II observation window.
Not required, but they help. We work alongside the major compliance-automation platforms to collect evidence continuously — or set you up cleanly if you don't have one yet. The tool is a convenience; the program underneath it is what passes the audit.
No — and that's on purpose. Readiness and the attestation are kept independent. We get you audit-ready and help you select and work with a licensed CPA firm for the actual SOC2 report, then support you through audit day.
It doesn't have to. We fold AI-specific controls (model inventory, sub-processor risk, data handling) into the same evidence library, so your SOC2 covers how you use AI and you're ready for AI-specific questionnaires at the same time.
Book a free scoping call and we'll map your current posture against the Trust Services Criteria — and show you the fastest path to audit-ready.
Tell us about your company, your stack, and where you're headed. We'll respond within one business day.