Compliance, without the paperwork panic.
HIPAA, PCI, FTC Safeguards — the rules keep growing and the fines keep coming. We guide your business through what’s actually required: risk assessments, written policies, and the security controls auditors look for — in plain English.
Not the rules — the readiness
The questionnaire with no answers
It arrives from an insurer, a customer, or a card processor: Do you have a written risk assessment? MFA everywhere? A named security lead? Each blank is a renewal, a contract, or a rate hanging on a document that doesn’t exist.
The risk assessment from another decade
Your rules expect a current, documented look at where you stand — refreshed as the business changes. A binder from before you moved offices describes a business that no longer exists.
Controls that live in people’s heads
The safeguards mostly exist — informally. Nothing is written down, so nothing can be demonstrated. In an audit, undocumented and undone score exactly the same.
The scramble when it’s already due
Most businesses meet compliance as a fire drill: the letter arrives, the deadline is real, and the documentation gets built in a panic at panic prices — or doesn’t get built at all.
An audit should be a non-event
HIPAA compliance guidance — risk assessments, policies, and safeguards for practices handling protected health information. PCI DSS guidance — what your business must do to handle card payments safely, and prove it. FTC Safeguards — for auto dealers, lenders, and financial services: your written security program and designated Qualified Individual (our vCSO service can serve as yours). Risk assessments and the policies & documentation auditors ask for — prepared before they ask.
Size doesn’t exempt you: if you handle health data, card payments, or customer financial data, the rules apply. We prepare you for an audit — documentation, controls, and evidence — so it’s a non-event, not a fire drill. Scoped to your industry and requirements, quoted in your proposal before you commit. For guidance, call (361) 704-1373.
How it works
- Gap assessment — where you stand vs. what the rules require
- Remediation plan — what to fix, in what order
- Policies & documentation — the paperwork auditors ask for, done right
- Stay compliant — reviews as your business and the rules change
Start with the Texas safe harbor: find your tier.
Texas SB 2610 rewards documented security — and the first step is knowing which tier of the safe harbor fits a business your size. This checklist walks the tier finder, then the plain-language basics every rulebook shares: MFA, tested backups, the payment call-back drill, and who still has access they shouldn’t.
- Your SB 2610 tier, in plain words — and what it expects of you
- The baseline controls HIPAA, PCI, and FTC Safeguards all ask for
- The payment-diversion call-back drill every office should run
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Get compliant before you have to be.
A fixed-fee, fixed-scope review of your network, email security, backups, and access controls — delivered as a written findings report with a prioritized fix list. The report is yours either way. Sign a managed agreement within 30 days and the full $495 is credited toward your onboarding.
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Frequently asked questions
We're small — do these rules apply to us?
If you handle health data, card payments, or customer financial data, yes — size doesn't exempt you.
What does the FTC Safeguards Rule require?
A designated security lead, a written risk assessment, and controls like MFA, encryption, and monitoring. Our vCSO service can serve as your Qualified Individual.
Will you handle an audit?
We prepare you for one — documentation, controls, and evidence — so an audit is a non-event, not a fire drill.
What does it cost?
Scoped to your industry and requirements — quoted in your proposal before you commit.