By Stefan Efros, CEO & Founder, EFROS

Updated · June 4, 2026

Service · Compliance Readiness

Compliance: documented, defended, re-assessed.

CMMC, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, FFIEC, NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, Colorado SB 26-189 (amended AI law). Assessed against the framework that applies to you, mapped to your controls, defended in front of auditors. Re-assessed every 12 months with evidence.

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Who this is for

Companies preparing for an audit cycle (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI, CMMC, GLBA, NYDFS) or moving from a self-attestation posture to an externally validated one. Especially useful before the first audit, when the gap between policy documentation and operational reality is widest.

Compliance engagement scope

Framework selection + gap analysis

Which framework applies (or which combination), based on your industry, jurisdiction, customer contracts, and data types. Current-state gap analysis against that scope.

Control mapping

Your existing technical and procedural controls mapped to the framework's required controls. Evidence requirements documented for each.

Evidence repository

Audit-ready evidence collected, versioned, timestamped. Lives in a repository you control, not a vendor system you'd lose access to on contract termination.

Pre-audit dry-run

Internal walkthrough with our team playing the auditor. Issues surfaced and remediated before the real assessor arrives.

Auditor liaison

We attend assessor meetings, answer follow-ups, manage evidence requests. Your internal team stays on operations, not on assembling SharePoint folders.

Annual re-assessment

Same scope, re-run yearly. Drift surfaced before it becomes a finding. Continuous-compliance posture rather than every-three-year scramble.

NIST AI RMF + US state-AI-law readiness (AI workload scope)

For US organizations deploying generative AI, agentic systems, or AI inside regulated workflows, we extend the engagement to cover NIST AI RMF function alignment (Govern, Map, Measure, Manage), ISO/IEC 42001 AI management system control mapping, and the state-AI-law overlay (NYC LL144 bias audit, CA AB 2013 training-data summary, CA SB 1001 bot disclosure, IL HB 3773 hiring restrictions, TN ELVIS Act voice cloning, and Colorado's amended AI law SB 26-189 — a transparency/disclosure regime for automated decision systems, effective 2027). Deeper AI governance lives at /services/ai-governance. This engagement folds the compliance evidence into the same audit-ready repository.

What this engagement does not cover

Items below sit outside the scope of this service. Some are handled by separate EFROS engagements; others belong with your existing partners or in-house team.

Issuing the audit attestation itself (auditor handles that; we prep the evidence)
Custom internal-controls software development
Legal review of contract clauses (legal counsel handles that)
Bank or payment-processor enforcement actions (separate workflow)

Security impact

The exercise of mapping controls to a framework surfaces the policy-vs-operation gaps that auditors find but attackers exploit first. Closing them produces both audit-ready evidence and a hardened operational posture.

Compliance & cyber-insurance relevance

This service is about framework alignment: SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria, ISO 27001 Annex A, HIPAA Security Rule, PCI-DSS v4.0.1, CMMC L1/L2, GLBA Safeguards, NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500. Output is an evidence pack the auditor accepts.

Industries this fits best

The pattern works anywhere; these are where the operational lift is most visible.

Healthcare

HIPAA Security Rule + HITECH; BAA management.

Financial Services

FFIEC, GLBA, NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500, SOX ITGC.

Legal

Bar-association data-protection expectations, client-privilege preservation.

Government / Defense supply chain

CMMC 2.0, NIST SP 800-171/172.

Companies deploying AI

NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, US state-AI-law overlay (incl. Colorado SB 26-189).

Standards and frameworks referenced

NIST CSF 2.0ISO/IEC 27001:2022SOC 2 TSC (2017 with 2022 Points of Focus)CMMC 2.0NIST SP 800-171 / 172PCI DSS v4.0.1HIPAA Security RuleFFIEC IT Examination HandbookNYDFS 23 NYCRR 500Colorado SB 26-189 (amended AI law)NIST AI RMF (AI 100-1, January 2023)ISO/IEC 42001:2023 (AI Management System)

Standard versions should be verified from the official source before contractual reliance.

Frequently asked

Questions before we start.

Can EFROS issue a SOC 2 report?

No. SOC 2 reports are issued only by licensed CPA firms. We prepare your environment, evidence, and policies so the CPA firm's assessment is straightforward and the report is favorable.

We're already compliant, why re-assess?

Configurations drift, employees leave, vendors change, frameworks update (PCI DSS v4.0.1, NYDFS amendments, NIST CSF 2.0, Colorado's 2026 repeal-and-replace of its AI law by SB 26-189, effective 2027). Continuous re-assessment catches drift before it becomes a finding.

Can you defend us in front of regulators?

We document, prepare, and liaise. Legal representation in front of regulators remains with your law firm. We coordinate evidence and technical responses with them.

Does this cover Colorado's AI law?

Yes. Colorado repealed its original AI Act (SB 24-205) and replaced it with SB 26-189 (signed 2026-05-14, effective 2027-01-01) — a narrower transparency/disclosure regime for automated decision systems, without the earlier risk-management programs or impact-assessment mandate. The engagement covers SB 26-189 disclosure readiness alongside the broader state-AI-law overlay (NYC LL144, CA AB 2013/SB 1001, IL HB 3773, UT SB 149, TN ELVIS Act) and ongoing obligation tracking. Control mapping bridges to NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001 so a single evidence pipeline covers the applicable frameworks. Deeper AI governance (inventory, vendor diligence, tenant-isolated agents) lives at /services/ai-governance/ and is scoped separately.

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