Managed Security & GRC for SMBs

Stop buying compliance.
Start building security.

A real security program on NIST CSF 2.0 and CIS Controls — so audits, customer security reviews, and your insurer become the easy part.

The problem

Compliance theater isn't security.

Passing an audit and being secure are not the same thing — and most SMBs find that out the hard way, usually the moment a major customer's security team starts asking real questions.

Buying compliance

The template trap

  • Buy a policy template pack and call it a program
  • Documents that don't match how the business actually runs
  • A fire drill every time a customer sends a security questionnaire
  • A certificate on the wall — and real gaps underneath

Building security

The Qanta way

  • A foundation built on NIST CSF 2.0 and CIS Controls
  • Controls that actually run, right-sized to your business
  • Evidence collected continuously, not the week before an audit
  • Audits and customer security reviews become a formality

What we do

One team for your entire security program.

A full security and GRC practice for small and mid-sized businesses — delivered by people who built and ran these programs inside the Fortune 500.

Security Governance & GRC

Stand up a real program on NIST CSF 2.0 and CIS Controls — governance, policies, and controls that match how you actually operate, managed in one place.

Compliance Readiness

SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI. Build once on a strong foundation, then map to whatever frameworks your customers and regulators require.

Managed Detection & Response

24/7 monitoring and response, so suspicious activity gets caught and contained before it ever becomes an incident.

Penetration Testing

Find the weaknesses before attackers — or your customers' auditors — do. Clear findings, real exploitation, and practical fixes.

vCISO Advisory

Fractional security leadership: strategy, board and customer reporting, vendor risk, and a roadmap that keeps maturing over time.

Security Awareness Training

Turn your team into your first line of defense with phishing simulations and training that actually sticks.

Our approach

We build the foundation first.

Most standards — SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI — map back to two frameworks. So we build on NIST CSF 2.0 and CIS Controls once, then map to whatever your customers and regulators ask for. Build once, map many.

No shortcuts

There's no instant solution — and we won't pretend there is.

We're not here to rush you to a certificate. We work alongside you to build the program the right way and keep you operating that way. Most firms lose their maturity the moment they're certified, then face an expensive scramble to re-certify every few years. We do it right and stay mature — so audits stop being a fire drill and become a formality.

  1. 01

    Assess

    We baseline your security maturity against NIST CSF 2.0 and pinpoint the gaps that actually matter — to your business and to your customers.

  2. 02

    Build

    We implement CIS Controls and stand up governance and policies that fit how you really operate — right-sized with Implementation Groups, not a generic template.

  3. 03

    Operate

    We run and monitor the program in Citadel, collecting evidence continuously so you stay audit-ready and review-ready all year.

Anchored on the six functions of NIST CSF 2.0

Govern

Strategy, roles, and risk decisions — the backbone CSF 2.0 added, and where most SMBs have nothing.

Identify

Know your assets, your data, and where the real risk lives.

Protect

Put the right safeguards in place to limit impact.

Detect

Spot anomalies and threats quickly.

Respond

Act decisively and contain when something happens.

Recover

Restore operations — and get stronger each time.

Build once, map many

SOC 2ISO 27001HIPAAPCI DSSGDPR / CCPA

The platform

Powered by Citadel, our GRC platform.

Your whole program — controls, evidence, and live maturity against NIST CSF 2.0 — in one place. Continuous, not point-in-time. So you're audit-ready and questionnaire-ready every day, not just the week before.

Pricing

A monthly commitment, scoped to you.

Every engagement is a block of senior security time each month — not a cookie-cutter package. Pick the level of hands-on you need; we scope the rest with you. Here's where most SMBs start.

Essentials

Get a real program off the ground — the right way.

20senior hours / month
  • CIS Controls IG1 baseline
  • Core policy set, tailored to you
  • NIST CSF 2.0 maturity assessment
  • Audit-readiness foundation
  • Your program managed in Citadel
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Most popular

Growth

For SMBs facing customer security reviews and audits.

40senior hours / month
  • Everything in Essentials
  • Full NIST CSF 2.0 program build
  • Active remediation alongside your team
  • Continuous evidence in Citadel
  • SOC 2 / ISO / HIPAA / PCI readiness — mapped to what you actually need
  • Security awareness training
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Managed

Near-embedded — we run the program with you.

80senior hours / month
  • Everything in Growth
  • Fractional vCISO advisory
  • Offensive testing (Phantom Ops)
  • Vendor & third-party risk management
  • Ongoing posture tracking (Ghost Vector)
  • Priority access to our team
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No fixed packages and no surprise invoices. We scope the right number of hours with you on a free assessment — and the rate is part of that conversation.

About Qanta

Built by practitioners who've defended businesses big and small.

We've spent our careers inside enterprise security teams and leading programs at smaller, faster-moving companies. Qanta brings that hard-won, real-world rigor to the businesses that need it most — and can least afford to get it wrong.

Enterprise-trained

Security experience across large and small orgs

NIST CSF 2.0

+ CIS Controls foundation

SMB-first

The market everyone else overlooks

The practitioners

Credentials & trust

Credibility you can verify.

The questions a security-conscious customer asks before they trust a vendor — answered up front.

Certifications our team holds

OSCPOSCE³CISSPCISMCISACRTOGIAC GPENISO 27001 Lead Auditor

Frameworks we deliver against

NIST CSF 2.0CIS Controls v8.1SOC 2ISO 27001HIPAAPCI DSS 4.0

How we operate

  • Background-checked operators on every engagement
  • Mutual NDA before any scope is discussed
  • Cyber liability & professional indemnity insured
  • Coordinated, responsible disclosure — always
  • Your data stays yours; nothing retained beyond the engagement

Ready to build real security?

Start with a free assessment. We'll baseline your maturity against NIST CSF 2.0 and show you exactly where you stand — no obligation, no jargon.