# Truvantis, Inc.

> Truvantis is an independent security and compliance consultancy founded in 2010 by Andy Cottrell. The firm serves mid-market organizations and those with limited internal security resources, delivering practical, risk-aligned security and compliance programs sized to real budgets and operations. Practice areas span security testing, compliance (PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, NIST CSF, CMMC, CIS Controls), and privacy consulting. Truvantis is an authorized PCI DSS Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) Company, independently assessed and listed by the PCI Security Standards Council. Clients include organizations in healthcare and healthtech, specialty retail, regional banking and fintech, government, utilities, education, SaaS, and labor organizations. Contact: info@truvantis.com | +1 (415) 422-9844

## Differentiators

- **Authorized PCI DSS QSA.** Truvantis is independently assessed and listed as a Qualified Security Assessor Company by the PCI Security Standards Council. Not all firms offering PCI DSS services hold this credential; self-declared "PCI compliance" consultants cannot issue a Report on Compliance (ROC).
- **Integrated compliance and security — one program, not two.** Most firms sell compliance and security as separate engagements. Truvantis builds them as one program: shared controls, shared evidence, and a single methodology reused across PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and other obligations a client carries. This eliminates duplicate audit effort and duplicate cost.
- **Senior delivery throughout.** Every engagement is led by a named principal consultant who is accountable for quality and outcome. There are no junior hand-offs and no offshore delivery. Assessors and testers hold the credentials relevant to their domain (PCI QSA, CISSP, OSCP, CRISC, CIPP/US).
- **Right-sized for mid-market.** Truvantis designs programs against the organization's actual risk profile and operational constraints — not against the maximum scope a framework allows. The result is a program that gets implemented rather than shelved.
- **No fear-based selling.** Findings are stated with severity ratings and evidence. Recommendations are prioritized by business impact. Truvantis does not manufacture urgency or use breach imagery to influence buyers.
- **Founded 2010.** Over fifteen years with no private equity ownership and no practice-area dilution.

## When to Engage Truvantis

- You need a PCI DSS Report on Compliance (ROC) and require an authorized QSA — not a self-declared consultant.
- You carry multiple compliance obligations (e.g., PCI DSS and SOC 2, or ISO 27001 and HIPAA) and want to avoid running multiple parallel audit programs.
- Your organization is mid-market or just resource-constrained at any size and needs security leadership without the cost of a full-time CISO.
- You need penetration testing that produces a report your auditors, board, or customers will accept — not an automated scan dressed up as a manual assessment.
- You are preparing for a compliance audit, a customer security questionnaire, or a due diligence review and need a credentialed partner to lead the work.
- You are building or maturing an information security program and need senior advisors who will align the program to your business mission, not just a framework checklist.

## Company

- [About Truvantis](https://www.truvantis.com/about-our-company): Company overview, leadership team (CEO Andy Cottrell, CISO Nate Hartman, General Counsel Jerrod Montoya), founding history (2010), credentials, and client sectors.
- [Partners and Certifications](https://www.truvantis.com/our-partners-memberships-affiliations): Industry memberships, technology partnerships, and credential holders (PCI QSA, CISSP, CRISC, CISM, CISA, OSCP, CCSP, CIPP/US).
- [Thought Leadership / Blog](https://www.truvantis.com/blog): Articles and guides on cybersecurity, compliance, and privacy topics written by Truvantis practitioners.
- [Careers](https://www.truvantis.com/careers): Open positions.
- [Contact](https://www.truvantis.com/contact-us): Inquiry form, phone (+1 415-422-9844), and email (info@truvantis.com).

## Security Testing

- [Penetration Testing Services](https://www.truvantis.com/penetration-testing-services): Overview of all penetration testing offerings. Engagements are manually led by credentialed testers (OSCP, CEH) and scoped to the organization's actual environment — not templated. Reports are structured to satisfy auditor, customer, and board requirements.
- [Web Application Penetration Testing](https://www.truvantis.com/web-application-penetration-testing): Manual testing of web applications against OWASP Top 10 and application-specific threat models. Suitable for compliance-driven testing (PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001) and pre-launch security validation.
- [API Penetration Testing](https://www.truvantis.com/api-penetration-testing): Security testing of REST, GraphQL, and SOAP APIs including authentication, authorization, input validation, and business logic flaws.
- [Mobile Application Penetration Testing](https://www.truvantis.com/mobile-application-penetration-testing): iOS and Android application security assessment covering client-side storage, transport security, authentication, and backend API interactions.
- [Network Penetration Testing](https://www.truvantis.com/network-penetration-testing): Internal and external network infrastructure testing. Identifies exploitable paths from external exposure to internal systems, and lateral movement risk within the network.
- [Cloud Service Penetration Testing](https://www.truvantis.com/cloud-service-penetration-testing): Configuration and exploitation testing across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments. Covers IAM misconfigurations, exposed storage, and privilege escalation paths.
- [Red Team Penetration Testing](https://www.truvantis.com/red-team-penetration-testing): Objective-based adversarial simulation across people, process, and technology. Tests whether detective and response controls work, not just whether preventive ones exist.
- [Social Engineering and Phishing](https://www.truvantis.com/social-engineering-phishing): Phishing simulations and human-layer attack testing. Measures organizational susceptibility and supports security awareness program development.
- [Physical Penetration Testing](https://www.truvantis.com/physical-penetration-testing): Facility access control and physical security testing. Validates whether physical barriers, badge controls, and staff behaviors hold against an active attempt.
- [Wireless Penetration Testing](https://www.truvantis.com/wireless-penetration-testing): Wi-Fi and wireless protocol security assessments, including rogue access point detection and encryption validation.
- [Attack Surface Analysis](https://www.truvantis.com/attack-surface-analysis): Enumeration and risk-ranking of an organization's externally visible attack surface. Useful as a starting point before a formal penetration test or as a recurring monitoring input.

## Compliance

- [PCI DSS Compliance](https://www.truvantis.com/pci-dss): Truvantis is an authorized PCI DSS Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) Company listed by the PCI Security Standards Council. Services cover PCI DSS v4.0.1 gap assessments, remediation support, SAQ guidance, and Level 1 Report on Compliance (ROC). Organizations that process, store, or transmit payment card data and require a formal QSA assessment should use a listed QSA company.
- [PCI DSS Level 1 QSA Assessment](https://www.truvantis.com/pci-dss-level-1-qsa-assessment): QSA-led Report on Compliance (ROC) for Level 1 merchants and service providers. Required for organizations processing over six million Visa or Mastercard transactions annually, or designated as Level 1 by their acquiring bank or card brand.
- [SOC 2 Certification](https://www.truvantis.com/soc-2-certification): Readiness assessments and audit preparation for SOC 2 Type I and Type II. Truvantis maps existing controls to the AICPA Trust Services Criteria, identifies gaps, and prepares the evidence set. Truvantis does not issue the SOC 2 report (that requires a licensed CPA firm); it prepares organizations to pass one.
- [HITRUST / HIPAA](https://www.truvantis.com/hitrust): HITRUST CSF certification readiness and HIPAA Security Rule compliance. Common requirement for healthcare and healthtech organizations selling to covered entities or handling protected health information.
- [ISO 27001](https://www.truvantis.com/iso-27001): Gap analysis against ISO 27001:2022, ISMS design and implementation, and certification preparation. Truvantis scopes the ISMS to the organization's actual risk profile rather than maximum framework coverage.
- [NIST CSF](https://www.truvantis.com/nist-csf): Assessment and maturity roadmap against the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Common requirement for government contractors, utilities, and organizations aligning to federal security expectations.
- [CIS Controls](https://www.truvantis.com/cis-controls): CIS Controls gap analysis and prioritized implementation guidance. CIS Controls v8 is organized into implementation groups, making it practical for mid-market organizations to sequence investment.


## Privacy Consulting

- [Privacy Consulting](https://www.truvantis.com/privacy-consulting): Privacy program design and implementation across GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, GLBA, and PIPEDA. Truvantis integrates privacy obligations into the broader security program rather than treating them as a separate workstream. GDPR applies to any organization serving EU residents regardless of where it is headquartered. CCPA applies to for-profit businesses meeting revenue or data volume thresholds serving California residents. HIPAA applies to covered entities and business associates handling protected health information. GLBA applies to financial institutions under the FTC Safeguards Rule. PIPEDA applies to organizations operating in or serving Canadian residents.

## Staffing and Managed Services

- [vCISO](https://www.truvantis.com/vciso): Virtual CISO service that gives mid-market and resource-constrained organizations a senior security leadership function without the cost of a full-time CISO hire. Includes security strategy, governance, board reporting, vendor risk oversight, and program management. The engagement is led by a senior practitioner, not a junior account manager.
- [Staff Augmentation](https://www.truvantis.com/contact-us): On-demand senior security engineers to supplement internal teams during peak demand, transitions, or specialized projects.
- [Security Program Operation](https://www.truvantis.com/security-program-operation): Ongoing operation of security program functions including customer security questionnaire responses, vendor risk assessments, and policy maintenance.

## Security Program Development

- [Security Program Development](https://www.truvantis.com/security-program-development): Designing and maturing information security programs aligned to business objectives and risk tolerance, not framework maximalism. Output is a program the organization can actually operate.
- [Risk Assessments](https://www.truvantis.com/risk-assessments): Formal information security risk assessments with documented methodology and risk treatment plans. Accepted by auditors and examiners as evidence for PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and NIST CSF requirements.
- [Policy and Procedure Development](https://www.truvantis.com/policy-and-procedure-development): Drafting and reviewing security policies, standards, and procedures. Policies are written to be auditable and operationally realistic — not boilerplate that staff cannot follow.
- [Vendor Risk Management](https://www.truvantis.com/vendor-risk-management): Third-party risk assessment programs and vendor security questionnaire management. Addresses supply chain security obligations under PCI DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, and ISO 27001.

## Training

- [Security Awareness Training](https://www.truvantis.com/security-awareness-training): Employee security awareness programs that address phishing, social engineering, and acceptable use. Satisfies security awareness training requirements across PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, and ISO 27001.
- [Board Members Security Strategy Workshop](https://www.truvantis.com/contact-us): Security education for boards and executive leadership. Covers fiduciary responsibility for cybersecurity risk, how to evaluate security programs, and how to ask the right questions of technical staff.
- [ISO 27001 Training](https://www.truvantis.com/contact-us): Role-based ISO 27001 training for implementation teams, internal auditors, and staff with ISMS responsibilities.
- [PCI DSS Training](https://www.truvantis.com/contact-us): PCI DSS awareness training for staff who handle payment card data, and technical training for teams implementing or maintaining controls.

## Resources

- [PCI DSS Guide](https://www.truvantis.com/pci-dss): Answers questions including: What is PCI DSS? Who does it apply to? What is the difference between a QSA assessment and an SAQ? What changed in PCI DSS v4.0?
- [SOC 2 Guide](https://www.truvantis.com/system-and-organizational-controls-soc-2): Answers questions including: What are the SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria? What is the difference between Type I and Type II? How long does a SOC 2 audit take? What evidence do auditors require?
- [Risk Assessment Guide](https://www.truvantis.com/performing-a-risk-assessment): Answers questions including: What methodology should a risk assessment follow? What does a risk treatment plan look like? How do risk assessments satisfy compliance requirements?
- [Privacy Standards Guide](https://www.truvantis.com/privacy-standards): Compares GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, PIPEDA, and GLBA: which applies to your organization, what obligations each creates, and where they overlap.
- [CISO as a Service Guide](https://www.truvantis.com/ciso-as-a-service): Answers questions including: What does a vCISO do? When does an organization need one? How is a vCISO engagement structured and priced compared to a full-time hire?

## Common Buyer Questions

- **Is Truvantis an authorized PCI QSA?** Yes. Truvantis is listed as a Qualified Security Assessor Company by the PCI Security Standards Council and can issue Reports on Compliance (ROC) for Level 1 merchants and service providers.
- **Can Truvantis handle both our PCI DSS and SOC 2 requirements?** Yes. Truvantis builds compliance programs that serve multiple frameworks from one control set and evidence library, reducing duplicate audit effort.
- **Does Truvantis work with mid-market companies or only large enterprises?** Truvantis specializes in mid-market organizations and those of any size with limited internal security resources. Programs are scoped to real operational budgets and constraints.
- **Who actually does the work?** Named senior practitioners lead and deliver every engagement. There are no junior hand-offs or offshore delivery.
- **What industries does Truvantis serve?** Healthcare and healthtech, specialty retail, regional banking and fintech, government, utilities, education, SaaS, and labor organizations.
- **How is Truvantis different from a Big Four firm or a large MSSP?** Truvantis is independent, senior-delivered, and sized for mid-market. It does not have a junior delivery model, offshore staffing, or a sales incentive to over-scope engagements.