Cybersecurity and Compliance
Built for SaaS Companies

SOC 2 is the gold standard for demonstrating security to enterprise customers and has become non-negotiable for SaaS companies selling to mid-market and enterprise organizations. The framework evaluates your organization against five Trust Services Criteria: Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy. Our readiness consulting begins with a comprehensive gap analysis that produces a prioritized roadmap identifying every control gap that must be addressed before your audit, eliminating guesswork so your team focuses on the right priorities.

We work alongside your team to implement controls including security policies tailored to your SaaS model, technical controls for access management, encryption, logging, and incident response, vendor management processes, and change management controls that integrate with your development workflow. When you are ready for the audit, we coordinate with your CPA firm, prepare your team for auditor interviews, organize evidence, and guide you through the examination process to ensure a clean report.

Misconfigured cloud resources are a leading cause of SaaS data breaches. Our assessments provide a comprehensive evaluation of your AWS, Azure, GCP, or multi-cloud environment. We start with IAM review, assessing policies for least-privilege compliance, identifying over-permissive roles, evaluating cross-account access, and reviewing credential rotation. Network security covers VPC configurations, security groups, load balancers, WAF rules, and subnet architecture. For containerized environments, we assess Kubernetes security, pod security policies, and service mesh configurations.

Data protection evaluation covers encryption at rest and in transit across databases, object storage, message queues, and caching layers. We verify key management, automated rotation, and data classification policies. We also assess backup configurations, disaster recovery capabilities, and data residency compliance. Every finding maps to relevant SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or PCI DSS control requirements to streamline compliance documentation.

A security vulnerability in your application is a direct threat to your business and customer trust. Our testing covers the full OWASP Top 10 and SaaS-specific concerns: injection vulnerabilities, authentication and session management weaknesses, tenant isolation enforcement, and privilege escalation. For APIs, we test authentication mechanisms including JWT tokens, OAuth 2.0 flows, and service-to-service auth. We evaluate rate limiting, mass assignment vulnerabilities, excessive data exposure, webhook security, and GraphQL-specific attacks.

We also test for business logic vulnerabilities specific to your domain, including payment manipulation, subscription bypass, feature flag tampering, and race conditions. These flaws cannot be detected by automated scanning and require a tester who understands your application's intended behavior. Reports include detailed findings, proof-of-concept demonstrations, and developer-friendly remediation guidance your engineering team can implement immediately.

CI/CD pipelines automate building, testing, and deploying code but introduce security risks if not properly configured. A compromised pipeline can inject malicious code, exfiltrate secrets, or deploy persistent backdoors. We evaluate your entire pipeline from repository configuration through production deployment, reviewing branch protection rules, build system security, secret management practices, and container image build processes for supply chain risks.

We help implement a DevSecOps approach that integrates SAST, DAST, software composition analysis, and infrastructure-as-code scanning into your development lifecycle without creating friction. For containerized deployments, we assess Docker and Kubernetes configurations, container runtime security, and help implement admission controllers that enforce security policies at deployment time while maintaining the rapid release cadence SaaS customers expect.

Most growth-stage SaaS companies cannot justify a full-time CISO, yet enterprise customers expect a named security executive and compliance frameworks require defined security roles. Our vCISO service provides experienced security leadership on a fractional basis, covering security policy development, risk management aligned with business priorities, product security guidance, representing your security program during enterprise sales cycles, and quarterly security reviews for your board or leadership team.

The vCISO coordinates SOC 2 audits, manages penetration testing schedules, oversees vulnerability management, and ensures controls remain effective as your application evolves. For SaaS companies entering regulated verticals such as healthcare (HIPAA), financial services (PCI DSS), or government (CMMC, FedRAMP), the vCISO provides regulatory expertise to meet additional compliance obligations without disrupting core operations.

For SaaS companies, security awareness must go beyond phishing awareness to include secure development practices relevant to your engineering team's daily work. Your developers write code that handles customer data, authenticates users, and manages access controls. Their security knowledge directly determines product security.

Our training covers secure coding practices specific to your technology stack, including input validation, parameterized queries, secure authentication, and secure API development. We use real-world vulnerability examples and interactive labs tailored to your frameworks and languages. Beyond coding, training covers incident response, data handling, access management, and SOC 2 compliance requirements. We provide completion tracking and reporting that satisfies auditor requirements.

SOC 2 Type I typically takes three to six months depending on your current posture. Type II requires a minimum six-month observation period after controls are in place. Many of our SaaS clients achieve Type I within four months and transition to Type II within the following year. We accelerate the process with proven templates, prioritized guidance, and hands-on support.

Type I evaluates whether your controls are suitably designed at a point in time. Type II evaluates whether controls operate effectively over six to twelve months. Type II is significantly more valuable to enterprise customers because it demonstrates consistent operational effectiveness. Most SaaS companies start with Type I for initial credibility, then transition to Type II, which enterprise customers increasingly require.

While SOC 2 does not explicitly mandate penetration testing, it is strongly recommended and has become a de facto expectation. Penetration testing is the most effective way to demonstrate regular evaluation of security controls under Common Criteria 4.1. Virtually every SaaS company we work with includes annual penetration testing as part of their SOC 2 program. Our reports are formatted to support SOC 2 audit documentation.

Costs vary based on your current posture, environment complexity, scope of Trust Services Criteria, and audit firm. They typically include readiness consulting, the CPA audit, and ongoing maintenance. We provide transparent pricing based on your specific scope. Contact us for a detailed proposal with clear cost and timeline breakdowns.

Yes. We help you build a security documentation library for rapid, consistent responses to SIG, CAIQ, VSA, and custom questionnaires. Once established, responding takes hours rather than weeks. We also help set up a trust center on your website that proactively addresses common security questions, reducing questionnaire volume and accelerating vendor due diligence.

Petronella Technology Group, Inc. has deep expertise across all major compliance frameworks and designs unified programs that address multiple requirements efficiently. Many SOC 2 controls map directly to HIPAA, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001 requirements, so a well-designed program satisfies multiple frameworks simultaneously without duplicating effort.

Absolutely. While headquartered in Raleigh, NC, we serve SaaS companies nationwide. SaaS security and compliance work is inherently remote-friendly since systems are cloud-based and communication happens through the digital tools your distributed team already uses. Our local presence gives us a deep connection to the Research Triangle SaaS ecosystem, but our services are available everywhere.

We integrate into your existing tools rather than imposing new ones. Findings are delivered in formats compatible with Jira, Linear, GitHub Issues, or your preferred tracker. We communicate through Slack or Teams. Security scanning integrates with your CI/CD pipeline. Our goal is to make security a natural extension of how your team already works.