Governance · Risk · Compliance

Find the clear point in your risk posture.

ClearPoint GRC Advisory helps regulated organizations turn scattered controls, overlapping frameworks and audit fatigue into one defensible program that stands up to auditors, examiners and the board.

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PracticeIndependent GRC advisory

FocusRegulated & high-trust sectors

MethodTest once, satisfy many

EngagementsAssessment · Program · Retainer

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Frameworks we work in

NIST CSF 2.0
ISO/IEC 27001:2022
SOC 2
HIPAA
PCI DSS 4.0
NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500
FFIEC
ISO/IEC 42001
NIST AI RMF

§1 Services

Six practice areas, one integrated program.

Most organizations don’t lack controls. They lack a single view of which controls matter, who owns them and what evidence proves they work. Every engagement starts from that view.

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GOV

GRC program design

Stand up or rebuild the operating model behind your security and compliance obligations.

Policy and standards architecture
Control ownership and RACI
Unified control framework

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RSK

Risk assessment & register

Identify, rate and track the risks that actually threaten the business, in language leadership can act on.

Enterprise and IT risk assessments
Risk appetite and tolerance statements
Treatment plans and exceptions

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CMP

Audit & exam readiness

Walk into your SOC 2, ISO certification or regulatory exam knowing where you stand.

Gap assessments and readiness reviews
Evidence libraries and PBC tracking
Findings remediation and MRA response

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TPR

Third-party risk

Build a vendor program sized to your exposure instead of a questionnaire treadmill.

Vendor tiering and due diligence
Contract and BAA control language
Ongoing monitoring and offboarding

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AIG

AI governance

Put guardrails around AI adoption before regulators and customers ask for them.

AI use-case inventory and risk tiering
ISO/IEC 42001 and NIST AI RMF alignment
Acceptable-use and model oversight policy

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vCISO

Fractional leadership

Senior security and risk leadership on retainer, without a full-time executive hire.

Board and committee reporting
Security roadmap and budget
Regulator and auditor liaison

§2 Control crosswalk

One control. Every framework it satisfies.

Organizations under several frameworks often test the same control four or five times for four or five audiences. We map each control once, collect evidence once and show every auditor the citation they need. Pick a control to see how it maps.

Framework	Reference	What it asks for

Illustrative mapping to current framework versions. Final mappings depend on your scope, entity type and auditor.

§3 Approach

From baseline to board-ready in four stages.

Each stage produces something you keep, whether or not we continue working together. You are never left holding a slide deck and a list of recommendations.

STAGE 1

Baseline

Interviews, document review and control walkthroughs establish where the program really stands today.

Output: current-state assessment

STAGE 2

Prioritize

Gaps are rated by risk, regulatory exposure and effort, so the first dollars go where they reduce the most risk.

Output: risk-ranked roadmap

STAGE 3

Build

Policies, controls, workflows and evidence are built alongside your team so they fit how you already operate.

Output: unified control set

STAGE 4

Sustain

Metrics, testing cadence and reporting keep the program current between audits instead of rebuilt before each one.

Output: board & KRI reporting

§4 Sectors

Built for organizations that answer to someone.

Banking & financial servicesFFIEC · GLBA · NYDFS 500 · SOX ITGC
HealthcareHIPAA Security Rule · HITRUST readiness
Legal & professional servicesClient security audits · ISO 27001 · outside-counsel guidelines
Technology & SaaSSOC 2 · ISO 27001 · customer assurance
Public sectorNIST SP 800-53 · state security standards

§5 Engagement models

Scoped to the problem, priced to the outcome.

Readiness assessment

4–6 weeks · fixed fee

A defined review against one or more frameworks, ending in a gap report and a prioritized remediation plan.

Program build

3–9 months · milestones

Hands-on delivery of policies, controls, risk register and evidence processes through to audit or exam.

Advisory retainer

Ongoing · monthly

Fractional CISO or GRC lead for board reporting, audit liaison and decisions that need senior judgment.

§6 How we work

Three commitments on every engagement.

Right-sized, not maximal.

We recommend the controls your risk and obligations require, then stop. A program you can sustain beats a perfect one you abandon.

Evidence over assertions.

A control exists when you can show it working. Every deliverable is tied to the evidence an auditor or examiner will ask for.

Plain language upward.

Boards decide on risk, not on control IDs. We translate technical findings into exposure, trend and decision.

§7 Contact

Start with a 30-minute conversation.

Tell us what’s driving the timeline: an upcoming audit, an exam finding, a customer questionnaire or a board request. We’ll tell you plainly whether we can help and what it would take.

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