Know where your security stands. Know what to fix next.
PlainScore helps small and midsize organizations assess cybersecurity risk, prepare for compliance requirements, and build security programs they can maintain, with senior vCISO guidance and the PlainScore platform that keeps findings, evidence, and remediation in one place.
Built for small and mid-sized businesses, nonprofits, and growing organizations that need senior-level IT and security guidance without a full internal team.
Compliance and security consulting, backed by our own platform.
Most engagements are vCISO guidance or compliance readiness, tracked in the PlainScore platform. When an assessment finds something to fix, our infrastructure team can fix it.
vCISO & Policy Consulting
Executive-level security leadership and governance, for organizations without a full-time CISO: fractional leadership, policy development, risk assessments, and board-level reporting.
Learn more →Compliance Consulting
Map your controls to the framework that matters to your customers, auditors, or regulators, and keep the evidence to prove it. Gap assessments and audit readiness for NIST, CMMC, SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and the CIS Controls.
Learn more →Network, server, and software work that complements a compliance or vCISO engagement.
Network Security
Firewall design, segmentation, monitoring, and incident response readiness.
Learn more →Vulnerability Management
Recurring scanning, risk-based prioritization, and remediation tracking through to closure.
Learn more →Network Engineering
Design, deployment, and support for routing, switching, wireless, VPN, and cloud connectivity.
Learn more →Remote Monitoring
Automated monitoring and alerting for servers, network devices, and critical services.
Learn more →Server Administration
Windows & Linux server builds, patching, hardening, backup/DR, and ongoing operational support.
Learn more →Software Development
Custom application development, legacy modernization, and CI/CD delivery, built with security and production in mind.
Learn more →Program & Project Management
Agile and hybrid program delivery, roadmapping, cross-team coordination, and executive reporting.
Learn more →Three ways to engage, one path from assessment to managed program.
Each engagement is scoped to your environment before we quote it.
01. Security & Compliance Assessment
A defined assessment of your current security posture and compliance readiness against the framework that matters to you.
- Framework and scope selection
- Control-gap assessment
- Findings and risk prioritization
- Written assessment report
- Remediation roadmap
02. Compliance Readiness & Remediation
Address the findings from an assessment and prepare the documentation and evidence needed to demonstrate your controls.
- Remediation planning
- Policy and procedure development
- Evidence organization
- Control implementation support
- Readiness review
03. Managed Compliance
Ongoing help maintaining your compliance program through the PlainScore platform, so evidence and remediation stay current between audits.
- PlainScore platform access
- Periodic control reviews
- Evidence and remediation tracking
- Compliance reporting
- Defined advisory hours
Results delivered before day one.
PlainScore is a new company built on decades of hands-on experience. These outcomes were delivered personally by our founder in prior roles. Client names are withheld until they agree to be named.
NIST CSF Alignment, Rebuilt from the Ground Up
Took a multi-entity organization's independently assessed NIST CSF alignment from 24% to 94% through network segmentation across three data-center sites, layered monitoring and endpoint detection, and immutable backup and disaster-recovery architecture. Zero reported breaches throughout.
Full HIPAA Compliance Program, Built and Run Solo
Served as the sole IT and security leader for a 120-employee healthcare services agency, building and operating its complete HIPAA Security Rule risk analysis, privacy program, and breach-notification readiness from the ground up.
Audit-Ready, Every Time
Passed every IT audit with zero notations across HIPAA, NIST CSF/SP 800-53, and Florida Department of Children and Families reviews for that same agency, with audit readiness built into day-to-day operations.
Built for organizations without a full internal IT/security bench.
Vendor-neutral advice
We recommend what fits your environment and budget. We don't take vendor commissions.
Hands-on and strategic
The same team that racks a switch can also brief your board on cyber risk.
Documentation-first
Every engagement leaves you with runbooks, diagrams, and policy you actually own.
Ready to see where you stand?
Tell us what you're running today and where you want to be.