Cybersecurity from assessment through implementation
Assess
Every engagement starts with what is actually in place. We review identity and access, admin rights, patching, backups, logging, and the policies in use. Each is compared to the standard that applies to you: NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CMMC, HIPAA, SOC 2, or the cyber insurance application. The result is a findings report with each gap ranked by the risk it carries and a named owner for the fix.
Prioritize
Not every finding deserves the same attention. We rank the list by what an attacker would use first and by what the insurer, the customer, or the auditor will ask about next, so limited budget and staff time go to the gaps that matter. Most of the high-priority items are settings in Microsoft 365 that were never turned on.
Build
We make the changes, write the policies, and put the incident plan in place. Configuration changes are rolled out to a pilot group before the whole organization, with an emergency access path kept for the owner. Firewalls, backups, and systems outside Microsoft are fixed alongside your IT provider or specified for them. Every setting is documented so your team or your IT provider can run the environment after we leave.
Capabilities
How we can help
Scope is set at the start of the engagement, in writing. Certification and attestation are performed by accredited assessors; Veil prepares the evidence they ask for.
Security assessments
A security assessment establishes what is in place, what is missing, and what to fix first. We review controls, configurations, and evidence against NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CMMC, HIPAA, or SOC 2 and deliver a findings report with prioritized fixes and a named owner for each item.
Microsoft 365 and Microsoft security
Most organizations already license the security tools they need. We configure and assess Microsoft Defender, Entra, Intune, Purview, and Sentinel. That covers multi-factor authentication for every account, admin accounts restricted, legacy sign-in methods blocked, device rules for company data, logging retained, and data protection set up in the licenses you own. Configuration is delivered as project work; your team or your monitoring provider operates the environment afterward.
Policies and governance
Policies only work when they describe how the organization actually operates. We write the policies, define who owns security when there is no security officer, and build the reporting leadership needs for board and customer questions.
Incident readiness
The first hour of an incident is decided before it happens. We write the plan that says who to call, in what order, and who is authorized to shut systems down, rehearse it with your leadership team, and include your insurer’s notification steps and approved counsel.
Payment fraud controls
Business email compromise and wire fraud are the most common incidents organizations of this size experience. We set the mailbox rules that catch attacker-planted forwarding, define the process for confirming a change to a vendor’s bank details, and review who can approve a payment and how that approval is verified.
Insurance, questionnaires, and audit evidence
The same findings answer several requests. We check cyber insurance applications and renewals against your systems before you sign, answer customer security questionnaires with the evidence attached, and prepare and organize SOC 2, HIPAA, and CMMC evidence for the assessor.
Security leadership
Organizations without a full-time security leader can retain Veil in an advisory role after the project: the point of contact for the board, the insurer, and the IT provider when the next question arrives.
For insurers, brokers, and IT providers
Veil accepts referrals from carriers, brokers, and managed service providers and returns a report the carrier accepts. Veil does not sell monitoring or software and does not manage IT, so the referring relationship is not at risk.
Common reasons clients call us
When clients typically bring us in
Organizations reach out when:
Who you’ll work with
Veil is a veteran-owned cybersecurity firm based in Austin, Texas.
Founder experience in military, federal, and regulated-sector security.
Veteran-owned.
Response from an expert, typically within one business day.
You work directly with the professionals doing the work. The founder brings more than 20 years across military, federal, and regulated-sector security. Flat-rate pricing is available once scope is confirmed, and the agreed price holds unless the scope materially changes.
Getting started
Whether you are preparing for a renewal, answering a customer, reporting to the board, or responding to an incident, tell us what is being asked of you. An experienced professional will normally respond within one business day to scope the work, put the price in writing, and say so if the work belongs elsewhere.
Request a Free ConsultationFrequently asked questions
What does a cybersecurity engagement include?+
Assessment of controls and documentation against the standard that applies, prioritized findings with a named owner for each, and, depending on scope, Microsoft 365 configuration, policy development, and the incident plan.
Can Veil help after an incident?+
Yes, case by case. Veil supports the first decisions, the documentation, and coordination with counsel, the insurer, and law enforcement. Veil does not provide emergency or after-hours coverage.
Does Veil monitor our environment?+
No. Veil configures and assesses the environment and hands it back. Ongoing monitoring stays with your team or your monitoring provider, and we will tell you what to ask them for.
Do we need to replace our IT company?+
No. Veil works alongside your IT provider, and the findings report gives them a list to work from. Most findings are settings nobody was asked to turn on.
Which standards does Veil work with?+
NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CMMC, HIPAA, and SOC 2 most often. Which applies depends on your industry, contracts, and data, and we will say so if none of them do.
Can Veil certify us for SOC 2, CMMC, or HIPAA?+
No. Certification and attestation are performed by accredited assessors. Veil prepares the evidence they ask for and fixes the gaps they would find.
Will the changes disrupt our staff?+
Some can if they are rushed. Changes are rolled out to a pilot group first, and an emergency access path is kept for the owner.
How is the engagement priced?+
Flat-rate pricing is available once scope is confirmed, and the agreed price holds unless the scope materially changes.