Certifications & Compliance Frameworks | Achieve Security Excellence with StickmanCyber

How is StickmanCyber different to a compliance automation platform?

A licence platform monitors your controls and generates evidence for an auditor to review. StickmanCyber is a managed service: our own analysts, GRC consultants and certified assessors do the actual security work behind the certificate, gap assessments, policy writing, penetration testing, incident response, not just the dashboard around it.

We also run our own GRC platform, StickSecure, so you can have the software and the specialists who use it on your behalf, not just one or the other.

We already use a GRC or compliance platform. Can StickmanCyber still help?

Yes. We regularly work alongside a client's existing GRC tooling, and we also run our own platform, StickSecure, if you'd rather consolidate.

Either way, we close the gaps the platform flags, whether that's a missing policy, an unpatched control, or a process that only a person can put in place, so the evidence you're collecting actually reflects a secure environment.

Who actually performs the assessment or audit?

A named specialist from our team, not an algorithm. Depending on the framework, that's a PCI QSA, an ISO 27001 lead auditor or lead implementer, or a CISSP or CISA-certified consultant.

You get direct access to the person doing the work, not a support ticket queue.

Does working with StickmanCyber replace our internal security team?

No, we extend it. Whether you have no dedicated security hire yet or a small team stretched thin, we plug in as the specialist capacity and expertise you need, from a Virtual CISO to hands-on assessors, for as long as you need it.

How long does it take to get certified?

It depends on where your business is starting from and which framework you need. A mature environment with existing policies can be audit ready in a couple of months, we've taken a business to ISO 27001 in as little as 3 months, and a large organization in around 6.

A business starting from scratch usually takes longer. We scope a realistic timeline with you before any work begins.

What's the difference between a certification, an attestation and a framework?

A certification, like ISO 27001, is issued by an accredited certification body after a formal audit. An attestation, like SOC 2, is a report from an independent auditor on how your controls held up over a period, not a pass or fail.

A framework, like NIST CSF or the Essential Eight, is a set of practices to align with rather than something you're certified against, though a maturity assessment can measure how well you meet it.

Does StickmanCyber issue the certificate itself?

For a certification like ISO 27001, the certificate comes from an accredited, independent certification body, not from us. Our job is the work that gets you ready to pass that audit: gap assessments, implementation, documentation and staff training.

Our team includes ISO 27001 lead auditors and lead implementers, and for PCI DSS we're a QSA company, so we can perform that assessment directly.

Which industries do you work with?

We work across sectors including finance, government, healthcare and critical infrastructure, and other regulated industries with strict data and security obligations.

Our approved status with NSW Government procurement reflects the kind of regulated, security-sensitive environments we're used to working in.

Does the work stop once we're certified?

No. Most of these frameworks need ongoing maintenance, monitoring or periodic reassessment to stay certified or compliant, it isn't a one-time project.

We run a continuous cybersecurity uplift maturity framework, five phases that loop rather than end, so at any point you know exactly where you stand and what the next step is.

Our CSaaS engagement is built around that ongoing work, or we can hand over a clear plan for your team to run it themselves.

Certifications and compliance frameworks

Frameworks we help you achieve

Essential Eight

APRA CPS 234

ISM

IRAP

ISO 27001

SOC 2

NIST CSF

IDAM

PCI DSS

Certifications and accreditations we hold

Frequently asked questions

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