CASE STUDY

Securing a Fintech Scale-up

From Zero to SOC2 in 6 Months

The Challenge

A London-based Fintech secured Series B funding and signed a major partnership with a high-street bank. The condition? They needed SOC2 Type II attestation within 6 months. Their security team? Non-existent.

The Solution: Managed vCISO

Cloudgap deployed a fractional CISO and a Lead Security Architect to embed within the engineering team.

Month 1: Gap Analysis & Asset Inventory.
Month 2: Policy Drafting (InfoSec Policy, Access Control).
Month 3: Technical Hardening (AWS Control Tower, MDM).
Month 4-6: Audit Observation Period (Drata Automation).

The Result

100% Clean Audit Report.

Zero blockers to the partnership deal.

£120k saved compared to hiring a full-time CISO.

"Cloudgap didn't just get us the badge; they built a security culture that our engineers actually respect." - CTO, London-based Fintech