Governance, Risk, & Compliance

Trace3 Security Solutions

Trace3 Security Solutions
Trace3 specializes in helping clients build and mature security programs while maintaining compliance with leading security and privacy frameworks. An effective Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) program should be the cornerstone of any security strategy and enable your business to thrive by improving decision-making, identifying optimal IT investments, reducing overall risk, achieving regulatory compliance, and eliminating redundant processes and tasks. Our experts assess security program capabilities and controls across your people, processes, and technologies to determine current-state maturity and provide actionable guidance to improve the overall program.
Governance, Risk, & Compliance

Security Program and Compliance Assessments

Security and risk assessments against established frameworks to gauge compliance, understand key risk areas, and develop actionable remediation guidelines.

Trace3’s Security Program and Compliance Assessment provides organizations with a comprehensive evaluation of their security posture to support informed decision-making and proactive risk mitigation. Through a structured methodology that includes document reviews, stakeholder interviews, and alignment with regulatory frameworks, the assessment identifies gaps, evaluates security maturity, and highlights areas for improvement. The final output aims to offer clear, prioritized recommendations for enhancing cybersecurity resilience.

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Internal and External Audit Support

Assisting organizations with hands-on audit support regardless of your compliance requirements (e.g., ISO, SOC, PCI, etc.).

Trace3 provides hands-on support for both internal and external audits, helping organizations navigate a wide range of compliance requirements, including ISO 27001, FFIEC, SOC 2, PCI, and more. Our team works closely with clients throughout the audit process to ensure readiness, address gaps, and streamline responses to auditor requests. Whether preparing for a formal certification or conducting internal reviews, Trace3 delivers the expertise and guidance needed to simplify the audit process and strengthen overall compliance posture.

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Data Protection Program

Discovery and assessment of critical data and the organization’s ability to deliver on core data protection principles.

Trace3’s Data Protection Program delivers a comprehensive evaluation of an organization’s ability to safeguard its critical data. The process begins with identifying where sensitive data resides and who is responsible for it. By identifying gaps and aligning with security best practices, Trace3 helps organizations strengthen data governance, enhance compliance, and build a more resilient data protection strategy.

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GRC Program Support

Development of key GRC solutions and foundational program artifacts.

Trace3’s GRC Program Support helps organizations build and strengthen their governance, risk, and compliance programs by operationalizing essential tools and solutions and governance artifacts. This includes the creation of policies, standards, procedures, controls, workflows, and strategic roadmaps to ensure a structured and scalable foundation for effective GRC management.

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GRC as a Service

Alleviate organizational complex and time-consuming compliance requirements through Trace3’s extensive regulatory, governance, and industry experience.

Trace3’s GRC as a Service offering is designed to simplify and streamline the complex demands of governance, risk, and compliance for organizations. Trace3 helps clients strengthen their security posture and meet critical audit and compliance requirements such as ISO27001 and SOC 2. The service includes comprehensive support across key areas such as control and policy management, audit preparation, employee training and awareness, ongoing compliance program monitoring, reporting, and risk management to ensure a proactive and scalable approach.

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Incident Response Planning

Incident response plans and playbooks to strategically document and plan the response to security incidents.

Trace3’s Incident Response Planning service offers a range of services, from development of detailed plans that guide response efforts across the organization, to detailed playbooks that focus on tailored, scenario-specific response strategies. Trace3 helps strategically assist organizations to enhance their readiness, reduce response times, and minimize the impact of potential breaches.

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Privacy Program

Advance data privacy efforts with strategic planning built on industry best practices (e.g., NIST Privacy Framework) tailored to organizational needs.

Trace3’s Privacy Program Service helps organizations adopt and operationalize privacy programs aligned with legal, regulatory, and industry standards. Through workshops and discovery, Trace3 identifies gaps, assess program maturity, and align organization goals with technical capabilities.

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Third-Party Risk Management

Identify, assess, and manage third-party risks with a structured approach tailored to your environment.

Trace3 helps organizations build and improve third-party risk programs by reviewing current practices, understanding current vendors and third-parties, and performing security assessments to streamline onboarding, improve visibility, and reduce risk across the vendor landscape.

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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Ensure operational resilience with tailored business continuity and disaster recovery plans that minimize disruption and speed up recovery.

Trace3 helps organizations prepare for and recover from disruptions through a structured BCDR approach. Through Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Business Continuity Plans, and Disaster Recovery Plans, Trace3 assesses and identifies critical processes and infrastructure, defines roles, responsibilities, and recovery timelines to ensure organizations can continue operations and meet regulatory and customer obligations during a crisis.

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Tabletop Exercises

Test team readiness through live simulations that uncover gaps and improve incident response capabilities.

Trace3’s Tabletop Exercises (TTX) simulate realistic cyber and business disruption scenarios to evaluate how teams respond under pressure. By working with stakeholders to develop relevant scenarios, prepare participants with detailed briefings, and use interactive strategies like role-playing and real-time decision-making, TTXs allow organizations to ensure plans are practical and teams are prepared.

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Data Classification and Retention

Organize and protect organizational data by classifying it based on sensitivity and implementing retention policies that meet compliance requirements and reduce risk.

Trace3 assists organizations in developing and implementing data classification and retention strategies that align with regulatory requirements and business objectives. We help identify and categorize data according to sensitivity and criticality, establish clear retention schedules, and enforce policies.

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Mergers and Acquisitions

Reduce risk and ensure a secure transition during M&A activities with tailored cybersecurity due diligence and integration support.

Trace3 partners with clients throughout the M&A lifecycle to identify and mitigate cyber risks that impact deal value, operational continuity, and regulatory compliance. The approach utilized ensures the secure onboarding of assets and employees, reduces the likelihood of hidden breaches or compliance issues, and supports a smooth and scalable transition.

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