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Assessment · Certification · Advisory

Expert Assessment.
Confidence in Certification.

Huduku helps you prepare for assessments, address gaps, and navigate certification across HITRUST, SOC 2, ISO standards, and privacy programs including DPDP — with experienced assessors guiding every stage.

Assessment & advisory clients in healthcare, life sciences & AI

Our Services

End-to-End, White-Glove Compliance

Most firms sell you one slice — a gap analysis, or an audit, or a policy pack — and leave the seams to you. We own the whole engagement, from first scoping call to certification and every year after.

Readiness Assessment

We map your current posture against the target framework, quantify the gap, and hand you a costed remediation roadmap — before you commit to an audit window.

  • Control-by-control gap analysis
  • Scoping & boundary definition
  • Prioritized remediation roadmap
  • Executive & board-ready summary

Assessment & Certification

As an authorized assessor firm, we perform the validated assessment itself — testing controls, sampling evidence, and carrying your submission through to certification.

  • HITRUST validated assessment
  • Control testing & evidence sampling
  • Quality assurance & submission
  • Interim & bridge-letter support

Policy & Program Build

We author the governance layer your auditors will read — policies, standards, procedures and risk registers written for your actual operations, not a template library.

  • Full policy & procedure suite
  • Risk assessment & treatment plan
  • BCP / DR & incident response plans
  • Approval, acknowledgement & versioning

Fractional vCISO & Advisory

A named senior practitioner embedded with your team — running the security program, sitting in customer security reviews, and reporting to your board.

  • Named vCISO & compliance manager
  • Board & investor reporting
  • Customer security questionnaires
  • Regulatory change monitoring

Technical Security Testing

Penetration testing, cloud configuration review and vulnerability management coordinated and interpreted — so findings become remediated controls, not a PDF in a drive.

  • Penetration test coordination
  • Cloud & IAM configuration review
  • Vulnerability management program
  • Remediation validation & retest

Training & Human Risk

Security awareness, role-based training and phishing simulation delivered and evidenced — closing the operating-effectiveness gap auditors test hardest.

  • Security awareness programs
  • Role-based & privileged training
  • Phishing simulation campaigns
  • Completion evidence for auditors

How a White-Glove Engagement Runs

One accountable team across all five phases. No handoffs between a consultancy, a tooling vendor and an auditor who have never spoken to each other.

  1. 01

    Scope

    We define the boundary, systems and framework set with you — and tell you plainly what is in and out.

  2. 02

    Assess

    A certified assessor walks every control, tests what exists, and documents the real gap.

  3. 03

    Remediate

    We build the policies, evidence pipelines and controls with your team — not a list of homework.

  4. 04

    Certify

    We run the validated assessment, manage QA, and stand beside you through auditor questions.

  5. 05

    Sustain

    Continuous monitoring, annual recertification and a named advisor who stays after the badge.

Frameworks We Assess & Advise On

One Assessor. 61+ Frameworks. Every Control Mapped Once.

Most organizations carry four or five obligations at once. We build a single harmonized control set, then test it against every framework you need — so evidence is collected once and reused across every audit.

Security & Trust

The attestations and certifications enterprise buyers ask for first.

  • SOC 1 Type 1 & Type 2
  • SOC 2 Type 1 & Type 2
  • SOC 3
  • ISO/IEC 27001
  • ISO/IEC 27017Cloud
  • ISO/IEC 27018Cloud PII
  • NIST CSF 2.0
  • NIST SP 800-53
  • NIST SP 800-171
  • CIS Critical Security Controls
  • CSA STAR / CAIQ
  • ISO 22301Continuity

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Where we go deepest — as an official HITRUST External Assessor.

  • HITRUST CSF e1Essentials
  • HITRUST CSF i1Implemented
  • HITRUST CSF r2Risk-based
  • HITRUST AI Security Assessment
  • HIPAA Security & Privacy Rule
  • HITECH
  • 21 CFR Part 11FDA
  • GxP / CSV
  • FDA AI/ML SaMD Guidance
  • EHNAC

AI Governance

Prove your AI is governed before your customers or regulators ask.

  • ISO/IEC 42001AIMS
  • ISO/IEC 23894AI risk
  • NIST AI Risk Management Framework
  • EU AI Act Readiness
  • Colorado AI Act (SB 24-205)
  • OWASP Top 10 for LLMs

Privacy & Data Protection

Multi-jurisdiction privacy programs mapped to one control set.

  • GDPR
  • ISO/IEC 27701PIMS
  • CCPA / CPRA
  • US State Privacy LawsVA, CO, CT, UT+
  • PIPEDA / Law 25
  • LGPD
  • India DPDP ActReadiness
  • UK GDPR & DPA 2018
  • EU–US Data Privacy Framework
  • FERPA

Financial Services

Regulated finance, payments and fintech obligations end to end.

  • PCI DSS v4.0.1
  • SOX ITGC
  • GLBA Safeguards Rule
  • NYDFS Part 500
  • DORAEU
  • FFIEC CAT
  • SWIFT CSP

Public Sector & Defense

Authorization pathways for selling into government and defense.

  • FedRAMPLow / Moderate / High
  • StateRAMP
  • TX-RAMP
  • CMMC 2.0Level 1 & 2
  • FISMA
  • CJIS Security Policy
  • IRS Publication 1075

Global & Sector-Specific

Regional schemes and industry programs your buyers require.

  • TISAXAutomotive
  • BSI C5Germany
  • IRAPAustralia
  • ENSSpain
  • Cyber Essentials / PlusUK
  • MAS TRMSingapore
  • SAMA CSF / NCA ECCSaudi Arabia
  • UAE IA Standard
  • ISO/IEC 20000-1ITSM

Cross-Framework Mapping

A single access-review control can satisfy SOC 2 CC6, HITRUST 01.c, ISO 27001 A.5.18, and PCI DSS 7.2 simultaneously. Our Common Control Framework does that mapping for you — and our assessors validate it before an auditor ever sees it.

Need a framework not listed here? We scope custom and emerging regulatory programs regularly — tell us what your buyers are asking for.

Cybersecurity Practice

Security testing that supports real compliance.

Test AI applications, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and remediation paths with findings mapped to compliance-ready evidence.

Explore cybersecurity services
AI application testing
Application & API VAPT
Cloud posture review

How It Works

From Assessment to Certification

A clear scope, documented findings, and expert guidance through preparation, assessment, and renewal.

Step 01

Assess Your Current State

We start with a comprehensive gap analysis of your current security posture across all target frameworks, identifying exactly what needs to be addressed.

Assessment Work
  • We pull evidence straight from your cloud accounts
  • Findings scored and benchmarked against peers
Expert Guidance
  • Expert reviews and validates findings
  • Prioritized remediation roadmap
Step 02

Collect the Evidence

We collect the evidence for you — from your cloud accounts, code repositories and SaaS tools — and map every artifact to the controls an auditor will test.

Assessment Work
  • Evidence gathered and mapped for you
  • Controls tested as evidence lands
Expert Guidance
  • Assessor verifies evidence quality
  • Clarifies missing or incomplete evidence
Step 03

Implement Controls & Policies

Work with our certified compliance experts to implement the right controls, policies, and procedures tailored to your organization and frameworks.

Assessment Work
  • Policy drafts prepared ahead of your review
  • One control mapped across every framework
Expert Guidance
  • Experts customize to your organization
  • Employee security training delivery
Step 04

Achieve & Maintain Certification

Pass your audit with confidence. We stand beside you through auditor questions, then keep watch between audits so the next cycle is not a scramble.

Assessment Work
  • Ongoing readiness reporting
  • We flag control drift between audits
Expert Guidance
  • Audit day support & preparation
  • Renewal readiness guidance

Our Promise

Real Compliance, Not Compliance Theater

Compliance certifications should mean something. We believe in building genuine security posture — not just checking boxes. Every control, every policy, every piece of evidence reflects your actual operations.

Your Evidence, Your Reality

Every piece of evidence in Huduku maps to a real action your organization has taken. We never fabricate meeting minutes, training records, or control attestations.

No pre-populated templates passed off as your work

Independent Assessor Integrity

Our certified assessors operate with full independence. Preparation work and assessor conclusions are always separate — we never write findings before the assessment.

No rubber-stamp audits or pre-written conclusions

Clear Findings

We explain what was reviewed, what remains incomplete, and which actions need your attention. Findings are grounded in the evidence reviewed during your engagement.

No unexplained findings or hidden gaps

Your Data, Protected

Customer compliance data is encrypted, access-controlled, and never exposed in shared spreadsheets or unsecured systems. Your security posture details stay confidential.

No shared documents exposing client architecture
Substance Over Shortcuts

When you earn a certification with Huduku, it reflects real controls implemented in your environment, verified by independent assessors. Your customers and partners can trust it — because it's real.

About Us

Your Assessment & Certification Partner

Certified assessors, auditors and advisors who own your assessment journey from scope and readiness through certification support and ongoing assurance.

Our Mission

Huduku was founded by compliance veterans, certified assessors and technology experts who saw a clear gap in the industry: large enterprises are well-served by the big firms, while everyone else is handed cookie-cutter tooling and left to run the audit alone.

We believe compliance should be built from first principles, not checkmarks. Instead of bolting on surface-level controls, we go deep -- understanding your architecture, your data flows, and your risk profile to build processes that actually make your company more secure, not just audit-ready.

As an Official HITRUST External Assessor with deep expertise across SOC 2, HITRUST CSF, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST and 60+ other frameworks, we run the entire engagement: scope, assess, remediate, certify and sustain. Our team provides clear findings, practical remediation guidance, and support through each assessment cycle.

What You Can Expect

  • A clearly defined assessment scope and timeline
  • Evidence reviewed by experienced assessors
  • Documented findings and practical next steps
  • Support through assessment questions and renewal

Industry Specializations

Deep, first-principles compliance for every regulated industry -- not just checkmarks.

Healthcare

HIPAA, HITRUST, FDA AI/ML guidance compliance for healthcare applications and organizations handling PHI.

Financial Services

SOX, PCI DSS, and emerging AI governance for fintech and banking AI solutions in regulated environments.

AI & Technology

SOC 2, ISO 42001, and AI ethics frameworks for companies building and deploying AI products.

Regulated Industries

First-principles compliance for any regulated sector -- we go deep to build processes that truly secure your business.

Get Started

Plan Your Next Assessment

Get started today with a free consultation. Our experts will assess your needs and create a clear assessment scope and practical next steps.

  • Free initial consultation and compliance assessment
  • Customized compliance roadmap for your organization
  • Clear assessment scope and evidence requirements
  • Practical guidance through assessment and certification
  • Dedicated human expert assigned from day one

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