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Risk and Compliance Solutions Engineered Into Your Stack

Off-the-shelf GRC dashboards sit on top of your systems and never quite match how your teams actually work. We build risk and compliance software into your existing architecture, not as another tool to reconcile, so audit trails, policy enforcement, and regulatory reporting run where your data already lives.

Risk and Compliance Solutions
98%
Client Retention
500+
Project Delivered

Certifications

SOC 2 SOC 2
ISO 27001 ISO 27001
HIPAA HIPAA
GDPR-Aligned GDPR-Aligned

Trusted By Industry Leaders

Bosch
Deloitte
eClinicalWorks
Epic Systems
Flipkart
McKinsey
HSBC
Softbank
Allianz
Airbnb
United Health
Phelic
Sun Pharma
Target
US Foods
Advinow

Certifications and Accreditations

Core Capabilities Behind Every Compliance System We Build

We build the operational core, not a demo shell. Four capability groups anchor every engagement, sized and combined differently depending on your regulatory exposure.

Real-Time Risk Scoring

Enterprise-wide risk identification runs on models trained against your actual operational data, not generic industry benchmarks, so scores reflect your real exposure across financial, operational, and cybersecurity risk categories.

Compliance Automation That Doesn't Break at Scale

Policy enforcement, requirement mapping, and documentation workflows run automatically as systems and regulations change, instead of requiring a compliance team to manually re-map controls after every framework update.

Governance Frameworks With Real Ownership

Role-based access, approval chains, and risk ownership tracking are built into the workflow itself, so accountability is enforced by the system rather than by a policy document nobody re-reads after onboarding.

Audit-Ready Reporting on Demand

Every control test, access change, and remediation action is logged automatically, so board-level reporting and external audits pull from a live system of record instead of a quarter of manual reconstruction.

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Why Bolt-On GRC Dashboards Create a Second Source of Truth


Most GRC platforms, MetricStream, NAVEX, and Resolver included, are built to sit alongside your ERP, your cybersecurity stack, and your reporting tools, not inside them. Every control your team already enforces in production has to be manually re-entered or synced into the dashboard, which means the dashboard is only as current as the last person who remembered to update it. That works until an auditor asks for evidence and the dashboard and the actual system disagree.

In 2026, that gap has gotten more expensive to ignore. DORA moved from paperwork review to demanding real-time evidence this year, NIS2 pulled roughly 30,000 companies into mandatory registration in Germany alone, and the EU AI Act's high-risk obligations take effect in August. Regulators are no longer asking whether you have a policy. They're asking whether your systems can prove it, continuously, without a manual export.
DORA

Applies to financial entities and their ICT providers. 2026 enforcement moved from Register-of-Information paperwork checks to real-time ICT risk evidence and resilience testing.

NIS2

Covers essential and important entities across the EU. National registration deadlines are active through 2026, with penalties tied directly to demonstrable incident response capability.

EU AI Act

High-risk AI system obligations, documentation, human oversight, and traceability apply from August 2, 2026. Article 9(10) allows AI risk management to fold into existing ICT risk processes rather than run as a parallel track.

SOC 2 & HIPAA

Still the baseline expectation for any vendor handling financial or health data, now increasingly mapped against NIST CSF 2.0’s newer “Govern” function during due diligence.

Where the Compliance Layer Actually Lives

Regulatory Requirement Mapping

  • Every applicable control, from DORA’s ICT risk pillars to HIPAA’s Security Rule, gets mapped to a specific system and owner, not a spreadsheet nobody maintains after the initial audit.

Continuous Control Testing

  • Controls are tested against live system behavior on a schedule you set, catching drift before an external auditor does, instead of relying on a once-a-year manual review cycle.

Third-Party Risk Tracking

  • Vendor and subprocessor risk gets scored and monitored the same way internal risk does, closing the gap most breaches actually come through: a vendor nobody was watching.

Incident and Breach Workflows

  • Detection, classification, and notification timelines are built into the workflow itself, so a breach triggers the right escalation automatically instead of depending on someone remembering the regulatory clock.

Granular Access Controls

  • Role-based permissions and approval chains are enforced at the system level, with every access change logged as evidence, not just described in a policy binder.

Evidence Collection Without the Manual Export

  • Logs, approvals, and control test results accumulate automatically as audit-ready evidence, so board reporting and external audits pull from what already exists instead of a scramble two weeks before the review.

What a Build Like This Typically Costs

Pricing depends on regulatory scope, integration complexity, and how many systems the compliance layer needs to connect to. Here's a realistic range by project size.

Project Type Complexity Estimated Cost Timeline

Compliance gap assessment + roadmap

Low

$15,000 – $35,000

4-6 weeks

Compliance automation for a single framework (e.g. SOC 2 or HIPAA)

Medium

$60,000 – $150,000

3-6 months

Multi-framework governance platform (DORA, NIS2, GDPR combined)

High

$150,000 – $350,000

6-10 months

Enterprise-wide GRC system with full third-party risk and AI governance

Very High

$350,000+

10-14+ months

Built Into Your Architecture, Not Bolted On Top of It

Before we write a single line of code, we map your existing systems of record, ERP, cybersecurity stack, reporting tools, and design the compliance layer to plug into what’s already there. That’s a discovery decision, not a coding decision, and it’s the one most vendors skip because it’s slower than shipping a generic dashboard.

The difference shows up six months in. A bolt-on GRC tool needs someone to keep both systems in sync by hand. A system engineered into your existing architecture updates once, because there’s only one system to update.

  • Discovery maps every system the compliance layer needs to read from or write to before any build starts
  • Integration points are designed for your actual ERP, CRM, and cybersecurity tools, not a generic connector library
  • You get full source code ownership at delivery, so the architecture decision stays yours, not locked to a vendor’s platform

Engagement Models for Compliance Solutions

Compliance Assessment Only

A focused gap analysis against the frameworks that apply to you, with a prioritized roadmap you can hand to any team, ours or otherwise.

  • Regulatory requirement mapping
  • Current-state architecture review
  • Prioritized remediation roadmap

Assessment Plus Build

We run the assessment, then build the highest-priority automation and monitoring pieces first, so you see measurable progress before the full system is complete.

  • Everything in Assessment Only
  • Phased automation build
  • Quarterly review checkpoints

Full Governance Platform

End-to-end build covering risk scoring, compliance automation, and audit-ready reporting across every framework relevant to your business.

  • Full-scope governance system
  • Multi-framework coverage
  • Post-launch SLA support options

From Regulatory Mapping to Production Rollout

01

Discovery and Architecture Mapping

We map your current systems, the regulatory frameworks that apply to your business, and every integration point that risk logic will need to touch before any design begins.

02

Risk Model Design

Risk scoring logic gets built directly against your operational and transaction data, not a generic template, so thresholds and triggers reflect how your business actually behaves.

03

Compliance Layer Development

Automation, access controls, and audit reporting get engineered directly into your existing systems of record, so compliance runs inside daily operations instead of alongside them.

04

Testing Against Real Scenarios

Control testing and incident response workflows are validated against realistic breach and audit scenarios, surfacing gaps before regulators or attackers ever get the chance to.

05

Launch and Continuous Monitoring

The system goes live with continuous control testing already running, replacing manual quarterly reviews with monitoring that catches drift and exceptions as they happen.

How Much Would a Compliance System Like This Cost You?

Most builds fall between $40,000 and $200,000, depending on framework scope and integration complexity. Tell us what you're working with and we'll give you a real range.








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    Healthcare and Fintech Carry the Heaviest Compliance Load

    Healthcare and financial services face the densest overlapping requirements of any industry we build for, HIPAA and state privacy law on one side, DORA, AML, and PCI DSS on the other, often inside the same organization if a health system runs its own payment processing or a fintech handles protected health data.

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      HIPAA-aligned data handling for any system touching patient records

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      AML and fraud detection models tuned to real transaction patterns, not generic thresholds

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      DORA-ready ICT risk management for financial entities and their third-party providers

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      Continuous evidence collection built for both HHS and financial regulator audits

    What Changes When Compliance Runs on Real Evidence

    Audit Prep Drops From Weeks to Days

    When evidence collection is automatic, teams stop spending the two weeks before an audit reconstructing what already happened. Compliance officers get their time back for actual risk work instead of paperwork archaeology.


    • Live evidence trail instead of manual export
    • Fewer last-minute audit fire drills
    • Compliance team focused on risk, not documentation
    Outcome:
    Audit readiness becomes a permanent state, not a quarterly scramble.

    Board Reporting Stops Being a Guess

    Real-time dashboards pulled from actual system data mean board-level risk reporting reflects what's true right now, not a snapshot from the last manual review cycle.


    • Board visibility into live risk posture
    • Fewer surprises between quarterly reviews
    • Faster response when a new regulation lands
    Outcome:
    Leadership makes decisions on current risk data, not last quarter's.

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    Why Teams Choose Citrusbug for This

    Architecture Before Code

    Architecture Before Code

    We map every system your compliance layer needs to touch before writing anything, so the build fits what you have instead of forcing your team to adopt a new workflow around it.

    Named Discovery, Not a Sales Deck

    Named Discovery, Not a Sales Deck

    The gap assessment is a real technical review conducted by senior engineers who will be on the build, not a scripted sales pitch dressed up as consulting.

    You Own the Architecture Decision

    You Own the Architecture Decision

    Full source code ownership at delivery means the compliance logic stays under your control. No vendor lock-in, no dependency on a platform you don't own.

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    FAQs About Risk and Compliance Solutions

    How is this different from a GRC platform like MetricStream or NAVEX?

    Those are SaaS dashboards you sync data into manually. We build the compliance logic into your existing systems, so there's one source of truth, not two systems to reconcile.

    Can this integrate with our existing ERP and cybersecurity tools?

    Yes. Integration architecture is mapped during discovery, so the compliance layer connects to what you already run, not a generic connector list.

    What frameworks do you build for?

    DORA, NIS2, the EU AI Act, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, and ISO 27001 are the most common. Scope is defined during the gap assessment based on your actual exposure.

    How long does implementation take?

    A single-framework build typically takes 2-5 months. Multi-framework governance platforms with full third-party risk coverage run 5-12 months, depending on integration complexity.

    Do we own the source code and audit logic?

    Yes. Full source code ownership transfers at delivery. The architecture and audit logic stay under your control, not licensed from us indefinitely.

    What happens when a regulation changes after launch?

    Requirement mapping is built to be updated, not rebuilt. Post-launch support options include ongoing regulatory updates as part of L1/L2/L3 SLA coverage.

    Can the system handle multi-region compliance requirements?

    Yes. Risk scoring and control mapping can run per region where regulations diverge, with a unified reporting layer above it for group-level visibility.

    Do you offer support after go-live?

    Yes, with post-launch SLA support options covering monitoring, incident response workflows, and framework updates as regulations evolve.

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