About
What We Do
We provide NY SHIELD Act readiness for businesses handling New York residents’ private information. Our service helps CTOs, security leads, and compliance officers navigate the path from “we need SHIELD Act compliance” to “we have documented safeguards and defensible breach notification procedures” with clear scope, practical controls, and organized documentation.
We work with technology companies, SaaS providers, and data-driven businesses of all sizes — the organizations where SHIELD Act compliance is the difference between operating confidently in the New York market and facing AG enforcement risk.
What We Can Safely Offer
We Do
- Data security program assessments
- Administrative safeguards design
- Technical safeguards evaluation
- Physical safeguards review
- Breach notification procedure development
- Service provider contract review
- Employee training program design
- Small business safe harbor evaluation
We Do Not
- Provide legal advice or representation
- Issue compliance certifications
- Guarantee regulatory outcomes
- Represent organizations before the NY AG
- File breach notifications
Staffing and Skillset
Our team covers the six core competencies needed to deliver NY SHIELD Act readiness effectively:
Security Lead
SHIELD Act fluency, NY AG enforcement expectations, and program design. Owns scoping, safeguards mapping, and executive communication.
Technical Security
Network assessment, data protection, and intrusion detection. Converts technical safeguard requirements into workable implementations.
Program Manager
Safeguards coordination, service provider oversight, status reporting, and stakeholder follow-up across the readiness engagement.
Policy Writer
Data security program documentation, breach notification procedures, and training materials that meet statutory requirements.
Risk Assessment Specialist
Information storage risks, disposal risks, and access risks. Produces the risk assessment that anchors the data security program.
Service Provider Specialist
Contract requirements, due diligence, and ongoing monitoring of service provider safeguard compliance.
Our Approach
First Version
- Readiness Sprint with safeguard gap analysis
- Breach notification playbook and vendor contract addenda
- Remediation backlog and compliance tracker
- Manual + tool-agnostic by design
- Executive summary + engineering remediation plan
Later Maturity
- Automated safeguard monitoring and intrusion detection
- Multi-framework mappings (SHIELD Act + CCPA + state privacy patchwork)
- Continuous compliance health dashboard
- Breach notification workflow automation
- Vendor compliance tracking and management
Launch Readiness Metrics
We hold ourselves to measurable targets:
| Metric | Target |
|---|---|
| Time from kickoff to scoped readiness report | 15–20 business days |
| Private information inventory completeness | 100% of data categories identified and mapped |
| Safeguard gap analysis coverage | 100% of statutory safeguards assessed with owners assigned |
| Breach notification playbook readiness | Complete playbook with AG/DFS/DOCS notification procedures |
| Service provider contract coverage | 90%+ of service providers with safeguard contract language |
| Remediation roadmap deliverability | One executive summary + one engineering backlog per engagement |
Get in Touch
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