Building Security-First Cloud Infrastructure for Rapid Scale
Certifications achieved
2
THE CHALLENGE
NovaTech is a B2B SaaS platform processing sensitive financial data for 300+ enterprise customers. After closing a Series B funding round, they needed to scale from 50 to 200 employees while simultaneously achieving SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certification to satisfy enterprise customer requirements. Their AWS infrastructure had grown organically without security guardrails — IAM policies were overly permissive, secrets were stored in environment variables, container images were never scanned, and there was no centralized logging or monitoring. Three enterprise prospects representing $5M in ARR had paused contract negotiations pending security certification.
OUR SOLUTION
Threat Contain embedded a cloud security architect and compliance lead directly into NovaTech's engineering organization for a six-month engagement. We implemented a comprehensive cloud security program including AWS Security Hub and GuardDuty for continuous posture assessment, IAM policy refactoring using least-privilege principles with automated policy analysis, secrets management migration to AWS Secrets Manager with automatic rotation, container security pipeline with image scanning, runtime protection, and admission control, centralized logging with CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, and application logs shipped to a SIEM, and infrastructure-as-code security scanning integrated into their CI/CD pipeline. Simultaneously, our compliance team built their Information Security Management System (ISMS) aligned to both SOC 2 and ISO 27001 frameworks, leveraging automated evidence collection to minimize engineering overhead.
THE RESULTS
- SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications achieved within 6 months
- Unblocked $5M in ARR from enterprise contracts requiring security certification
- Reduced IAM policy scope by 84% through least-privilege refactoring
- Zero critical vulnerabilities in production since deployment of the security pipeline
KEY METRICS
2
Certifications achieved
$5M
ARR unblocked
84%
IAM scope reduction
0
Critical vulns in prod
6 months
Time to compliance
MORE SUCCESS STORIES
Related Case Studies
From Zero to SOC 2 Certified in 90 Days
Apex Financial Group
Time to certification
90 days
Ransomware Contained in 4 Hours, Business Saved
MedFlow Health Systems
Containment time
4 hours
Securing a Manufacturing Supply Chain
Sterling Manufacturing
Vulnerabilities fixed
47
Facing a Similar Challenge?
Every business we protect started with a single conversation. Let us show you how we can deliver the same caliber of results for your organization.