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Trusted by CISOs, GRC Directors & Cybersecurity Audit Practices

Hire Virtual Assistants for Security Audit Specialists.

Eliminate audit evidence collection chaos, overdue quarterly user access reviews, vendor security questionnaire backlogs, and remediation ticket chasing. Get vetted GRC and security audit operations specialists managed by a dedicated Project Manager at $0 additional charge. Starting at just $6/hour.

0% Platform Fees
Free Dedicated PM
Strict Security NDA / Least Privilege
Active Security Audit Pod #912
Supervised & SOC 2 Ready
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Dedicated Project Manager

Free Tier $0

"I enforce PBC evidence naming conventions, supervise vendor SIG questionnaires in OneTrust, audit quarterly user access lists, and review vulnerability remediation SLAs."

VA1
Audit Evidence Harvesting & PBC Packaging
SOC 2 & ISO 27001 control screenshots, Vanta/Drata sync
Logged: 4.8h
VA2
Quarterly UAR & Third-Party Risk (TPRM)
AWS/Okta entitlement matrices, vendor SIG Lite triage
Logged: 3.7h
Audit QA
100% Verified
PM Overhead
$0.00 / Free
Hourly Rate
Flat $6 - $7/hr
Up to 70%
Operational Savings
Bypass $95K+ domestic compliance analyst salaries
0% Hidden
Platform Fees
Zero billing markups, contracts or bid taxes
1 Dedicated
Project Manager
Your single point of operational contact
100%
Audit-Ready Evidence
Standardized naming, dates & control alignment
Cybersecurity & Compliance Leadership Endorsements

Trusted by CISOs, GRC Directors & Security Compliance Leads

See how scaling software enterprises, fintechs, and security advisory firms pass SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 surveillance audits with zero administrative burnout.

"During our annual SOC 2 Type II examination, our external auditors provided a 140-item PBC request list. Chasing engineering leads for pull request peer reviews and AWS backup verification used to paralyze my week. Our SageDoer VA collected, sanitized, and indexed 100% of the artifacts in Vanta without a single auditor rejection."

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Ryan Sterling, CISSP, CISA
Chief Information Security Officer, FinCloud Dynamics (Boston, MA)

"We conduct Third-Party Risk Assessments (TPRM) across 120+ active SaaS vendors. Tracking incoming SIG Core questionnaires, reviewing SOC 2 CUECs, and maintaining our OneTrust vendor register was a full-time nightmare. Our assistant manages the entire intake cadence with unbelievable diligence."

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Nadia Khouri, CRISC
Director of GRC, HealthPulse Software (Austin, TX)

"The single dedicated Project Manager makes SageDoer infinitely superior to Upwork. In the past, freelancers had no concept of least privilege, confused ISO Annex A controls with SOC 2 trust service criteria, and uploaded raw unredacted customer PII. SageDoer's PM trains them on our playbooks with zero handholding."

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Marcus Bennett
Security Compliance Principal, Apex Cyber Advisory (Reston, VA)

"Quarterly User Access Reviews (UAR) across Okta, GitHub, and production AWS accounts used to result in massive spreadsheet drift. Our full-time VA at $6/hour coordinates manager sign-offs, logs privilege modifications, and archives complete audit trails in AuditBoard. Exceptional operational leverage."

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Sarah Lin, CISM
Head of Information Security, SentinelPay (San Francisco, CA)

"During our annual SOC 2 Type II examination, our external auditors provided a 140-item PBC request list. Chasing engineering leads for pull request peer reviews and AWS backup verification used to paralyze my week. Our SageDoer VA collected, sanitized, and indexed 100% of the artifacts in Vanta without a single auditor rejection."

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Ryan Sterling, CISSP, CISA
Chief Information Security Officer, FinCloud Dynamics (Boston, MA)

"We conduct Third-Party Risk Assessments (TPRM) across 120+ active SaaS vendors. Tracking incoming SIG Core questionnaires, reviewing SOC 2 CUECs, and maintaining our OneTrust vendor register was a full-time nightmare. Our assistant manages the entire intake cadence with unbelievable diligence."

NK
Nadia Khouri, CRISC
Director of GRC, HealthPulse Software (Austin, TX)

"The single dedicated Project Manager makes SageDoer infinitely superior to Upwork. In the past, freelancers had no concept of least privilege, confused ISO Annex A controls with SOC 2 trust service criteria, and uploaded raw unredacted customer PII. SageDoer's PM trains them on our playbooks with zero handholding."

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Marcus Bennett
Security Compliance Principal, Apex Cyber Advisory (Reston, VA)

"Quarterly User Access Reviews (UAR) across Okta, GitHub, and production AWS accounts used to result in massive spreadsheet drift. Our full-time VA at $6/hour coordinates manager sign-offs, logs privilege modifications, and archives complete audit trails in AuditBoard. Exceptional operational leverage."

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Sarah Lin, CISM
Head of Information Security, SentinelPay (San Francisco, CA)
Field-Accurate Competencies

Exact Security Audit & GRC Tasks Handled Daily

From audit evidence harvesting to quarterly user access reviews, vendor questionnaire chasing, and vulnerability ticket tracking, our trained virtual assistants handle the heavy operational workload so your security specialists focus on threat modeling, risk treatment, and strategic architecture.

Evidence Harvesting & PBC Lists

Streamline external audit requests for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA.

  • PBC Tracker Maintenance: Managing Provided By Client (PBC) request sheets across external audit firms (Big 4, Schellman, A-LIGN).
  • Control Evidence Verification: Auditing screenshots for valid timestamps, visible URLs, and proper redacting of customer PII.
  • Population & Sample Extraction: Compiling random change management ticket samples and new hire background check batches.
  • GRC Platform Uploads: Syncing evidence packs directly into Vanta, Drata, AuditBoard, or Secureframe workspaces.
Precision: 100% compliant evidence naming & indexing

Quarterly User Access Reviews (UAR)

Prevent privilege creep and satisfy strict logical access control audits.

  • Entitlement Matrix Compilation: Pulling active user rosters from AWS IAM, Okta, GitHub, Google Workspace, and production DBs.
  • Manager Sign-Off Workflows: Dispatching access recertification surveys to department managers and tracking responses.
  • Orphaned & Dormant Account Flags: Identifying inactive accounts exceeding 90 days and confirming immediate deprovisioning.
  • Audit Trail Archiving: Staging completed manager approval sign-offs and tickets for external auditor sampling.
Speed: UAR cycles completed 2 weeks faster

Vendor Due Diligence & TPRM

Maintain comprehensive oversight over third-party supply chain risks.

  • Questionnaire Dispatch & Chasing: Sending SIG Core/Lite, CAIQ, or custom security surveys to incoming software vendors.
  • SOC 2 & Certification Collation: Collecting annual SOC 2 Type II reports, bridge letters, and ISO 27001 certificates.
  • CUEC Identification: Highlighting Complementary User Entity Controls in vendor reports for security engineer review.
  • TPRM Register Maintenance: Updating vendor risk tiers, critical data classifications, and renewal review dates in OneTrust.
Eliminates procurement security review delays

Vulnerability SLA & Ticket Triage

Bridge vulnerability scan reports and engineering Jira remediation tickets.

  • Scan Report Export & Deduplication: Exporting CSV scan findings from Tenable, Nessus, Qualys, or Snyk.
  • Jira / Linear Ticket Creation: Filing structured remediation tickets with CVE identifiers, CVSS scores, and patch links.
  • Remediation SLA Monitoring: Tracking Critical (14-day), High (30-day), and Medium (60-day) policy resolution clocks.
  • Exception Register Documentation: Logging approved temporary risk acceptance forms and compensating controls.
Zero overlooked critical CVE deadlines

Policy Governance & Training Audits

Keep human risk compliance records and annual security training spotless.

  • Annual Policy Review Workflows: Coordinating annual reviews of Information Security Policies (ISP, BCP, DRP, AUP).
  • Employee Acknowledgment Tracking: Chasing staff policy sign-offs and NDA acknowledgments in Drata or HRIS.
  • Security Awareness LMS Tracking: Monitoring employee completion rates for KnowBe4 or Curricula training modules.
  • Phishing Simulation Logging: Tabulating monthly simulated phishing click rates and scheduling targeted refresher courses.
100% staff compliance training completion

Continuous Compliance & GRC Sync

Maintain day-to-day hygiene inside automated compliance monitoring platforms.

  • Automated Test Alert Triage: Investigating failing automated tests (unencrypted S3 buckets, missing branch protection) in Vanta.
  • Multi-Framework Mapping: Harmonizing evidence across SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and NIST CSF common control frameworks.
  • Trust Center & NDA Portal Triage: Reviewing inbound customer security packet requests and dispatching watermarked reports.
  • Audit Room Preparation: Assembling executive walkthrough binders and scheduling observation sessions with lead auditors.
Year-round perpetual audit readiness
Factually Verified Tech Stack

GRC & Security Platforms Our VAs Navigate Daily

Zero training curve on industry software. Our virtual assistants are already fluent in leading automated compliance suites, vulnerability scanners, and identity portals.

Vanta
Automated Compliance
Drata
SOC 2 / ISO Continuous
AuditBoard
Enterprise GRC Ops
OneTrust
TPRM & Privacy Vendor
Secureframe
Security Frameworks
AWS Audit Manager
Cloud Assessment Logs
Tenable / Nessus
Vulnerability Reports
Jira & Confluence
Remediation Tracking
GitHub / GitLab
Access Review Evidence
KnowBe4
Security Training LMS
Smartsheet / Sheets
PBC & Risk Matrices
1Password Business
Vaults & MFA Scopes
Have customized internal control matrices, bespoke spreadsheet audit logs, or proprietary ticket tagging rules? Your dedicated Project Manager documents your firm's specific SOPs and trains your assistant at zero additional charge.
Clear Distinction

Traditional Freelance Portals vs. SageDoer

Security audit operations involve confidential architecture diagrams, vulnerability scans, and sensitive control evidence. Here is why unmonitored freelance marketplaces fall short.

Key Evaluation Criteria Traditional Freelance Platforms The Smart Choice: SageDoer
Platform & Management Fees Up to 40% in hidden markups, currency exchange fees, bidding charges, and monthly membership costs.
0% Hidden Fees. Pay strictly for hours of actual work.
Daily Team Management You must personally supervise, explain control criteria, audit evidence screenshots, and chase tickets.
Dedicated Project Manager acts as your single point of contact ($0 cost).
Security Fluency & Confidentiality Hit-or-miss talent with no grasp of least-privilege, exposing sensitive infrastructure logs to security risks.
Internally vetted, trained in audit evidence hygiene, protected by mutual NDA.
Hiring & Deployment Speed Weeks wasted interviewing candidates, grading test evidence requests, and dealing with freelancer ghosting.
Instant delegation. We immediately assign the right security audit specialist.
Billing & Invoicing Messy multiple freelancer time logs, unpredictable currency conversions, and surprise invoices.
Simple, unified, centralised USD invoicing with clear task-stamped work logs.
Staff Turnover & Coverage Freelancer drops out right in the middle of a SOC 2 audit observation window? You fail testing.
Seamless internal replacements with zero workflow disruption or retraining overhead.
Seamless Onboarding

How SageDoer Works in 4 Simple Phases

From your initial consultation to automated daily security audit operations—no complex onboarding hurdles or software setup.

01 Phase 1

Submit Requirements

Share your upcoming audit framework (SOC 2, ISO 27001), GRC software stack, and operational bottlenecks:

Email Contact Form WhatsApp
Setup time: < 5 minutes
02 Phase 2

Finalise the Deal

Our dedicated project manager will promptly get back to you to review your goals, outline a tailored strategy, and finalise the partnership details.

Mutual NDA & custom audit SOPs established.
Same-day alignment call
03 Phase 3

Expert Execution

Your project manager takes full charge of the operations, getting the work done seamlessly and efficiently through our internal team of vetted experts.

Rigorous QA validation on all evidence, UARs & vendor reports.
Zero management drag on you
04 Phase 4

Pay Only for Output

We log and charge exclusively for the virtual assistant's actual working time. Your dedicated project manager's supervision is completely free.

No idle hours, no surprise billing markups.
Transparent weekly reporting
Predictable & Transparent Rates

Simple, All-Inclusive Pricing

No contracts, no setup fees, and zero platform tax. A dedicated Project Manager oversees operations at no extra charge.

Part-Time 20 Hours / Week

Flexible Support

Ideal for growth-stage tech companies needing routine quarterly user access reviews, vendor security questionnaire chasing, and steady PBC list updates.

$7 / hour
Est. $560 USD / Month (4 Weeks)
  • Pay only for hours of pure work
  • Dedicated Project Manager included
  • Free management supervision ($0 extra)
  • Zero setup or onboarding fees
  • No monthly membership charges
  • Consolidated task & hour reports
Start with Part-Time Support →

Cancel anytime • Zero long-term lock-in

MAXIMUM VALUE
Full-Time 40 Hours / Week

Dedicated Powerhouse

Complete operational immersion for enterprise security teams preparing active SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and HIPAA audit windows across multiple business units.

$6 / hour
Est. $960 USD / Month (4 Weeks)
  • Pay only for hours of pure work
  • Dedicated Project Manager included
  • Free management supervision ($0 overhead)
  • Zero setup or onboarding fees
  • No monthly membership charges
  • Seamless internal backup coverage (Zero downtime)
Hire Full-Time Specialist →

Guaranteed $6/hour locked-in rate

Average Annual In-House Security Analyst Cost: $95,000+ USD

With SageDoer Full-Time ($960/mo or $11,520/yr), you save roughly $83,480/year while eliminating recruiter headhunting fees, employer benefits, and staff turnover disruptions.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Realistic questions CISOs, Security Compliance Managers, and GRC Advisory Directors ask before onboarding.

Security and confidentiality are core to everything we do. We execute comprehensive mutual Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) prior to touching any client systems. Our virtual assistants operate strictly under role-based, least-privilege permissions (e.g., "Auditor" or "Viewer" roles inside Vanta, Drata, or OneTrust that allow evidence upload and survey tracking, but strictly prohibit administrative console changes or export of sensitive vulnerability payloads). All credentials are managed via 1Password Business or Bitwarden with mandatory hardware-backed Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Raw customer PII is always sanitized and redacted before inclusion in evidence packages.
No. SageDoer VAs provide strictly operational, logistical, and technical execution support to internal security teams. Your assistant harvests evidence screenshots, verifies timestamp formatting, pulls AWS and GitHub access rosters, follows up on vendor SIG questionnaires, and tracks Jira vulnerability SLAs. Formal audit attestations, independent CPA examination opinions, and risk acceptance decisions remain 100% under the authority of your internal CISO and external CPA audit firm.
In external examinations, an outdated timestamp, an unredacted customer token, or an incomplete sample batch triggers immediate auditor inquiry and testing delays. Your dedicated Project Manager conducts secondary QA reviews on all harvested PBC evidence packs before they are synced to your GRC portal. They cross-check evidence against your auditor's exact sampling window and verify that all necessary URLs and headers are visible. Their supervisory management is 100% free; you pay only for the assistant's pure working hours.
Yes. Security compliance workloads surge heavily during active audit fieldwork windows (e.g., Q4 SOC 2 Type II sampling or annual ISO 27001 recertification cycles). You can begin on Part-Time (20 hrs/week) and seamlessly scale up to Full-Time (40 hrs/week) or add additional specialists to your audit operations pod during intensive testing periods with simple advance notice.
Because your dedicated Project Manager documents your organization's exact control frameworks, evidence folder hierarchies, and auditor PBC checklists, SageDoer provides seamless internal backup coverage. If your primary assistant is away, a qualified substitute steps in immediately with full operational context, ensuring zero delayed evidence deliveries or missed auditor response deadlines.
Yes. We match assistants based on your operational rhythm. Whether you require real-time daytime collaboration during US Eastern, Central, Pacific, or GMT hours to attend daily security standups and liaise with internal control owners, or asynchronous overnight turnaround so newly requested auditor samples are waiting in your GRC portal every morning, we customize coverage to your exact workflow.
Phase 1 Kickoff

Let's Build Your Security Audit Operations Pod Today.

Share your upcoming audit schedule, compliance frameworks, and operational bottlenecks. A dedicated Project Manager will evaluate your scope, verify system access protocols, and match you with pre-vetted security audit operations specialists within 24 hours.

Strict Security Confidentiality & Mutual NDA. Your audit evidence, vulnerability reports, and internal control playbooks remain completely protected.

Submit Your Security Audit Operations Needs

Tell us what compliance and audit tasks you need off your plate. We'll reply with an operational roadmap within 4 hours.