MKRedshift

Compliance programs, run like the projects they are.

MK Redshift plans and manages SOC 2 and PCI DSS programs for IT, data and analytics businesses. We write the policies, track the evidence, coordinate the auditors and keep every workstream on schedule.

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Most audits slip because nobody owns the plan.

A SOC 2 or PCI DSS effort touches engineering, HR, finance and every vendor you use. We treat it as a program with a schedule, owners and a weekly status, so the audit date holds.

Compliance program management

We run your SOC 2 or PCI DSS effort from readiness to report: one plan, one owner on our side, and a clear view of what is done and what is at risk.

  • SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 readiness, audits and annual renewals
  • PCI DSS scoping, internal audits and assessment prep
  • Control assessments against NIST 800-53, CMMC and FedRAMP
  • Program plans, timelines and control ownership by team
  • Evidence tracking against every control
  • Auditor and assessor coordination
  • Finding remediation and follow-through

Policies and procedures

Clear, usable documents your team will follow and your auditor will accept.

  • Information security policy sets, written for your company
  • Standard operating procedures for IT, HR and operations
  • Project management playbooks and PMO standards
  • Mapping to SOC 2 criteria and PCI DSS requirements
  • Annual review, approval and version control

Project and program management

The same discipline applied to your other technical projects, from platform migrations to client implementations.

  • Project planning, scheduling and budgeting
  • Agile and scaled Agile delivery across multiple teams
  • Data warehouse and business intelligence projects
  • System migrations, such as loan origination systems and BI platforms
  • Status reporting leadership will actually read
  • Interim PM or program support

IT governance

Put clear ownership and repeatable controls around the systems your clients depend on.

  • Access reviews and change management
  • Data governance for warehouses and analytics platforms
  • Risk registers and vendor risk management
  • Disaster recovery plans and recovery exercises
  • Cloud governance for Azure environments

AI adoption

Choose where AI helps, then deploy it inside the controls you already have.

  • Use-case selection and business cases
  • Commercial LLM versus self-hosted model decisions
  • AI acceptable-use policies and data handling rules
  • Mapping AI controls to SOC 2 and PCI DSS

How an engagement runs

Every engagement follows the same arc, scaled to the size of the problem.

  1. Assess

    We review where you stand today: controls, documentation, open projects and the deadlines driving them.

  2. Plan

    You get a prioritized plan with owners, dates and cost, written so your team can follow it.

  3. Deliver

    We do the work alongside your people, from writing policies to running the project.

  4. Hand off

    Your team leaves with the documents, evidence and routines to keep it running without us.

Who we work with

Our clients are small and mid-sized technology companies, especially ones that hold or process data for their own customers. They are usually facing a first audit, a demanding client contract, or a project too important to run informally.

IT services and managed providers
Firms whose customers now ask for a SOC 2 report before signing.
Data and analytics companies
Teams running warehouses and reporting platforms as a system of record for clients.
Lenders and financial services firms
Credit, fraud and collections assessments, product launches and loan origination systems.
Software and SaaS businesses
Companies handling payment or sensitive data that need PCI DSS or AI governance in place.

A small firm, by design

MK Redshift is an Austin-based consultancy built on more than 50 years of combined project and program management across banking, insurance, mortgage technology and data analytics. That includes corporate risk programs, regulated lending operations, global system implementations, SOC 2 audits and multi-million-dollar client portfolios.

We keep the client list short on purpose. You work directly with the people doing the work, and you will not be handed off to a junior team.

Tell us what is coming up.

An audit date, a client asking for a SOC 2 report, a project that needs a steady hand, or an AI plan that needs guardrails. Send a short note and we will reply within two business days.

Austin, Texas. Working with clients across the United States.