Elite Partner
Bright Defense
Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
Resources
Regions Covered
- Africa
- Asia
- Australia
- Canada
- Europe
- India
- Israel
- Latin America
- Middle East
- United Kingdom
- United States
Supported Languages
- English
- Japanese
- Spanish
- Mandarin Chinese
Compliance Framework Expertise
- CCPA
- CMMC
- GDPR
- HIPAA
- ISO 27001
- ISO 27001 - Internal Audit
- Microsoft SSPA
- NIST 800-171
- NIST 800-53
- NIST CSF
- PCI
- SOC 2 Type 1
- SOC 2 Type 2
Ideal Client Size
- SMB (1-300 FTE)
- Mid Market (301-1,000 FTE)
Services Offered
- Incident Response
- Managed Security Services
- Penetration Testing
- vCISO
Industry Specialization
- Construction
- Cryptocurrency
- Finance
- Government
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Insurance
- Manufacturing
- Private Equity
- Real Estate
- Retail
- Technology
- Transportation
Partner Powered Frameworks
- CIS
- CMMC
- ISO 9001
- NIST 800-171
- NIST Privacy Framework
- StateRamp
- TXRAMP
About Bright Defense
Bright Defense is a Drata Elite Partner and Drata's Channel Rising Star Partner for 2024-2025!
Continuous Cybersecurity Compliance: Our CISSP and CISA-certified security experts will develop and execute a cybersecurity plan to meet compliance frameworks. Our continuous compliance service includes:
- Gap Analysis
- Risk Assessment
- Policy Generation and Implementation
- Business Continuity Planning
- Remediation
- Certification Assistance
Managed Compliance Automation: Automate your compliance journey with a single platform for all your frameworks that allows you to monitor your compliance status continuously.
Managed Security Awareness and Phishing: Security awareness training modules, AI-driven phishing tests, and reporting and progress monitoring.
Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO): Our experienced and certified vCISOs work with your team through every phase of the compliance journey to ensure your security program is tailored to your unique business requirements
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Reviews
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Simply the Best
Jun 03, 2026
Bright Defense guided Orchestry through successful SOC2 renewal and first-time ISO 27001 certification. They brought a great deal of knowledge and experience which made the process efficient and simple. I cannot recommend them enough and I will continue to work with them in the future at every opportunity.
Exceptional Compliance Partnership with Bright Defense
Jun 03, 2026
Bright Defense has been an excellent partner for our compliance efforts. They bring strong value across SOC 2 and ISO initiatives. They offer responsive, hands-on support with evidence, audits, and security processes. They made it incredibly easy to offload the compliance process to them, significantly reducing our internal workload and overhead!
Fantastic support and service for a fast-growing SaaS startup
Jun 02, 2026
Bright Defense has been nothing short of awesome, helping us with SOC2, ISO, HIPAA, and GDPR requirements. Super responsive people, great service, can't recommend highly enough.
Responsive team, clean engagement, great results
May 19, 2026
Bright Defense handled our penetration test as part of our SOC 2 work, and the experience was excellent from start to finish. What stood out most was their responsiveness: kickoff happened quickly, communication throughout the engagement was prompt and clear, and the final report was delivered on schedule with no chasing required. The findings were well-documented and actionable, and the team was available to walk us through any questions afterward. Would absolutely engage them again.
Busy Founder Approved, Wouldn’t Use Anyone Else
Mar 26, 2026
Bright Defense has been outstanding. As a busy founder on a small team, I kept putting off compliance because it felt overwhelming, and I wish I had started sooner. They fully set up and managed our Drata and audits, leaving very little for me to do. The team is kind, communicative, and extremely responsive. From sales to delivery, everyone takes real ownership. I have since expanded to pen testing and future audits and would not trust anyone else.
5-Star Experience
Feb 11, 2026
We’ve had an excellent experience working with Bright Defense. Their team played a exceptional role in helping our company successfully obtain ISO27001 certification, guiding us through the entire process with clarity, structure, and deep expertise.
From the initial gap assessment to final audit, Haze was well-organized, extremely responsive, and knowledgeable. She didn’t just provide policy templates by using Drata but she truly partnered with us to build practical and sustainable processes.