Security questionnaire drafting · B2B SaaS
Send us the SIG, CAIQ, or buyer spreadsheet. We return an evidence-referenced first draft—typically in 2–3 business days after intake—that your team reviews and approves before anything reaches the buyer.
The problem
The deal is moving, the champion is keen—and then a security questionnaire lands. Here's how that usually feels from the inside.
“Legal and procurement are done. Now the deal is waiting on the security review.”
Questionnaires arrive late in the cycle, with a deadline attached, and the signature waits until they are answered.
“Our best engineer just spent the week in a spreadsheet instead of on the roadmap.”
The people who know the answers are the people you can least afford to pull off product work.
“We answered this exact question last quarter. Where is that answer?”
The same questions return in every review, phrased slightly differently—and the wording drifts each time.
How it works
We do the drafting. Your team keeps the decisions.
Send the questionnaire and deadline, plus your policies, SOC 2 or readiness materials, and past answers. NDA first if you want one.
Each answer is written from your materials and references the source it came from. Gaps are flagged, never filled with invented controls.
Your owner edits, confirms flagged items, and approves. Your team sends the final response—we never send answers to buyers ourselves.
Approved wording goes into a reusable answer library, so the next questionnaire starts from answers you already signed off.
What we handle
If a buyer asks about your security in writing, we can draft it.
Standardized Information Gathering questionnaires and their lighter variants, mapped to your answer library.
Consensus Assessment Initiative Questionnaire formats common in cloud and SaaS security reviews.
Buyer-specific Excel or Word security packs, drafted in the buyer's own format.
We draft outside the portal; you paste the approved answers in or upload the XLSX / DOCX export. No portal logins needed.
The information security and data protection sections inside larger enterprise RFPs.
A maintained set of approved answers keyed to common control themes—yours to keep and reuse.
Framework names are used because buyers use them. Answlane is independent and not affiliated with Shared Assessments or the Cloud Security Alliance. More on coverage →
Sample answer
Every answer carries its source. Where your materials don't support a claim, the draft says so and asks you to confirm.
| Question | Drafted answer | Evidence reference | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q 4.2 Is customer data encrypted at rest? | Yes. Customer data in Fernbrook's production database and file storage is encrypted at rest using AES-256 through the cloud provider's managed key service. | Encryption Policy v2.1, §3.1Architecture overview, p. 6 | Drafted from evidence |
| Q 7.5 Do you perform third-party penetration testing at least annually? | Yes. An independent firm tests the production application at least annually. A summary letter from the most recent test is available under NDA. | Vulnerability Management Policy, §52026 pentest summary letter | Drafted from evidence |
| Q 11.3 Is your business continuity plan tested at least annually? | Fernbrook maintains a documented business continuity plan, reviewed annually. [Testing: pending your confirmation] | Business Continuity Policy v1.2, §2No test record found in materials provided | Needs your confirmationPlease confirm the date of the last test or tabletop exercise. If none has happened, we'll draft an accurate “planned” answer. |
Illustrative only: fictional company, questions, answers, and documents. Real drafts use your materials and your buyer's question numbering.
Pricing
A monthly drafting retainer, plus optional one-time add-ons. Founding pricing is limited to five concurrent clients.
+ USD 1,800 one-time setup · 3-month minimum
Planned later (not current): USD 2,400 setup + USD 1,495/month.
Delivery: about 5 business days, confirmed after intake
We write the content for a customer-facing security / trust page on your site, based on the documentation you provide. Your team or web developer publishes it.
Delivery: about 7–10 business days, confirmed after intake
We draft 15–20 core information security policies tailored to your company. You review, edit, and formally adopt them.
Also from the same team: SOC 2 readiness support (evidynx.pages.dev) and enterprise RFP & security proposal response (propilith.pages.dev).
No payment is collected on this site. Scope, NDA, and engagement terms are agreed by email before any work starts.
For consultants & vCISOs
For vCISOs, compliance firms, and security consultancies whose clients keep sending questionnaires. You keep the client relationship and do the final review; we take the first-draft workload off your team.
Partner terms are agreed case by case. The same boundaries apply: no invented controls, and nothing reaches a buyer without human approval.
Confidentiality & data handling
Security questionnaires contain sensitive material. Here is how we treat it.
We are happy to sign an NDA before you share policies, reports, or questionnaires. Client materials are handled under your engagement's confidentiality terms.
Share only what a questionnaire needs. Your materials are used solely to draft your answers and are seen only by the people working on your account.
Nothing is final until your named owner approves it. Unsupported statements are flagged for you, never assumed.
We never send answers to buyers ourselves. Your team submits the approved response through your own channels.
Website form data is covered by our privacy notice. Please don't paste confidential content into the website forms—we'll set up the NDA and a file-sharing method first.
FAQ
A draft is only as accurate as the materials behind it, which is why every answer carries an evidence reference. If your documents don't support a statement, we flag it as “needs your confirmation” instead of guessing. Your reviewer checks every answer before it is used.
You do. At kickoff you name an owner—often a security lead, CTO, or founder—who edits, confirms flagged items, and approves the final response. If you work with a vCISO or consultancy, they can be the reviewer.
The questionnaire and its deadline; your security policies; your SOC 2 report or readiness materials if you have them; past questionnaire answers; and any architecture or product security notes. Plus a named person who can answer our flagged questions.
Typically 2–3 business days for standard questionnaires, confirmed after intake. The clock starts once we have the questionnaire and the materials needed to answer it. Very long questionnaires or RFP sections may need more time; we confirm the timeline before starting.
We can sign an NDA before you share anything. Materials are handled under your engagement's confidentiality terms, used only to draft your answers, and seen only by the people working on your account. We never send answers to buyers ourselves.
Many buyers still send questionnaires. We draft from your policies and actual practices, and describe your compliance status accurately—never claiming a report you don't have. If you want help getting ready for an audit, SOC 2 readiness support is available from the same team (evidynx.pages.dev). We do not guarantee audit outcomes.
We don't need portal logins. We draft from the exported questions (or a copy you paste to us) and return answers formatted for pasting into the portal or uploading as XLSX / DOCX. Your team submits them.
Your answer library is yours. Retention and deletion of your materials are set in your engagement terms, and you can ask us to return or delete materials and working files when the engagement ends, except where we are required to keep records. See our privacy notice for website form data.
Tell us the format and the deadline. We'll confirm scope, NDA, and turnaround before any work starts. No payment is collected on this site.