Compliance consulting
Compliance that matches how you actually operate.
Senior-led governance, risk, and compliance consulting, plus a fully managed Compliance-as-a-Service option. We align your systems, policies, and regulatory obligations so the gaps close before an audit, a due diligence review, or an incident finds them.
The problem
Responsibility compounds. Visibility doesn't.
Modern businesses run on layered, distributed systems. Cloud providers secure their environments and push responsibility downstream. APIs and integrations expand what you can do and what you're exposed to. AI tools ship faster than anyone can govern them. Low-code platforms let teams deploy around governance entirely. Third-party tools bring contractual and compliance obligations that often go unread.
Most leaders aren't negligent. They're working without visibility. That's why compliance risk tends to surface late: during SOC 2 or ISO preparation, enterprise due diligence, fundraising, breach response, or a regulator's inquiry.
We bring that clarity earlier.
Our approach
Three layers. Continuously aligned.
Systems
What’s actually happening in your operational environment.
Policies
What your organization defines internally.
Frameworks
What regulation and industry standards require externally.
Every engagement surfaces misalignment across these three layers. Every deliverable closes a gap. Every ongoing engagement keeps those gaps from reopening.
How we work
- Education before enforcement.
- Clarity before certification.
- Architecture before paperwork.
- Human oversight before automation.
How it works
Start where you are. Scale as you grow.
Every engagement begins with a discovery conversation to understand your current state. From there, engagements follow three levels, and you can start at any of them.
Alignment assessment
A structured gap assessment across systems, policies, and frameworks. You get a findings report, risk scoring, and a prioritized remediation roadmap.
Execution & remediation
Policy development, controls implementation, vendor risk evaluation, AI governance review, and framework alignment documentation, with ongoing advisory oversight.
Compliance-as-a-Service
Full ongoing program management: continuous monitoring, drift detection, and posture reporting, run by senior practitioners.
Services
What we deliver.
GRC strategy & senior oversight
Governance program design, regulatory applicability mapping, executive risk decision support, and board-level governance briefings. Available through fractional vCISO and vGRC leadership.
AI governance
Analysis of AI tool usage, data exposure, model and vendor risk, and policy gaps. We align AI practices to NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, the EU AI Act, and more, without slowing engineering down.
Third-party & vendor risk
Vendor risk classification, onboarding governance, supply chain exposure analysis, shared-responsibility clarification, and ongoing third-party monitoring.
Policy alignment & conflict detection
We validate your internal policies against applicable frameworks, identify conflicts and gaps, and feed the findings into risk scoring and remediation.
Compliance enablement
Policy and control development, data flow mapping, incident response and business continuity structuring, and audit preparation. Framework alignment covers GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, PIPEDA, SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001 and 27701, NIST CSF, PCI DSS, and more.
Product & platform compliance design
For teams building or evolving software. Governance, security, and regulatory requirements are built in from the design stage, not retrofitted after audit or due diligence.
Compliance-as-a-Service
Outsource the operation. Keep the accountability.
Compliance-as-a-Service is a managed consulting model. Instead of building an in-house compliance team, you hand day-to-day program management to senior practitioners who run it continuously and report to your leadership.
Who it's for
Organizations that have outgrown ad hoc compliance, face recurring audit or partner scrutiny, or need senior oversight without a full-time hire.
Why it works
Compliance becomes an operational state you maintain, not a scramble you repeat every audit cycle.
What's included
- Continuous compliance monitoring
- Drift detection and remediation
- A named senior practitioner accountable for your program
- Audit and due diligence readiness
- Leadership and board reporting
AI governance
AI should accelerate you, not expose you.
AI adoption is moving faster than governance. Large language models hallucinate. Automated decisions can obscure accountability. Model outputs can cross privacy and regulatory boundaries without anyone noticing. We make sure AI accelerates your business without replacing the governance judgment behind it. AI governance is part of every engagement, not an add-on.
Industries
Direct operating experience in the industries we serve.
Hospitality & short-term rental technology
Multi-vendor stacks, guest data flows, jurisdiction-aware compliance, and AI tool governance across property operations. Our team has operated multi-property STR portfolios and led product at an STR AI company.
Fintech
DORA, PCI DSS, SOX, AML, counter-financing of terrorism, cross-border payment obligations, and more. Our team has run BSA/AML programs, supported SEC filings, and led PCI and SOX compliance at enterprise scale.
Automotive
Connected vehicle data governance, hardware-software boundary governance, supply chain risk, and multi-jurisdictional alignment. Our team led engineering governance and built global security operations at Volkswagen Group across four regions.
Our team
Senior-led. Operationally proven. Breach-tested.
Strategy and delivery accountability stay with senior practitioners who have operated inside the environments we serve. Our experience includes breach response and regulator-facing documentation, AI governance for Google Gemini, global security operations built from zero at Volkswagen, and cross-functional governance across engineering, security, legal, and executive teams.
We don’t sell fear.
We don’t sell compliance theater.
We don’t manufacture urgency.
We deliver clarity that holds up under scrutiny.
Deliverables
What you walk away with.
FAQ
Common questions.
What is Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS)?
A managed consulting model where senior practitioners run your compliance program continuously: monitoring, drift detection, remediation, and leadership reporting. You get senior oversight without building an in-house team.
When should a company engage a GRC advisor?
Before the pressure arrives. Common triggers include an upcoming SOC 2 or ISO audit, enterprise customer security reviews, fundraising due diligence, rapid AI adoption, new market entry, or a security incident.
Do you provide legal advice?
No. DataBillity provides consulting and advisory services only. We translate regulatory obligations into operational systems and controls, and we help you arrive at legal counsel prepared, with clarity and context.
Do we need SOC 2 or ISO 27001?
It depends on who you sell to, where you operate, and what your customers and partners require. A gap assessment tells you which frameworks apply, which ones your market expects, and the most efficient path to each.
How does AI governance fit into compliance?
AI touches data protection, vendor risk, security, and decision accountability all at once. We treat it as a core part of every engagement, aligned to NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, and more.
How are organizations preparing for the EU AI Act?
By inventorying where AI is used, classifying systems by risk level, documenting governance and human oversight, and assessing vendor AI exposure. Obligations phase in over time, so early mapping reduces rework later.
How does GDPR Article 22 affect automated decision-making?
Article 22 limits decisions based solely on automated processing when they produce legal or similarly significant effects on individuals. Organizations using automated decisions need a lawful basis for them and safeguards such as human review and the ability to contest outcomes.
What is governance-by-design?
Building governance, security, and regulatory requirements into systems from the design stage, so compliance is part of how the product works rather than a layer added before an audit.
What does the EU’s short-term rental data regulation mean for STR operators and platforms?
The EU’s first harmonized STR regulation introduces host registration and structured data sharing between platforms and public authorities. Operators and property technology platforms need clear data flows, registration handling, and vendor accountability across their stack.
What makes your compliance practice different from large consulting firms?
Senior practitioners do the work, not just sell it. We’ve operated inside the regulated environments we advise, and we focus on helping you operate compliantly, not just produce evidence for an audit.
Do you work with tech-enabled businesses that aren’t pure SaaS?
Yes. If your operations run on software, integrations, data, or AI, you carry governance obligations, and we work with you on them.
How do engagements typically begin?
Every engagement begins with a discovery conversation to understand your current state. From there, a structured alignment gap assessment sets the scope for everything after it.
What industries do you serve?
Hospitality and short-term rental technology, fintech, and automotive, among others.
What is Operational Governance Intelligence?
It’s our methodology for continuously aligning an organization’s systems, internal policies, and external compliance frameworks. Today it’s delivered by our senior practitioners as part of every engagement.
Do you work with STR, vacation rental, MTR, and corporate housing operators?
Yes. Our team has operated multi-property portfolios and built product in this space, so we know the vendor stacks, guest data flows, and jurisdictional obligations firsthand.
Start with structured visibility.
If you're scaling, adopting AI, preparing for enterprise partnerships, or approaching audit readiness, clarity should come before exposure.