Cybersecurity and compliance for SaaS companies.
SaaS companies sell into a market where security questionnaires, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR are table stakes. Uzado runs the programme so product engineering can ship.
What SaaS has to satisfy
A SaaS company growing past Series A simultaneously inherits SOC 2 from its enterprise customers, GDPR from any EU exposure, ISO 27001 from non-US international growth, and an evolving privacy regime at home.
The most common pattern Uzado sees with SaaS founders is reactive, question-by-question compliance. The first enterprise customer asks for SOC 2; the first EU lead triggers GDPR work; the first APAC enterprise asks for ISO 27001; the first cyber insurance renewal asks for MFA on backup admin accounts. By month eighteen, you have four open programmes and no integrated owner.
The integrated answer is to run one programme that produces evidence for all of them. SOC 2 and ISO 27001 share most controls. GDPR Article 32 maps cleanly into that control library. Cyber insurance is a question of attestable evidence on the same controls. Done well, an integrated SaaS compliance programme stops being a quarterly fire drill and becomes a sales asset.
Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Waterloo: SaaS companies operating from any of those hubs have the same compliance shape. Uzado runs the integrated programme for them through Managed GRC, Vanta, and a managed security stack designed for cloud SaaS environments.
The services that map to the customer asks
Vanta-powered fixed-price path to SOC 2 Type 1 with audit included, starting at $24,000 USD. The fastest defensible answer to a customer SOC 2 ask.
Continuous evidence and the audit window your enterprise customers expect. Uzado's Managed GRC keeps it operational, not project-shaped.
ISMS design and certification audit support, increasingly required by EU and APAC buyers SaaS companies are courting.
Privacy gap assessment, DPIAs, DSR runbooks, and Article 32 evidence for SaaS businesses with EU customers, employees, or processors.
24x7 managed detection and response with SentinelOne and Huntress, calibrated to a SaaS environment dominated by cloud and identity signals.
Managed Azure, AWS, and GCP environments with hardening to CIS benchmarks. Audit evidence is a side effect of the operations.
A senior security leader for SaaS founders raising a Series A or B and finding the security workload growing past part-time tolerance.
PTES-aligned testing scoped to SaaS environments: web app, API, cloud configuration, and (where relevant) tenant isolation.
Common questions from SaaS founders
When does a SaaS company need SOC 2?+
The first time an enterprise customer asks. That moment usually arrives somewhere between Series A and Series B. Uzado's SOC 2 Type 1 Rapid Start exists precisely for that moment: a fixed-price, audit-included path that closes the deal without distracting product engineering for a quarter.
Do we need GDPR if our customers are in Canada and the US?+
If you have European customers, employees, or data processors, yes. GDPR scope follows the data, not your incorporation. Even if EU revenue is small today, an EU customer will ask, an EU employee will trigger HR data obligations, or your hosting provider's EU region will pull you in. Uzado's GDPR programme is designed to satisfy the question without disproportionate cost.
How does ISO 27001 fit alongside SOC 2 for a SaaS company?+
SOC 2 is the most-asked standard from North American enterprise customers; ISO 27001 is the most-asked from EU and APAC customers. The two overlap heavily, so building a programme that produces evidence for both at once is a sound default for SaaS companies expanding internationally. Uzado runs the integrated programme through Vanta.
Do we need an MSP if we are cloud-native?+
You need somebody running the security and compliance layer of the cloud, even if you do not need a traditional MSP. Cloud platforms protect their infrastructure; the customer is responsible for identity, configuration, monitoring, and data protection. Uzado plays the managed security and managed compliance role for cloud-native SaaS, leaving product engineering to your team.
What does an early vCISO engagement look like for a SaaS founder?+
Usually 10 to 15 hours per month around a SOC 2 push, customer security questionnaire response, and a quarterly board pack. A vCISO from Uzado's Canadian bench is a fraction of full-time CISO cost, but provides the senior security narrative customers, investors, and the board are increasingly asking for.
Stop running compliance question-by-question.
Uzado runs the integrated programme so SaaS engineering can stay on product. Talk to our team and we will scope the right starting point.