What Are the Benefits of Compliance Automation Outside of IT?

Below is a transcript of the video conversation between Bright Defense’s Co-Founder, Tim Mektrakarn, and Drata’s Head of Product Marketing, Topher Stephenson.

Tim: “What are the benefits of compliance automation outside of IT?

Topher: “There are so many benefits. The most common benefit, and probably the biggest benefit, is your developers are going to give you big hugs. Because, before compliance automation, they’re taking screenshots of the admin console of their AWS. They’re putting it in Dropbox. It’s just a heavy, manual process. So, just in terms of time savings of your most expensive employees, giving them back the time to do the thing that you need them to do, which is code. It’s a huge gift.

But really for me, the biggest benefit outside of the IT world, is for your sales team. When you think about compliance automation and what it does to help accelerate deals where they’re not stuck in this limbo of security questionnaires, especially if you’re a startup trying to be more credible in the enterprise segment.

Having compliance automation, having compliance with these frameworks, and doing it through a tool like Drata and using the Trust Center, which is something that Drata offers as well. You can take those deal cycles and reduce them by weeks. They’re not stuck in this limbo of NDAs and security questionnaires. They see that you’ve complied, and you get that deal done, which is ultimately what keeps these small startups going.”

Tim: “Yes. We definitely advocate for the use of the Trust Center to show your continuous monitoring is in place. That it’s continuous compliance and to show off your SOC 2 and your ISO 27001 certifications. Use that as a sales and marketing tool to accelerate deal flow.”

Topher: “We have so many of our customers that use their SOC 2 as a differentiator versus their competitors. It’s unreal. It’s something that they can do through Drata very, very quickly. It gives them a huge advantage in the marketplace.”

About Bright Defense

Bright Defense is defending the world from cybersecurity threats through continuous compliance.

We understand that compliance is more than just checking boxes. It’s about minimizing the financial risk and reputational harm from a data breach. It’s also about assuring your clients, stakeholders, and employees that you are conducting business with the greatest commitment to security and data integrity.

Bright Defense combines technology, expertise, and a customer-centric approach into a continuous compliance service that meets your unique business needs. Our monthly engagement model delivers a robust cybersecurity program that allows you to meet compliance frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI, and CMMC.

Once compliance certification is achieved, we constantly enhance your security program to keep up with the evolving threat landscape and compliance standards. Our compliance automation toolset powered by Drata gives you complete visibility into your compliance status while saving you time and money.  Contact Bright Defense today to get started!

About Drata

Drata is the world’s most advanced security and compliance automation platform with the mission to build trust across the cloud. With Drata, thousands of companies streamline over 20 compliance frameworks—such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and more—through continuous, automated control monitoring and evidence collection, resulting in a strong security posture, lower costs, and less time spent preparing for annual audits. The company is backed by ICONIQ Growth, Notable Capital, Alkeon Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, S Ventures, Leaders Fund, Okta Ventures, SVCI, SV Angel, Intuit Ventures, and many key industry leaders. For more information, visit drata.com.