Senior only
No handoffs to junior staff. The people in the room are the people doing the work.
About SES
Compliance people who think like builders.
The last mile of enterprise trust is usually people, not software. Auditors who do not understand your stack create friction. Lawyers who arrive after launch create rework. We put both at the table early.
We started SES because compliance had become a parallel universe.
The tools got better. The work did not always. Teams still spent weeks translating architecture into controls, chasing screenshots, and discovering halfway through a deal that the security addendum promised something the product did not do.
SES brings senior auditors, security engineers, privacy specialists, and commercial counsel into one team. We scope around the deal, design controls around the system, and keep the legal terms aligned with what the product can actually deliver.
We are not trying to sell you the biggest program. We are trying to help you earn trust at the stage you are in — and build something that gets easier as you grow.
What we believe
Principles, not slogans.
These are the operating rules behind every scope, control, and contract conversation.
Evidence over ceremony
A control that produces useful evidence beats a policy nobody reads.
Plain language
If a control, contract, or risk cannot be explained clearly, it is not finished.
Fixed scope
You should know what an engagement includes and what it costs before it starts.
Design for the next framework
Build the control library once, then extend it as buyers ask for more.
Tell you what you do not need
A smaller program that fits your stage is better than a bigger one you cannot operate.
The bench
One team. Four disciplines.
The work sits at the intersection of audit, engineering, privacy, and commercial law. We staff it that way.
Audit & attestation
Former Big 4 auditors who have led SOC 2, ISO 27001, and FedRAMP programs from scope to report.
Security engineering
Controls designed around cloud, CI/CD, identity, and the way your engineers actually ship.
Privacy & AI
GDPR, HIPAA, and AI governance counsel for products that handle sensitive data.
Commercial legal
Contract, DPA, BAA, and security addendum review from counsel who knows the product.
How we work
Embedded, not adjacent
We work in your tools, join your cadence, and keep decisions moving.
How we work
Async by default
Clear written recommendations, short working sessions, and no standing meetings for the sake of it.
How we work
New York, remote-first
Senior people close to the work, wherever your team operates.
Next step
Let's build something you can operate.
Tell us where you are, what the buyer is asking for, and what is getting in the way. We will tell you the shortest path.
We reply within one business day.