Drata Implementation Services

Drata configured by a partner that works in it every week: integrations connected, controls mapped to your environment, evidence automated, and your team ready for the audit.
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Definition

What is a Drata implementation?

A Drata implementation takes the platform from an empty account to a working compliance program: frameworks scoped to what customers actually require, integrations connected across cloud, identity, HR, and code, controls mapped to your real environment, evidence collection automated, and policies rolled out to your team. Drata supports SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, CMMC, and more than a dozen other frameworks, but it only reports what it is configured to see. BD Emerson implements Drata for companies that want it configured right the first time, by consultants who work in the platform on client programs every week. Most implementations run four to ten weeks depending on headcount and framework count.

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What does a Drata implementation include?

Scoping and framework selection
Integration connection
Control mapping and customization
Evidence automation
Policy and personnel rollout
Audit readiness

Scoping and framework selection

We confirm which frameworks your customers and contracts actually require: SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, CMMC, or several at once. Scope drives license cost and everything downstream, so we also name the frameworks worth deferring until a customer asks. If you are leaving spreadsheets or another platform, the migration is planned here.

Integration connection

Drata's automation is only as good as its connections. We connect cloud infrastructure, identity, HR, MDM, code repositories, and ticketing, then verify each integration is pulling complete data. A dashboard that reports green on a partial view is worse than one that reports red.

Control mapping and customization

Drata ships default controls for each framework. We rewrite them to match how you actually operate, add custom controls where the defaults miss your environment, and map shared controls across every in-scope framework so one piece of work counts everywhere it can.

Evidence automation

Automated tests configured to collect proof continuously: access reviews, MFA enforcement, encryption settings, vendor records, and infrastructure configuration. Evidence that cannot be automated gets a named owner and a renewal date, so nothing waits for audit week.

Policy and personnel rollout

Policy templates describe a generic company, so we adapt each one to your real practices before publishing it for acceptance. Training gets assigned, background checks recorded, and onboarding and offboarding wired to your HR system so personnel compliance holds as the team changes.

Audit readiness

Before your auditor arrives, we run the program the way fieldwork runs: sampling evidence, testing control operation, and closing gaps while they are cheap to close. Then we train your internal owner or stay on fractionally, so the platform keeps working after we leave.

Our approach

Our approach

01

Scope and license right

We confirm frameworks, employee count, and modules before you sign Drata's order form, so you buy the tier the program needs and nothing speculative. Migrations from spreadsheets or another platform get mapped here, control by control.

02

Configure and connect

Integrations first, then controls, then evidence automation. Every connection is verified for complete data, and every control is rewritten to describe how your company actually operates rather than how a template imagines it.

03

Roll out to the team

Policies adapted and published for acceptance, training assigned, and onboarding and offboarding wired to HR. Personnel compliance is where unattended programs decay first, so we build the cadence before handoff.

04

Rehearse the audit

A readiness pass run the way fieldwork runs: sampled evidence, tested controls, and gaps closed while they are cheap. Then we hand the platform to your trained owner or stay on to run it fractionally.

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Rolling out Drata this quarter?

Speak with BD Emerson about your frameworks, your timeline, and what a properly configured Drata program looks like for a team your size.

Our Advantage

Why BD Emerson for Drata implementation

We work in Drata every week

Our consultants configure and operate Drata across client programs spanning SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and CMMC, so your setup reflects how the platform behaves today rather than how it behaved a year ago.

Implement or audit, never both

BD Emerson's CPA arm performs SOC 2 examinations directly. Independence rules mean we implement Drata for you or audit you, never both on the same engagement, and we state which role we hold before work begins.

Framework depth beyond the tool

Drata automates evidence collection; it does not design controls. Our practitioners know what SOC 2 auditors, ISO certification bodies, and CMMC assessors actually accept, and configure the platform accordingly.

Reviews

What our customers say

Great consulting firms for scaling security, compliance, and appsec.

Outstanding partner in Technical and Cyber Due Diligence

Appsec maturity and application hardening.

BD Emerson helped us simplfiy our compliance management.

BD Emerson did such a phenomenal job. What started as privacy support quickly became a full partnership across compliance, engineering, and even business operations. They’re embedded with our team. They understand our product. They move fast. They’re simply invaluable.

Adam Ben Jacobs

CTO @ OneStep GPS

Great consulting firms for scaling security, compliance, and appsec.

Outstanding partner in Technical and Cyber Due Diligence

Appsec maturity and application hardening.

BD Emerson helped us simplfiy our compliance management.

BD Emerson did such a phenomenal job. What started as privacy support quickly became a full partnership across compliance, engineering, and even business operations. They’re embedded with our team. They understand our product. They move fast. They’re simply invaluable.

Adam Ben Jacobs

CTO @ OneStep GPS

We had a hard time finding the right company to partner with in support of our compliance journey. Some vendors sell the idea that they do the work, but then you end up doing everything. The ambiguity is what killed our last project. BD Emerson’s team has such great technical knowledge and understands the standard so well that they made us comfortable with moving fast. This has led to us closing major enterprise customers that were previously out of reach because of security and compliance.

Tom Watkins

CEO @ AMI AssetTrack

Lead an enterprise initiative to overhaul the organization's technology stack from ecommerce, corporate tech, and corporate security.

Supported ISO 42001 exercise and served as internal auditor.

Rubrik's privacy and compliance team began with the backbone of BD Emerson. BD Emerson supported building out the privacy program, GRC (ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC, FedRAMP), and the appsec function.

We needed a partner who could move quickly, without sacrificing precision. BD Emerson brought the expertise, structure, and speed we were looking for. Their team became an extension of ours, embedding themselves across the organization, guiding us step by step, and giving us confidence in areas we hadn’t tackled before. The internal audit they conducted was so detailed that even the external auditors called it out. Achieving ISO 27001 with zero nonconformities says everything you need to know about the quality of the partnership.

Walid Souilem

CTO @ FGI Worldwide

We had a hard time finding the right company to partner with in support of our compliance journey. Some vendors sell the idea that they do the work, but then you end up doing everything. The ambiguity is what killed our last project. BD Emerson’s team has such great technical knowledge and understands the standard so well that they made us comfortable with moving fast. This has led to us closing major enterprise customers that were previously out of reach because of security and compliance.

Tom Watkins

CEO @ AMI AssetTrack

Lead an enterprise initiative to overhaul the organization's technology stack from ecommerce, corporate tech, and corporate security.

Supported ISO 42001 exercise and served as internal auditor.

Rubrik's privacy and compliance team began with the backbone of BD Emerson. BD Emerson supported building out the privacy program, GRC (ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC, FedRAMP), and the appsec function.

We needed a partner who could move quickly, without sacrificing precision. BD Emerson brought the expertise, structure, and speed we were looking for. Their team became an extension of ours, embedding themselves across the organization, guiding us step by step, and giving us confidence in areas we hadn’t tackled before. The internal audit they conducted was so detailed that even the external auditors called it out. Achieving ISO 27001 with zero nonconformities says everything you need to know about the quality of the partnership.

Walid Souilem

CTO @ FGI Worldwide

BD Emerson didn’t just help us meet our compliance goals; they integrated security and privacy into the core of our operations. I highly recommend BD Emerson to anyone seeking SOC 2 or GDPR compliance, or simply looking to enhance their security team and boost customer trust in their product and services. Their dedication and expertise have been invaluable to our success.

Padraig Reilly

CEO, Boxcore

BD Emerson understood our business requirements and worked side-by-side with us. The policies and controls we developed together not only meet compliance standards but improve how we operate day to day.

Matt Meierdierks

IT Manager, Lincoln Industries

From day one, BD Emerson brought urgency, clarity, and a sharp understanding of what truly matters to our business — earning and keeping customer trust. They went beyond helping us meet compliance requirements; they helped build a foundation for secure, scalable growth. That kind of partnership is rare.

Jason Marker

CEO @ LifeLenz

BD Emerson didn’t just help us pass an audit—they helped us build a sustainable culture of security.

Alexey Indeev

CTO Spare

BD Emerson was essential in helping our company navigate the daunting process of leveling up our security infrastructure. BD Emerson’s impressive expertise and confidence throughout the process helped our team exceed HIPAA and SOC 2 Type 1 standards quickly, distilling what can be an overwhelming process into a streamlined, organized effort. From day one they began adding value and getting us on course. With their help we delivered on a massive security overhaul with both extreme efficiency and thorough attention to details. Because of BD Emerson’s support, we’ve increased our clients’ trust in Titan Intake and the life-changing work it accomplishes for those seeking specialist referrals.

Patrick Bruce

CEO, Titan Intake

BD Emerson didn’t just help us meet our compliance goals; they integrated security and privacy into the core of our operations. I highly recommend BD Emerson to anyone seeking SOC 2 or GDPR compliance, or simply looking to enhance their security team and boost customer trust in their product and services. Their dedication and expertise have been invaluable to our success.

Padraig Reilly

CEO, Boxcore

BD Emerson understood our business requirements and worked side-by-side with us. The policies and controls we developed together not only meet compliance standards but improve how we operate day to day.

Matt Meierdierks

IT Manager, Lincoln Industries

From day one, BD Emerson brought urgency, clarity, and a sharp understanding of what truly matters to our business — earning and keeping customer trust. They went beyond helping us meet compliance requirements; they helped build a foundation for secure, scalable growth. That kind of partnership is rare.

Jason Marker

CEO @ LifeLenz

BD Emerson didn’t just help us pass an audit—they helped us build a sustainable culture of security.

Alexey Indeev

CTO Spare

BD Emerson was essential in helping our company navigate the daunting process of leveling up our security infrastructure. BD Emerson’s impressive expertise and confidence throughout the process helped our team exceed HIPAA and SOC 2 Type 1 standards quickly, distilling what can be an overwhelming process into a streamlined, organized effort. From day one they began adding value and getting us on course. With their help we delivered on a massive security overhaul with both extreme efficiency and thorough attention to details. Because of BD Emerson’s support, we’ve increased our clients’ trust in Titan Intake and the life-changing work it accomplishes for those seeking specialist referrals.

Patrick Bruce

CEO, Titan Intake

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