The compliance and risk team you don't have to hire
Barite is a risk and compliance desk you rent instead of building. AI agents do the heavy lifting. A senior practitioner briefs the work, checks it, and stands behind what goes out. You get security and audit readiness, and real risk analysis, without a full-time hire.
The problem
Security questions arrive before you have anyone to answer them
A prospect sends a security questionnaire. An enterprise deal needs SOC 2. The board wants to know your top risks and what you are doing about them. The work is real, it recurs, and it is too important to wing. Every way of covering it has a catch.
Hire a GRC lead
A full-time salary for work that has not yet grown to a full-time load. The role is hard to scope and harder to fill well.
Hand it to an engineer
Someone with real deadlines spends weeks on policies and evidence, and it is nobody's actual job.
Run raw AI tools
Fast drafts with no one accountable. In an audit or in front of the board, that is exactly where it falls apart.
How it works
A desk, not a dashboard and not a big engagement
Agents handle the volume so the cost stays close to software. A senior person owns the judgment so the output holds up.
Tell us what is on you
An upcoming audit, a stack of questionnaires, a board asking about risk. No polished brief needed.
Agents do the volume
Barite's agents draft policies, map controls, assemble evidence, and turn your systems into a first pass fast.
A senior practitioner checks it
An experienced person directs the work, reviews every output, and corrects what the agents get wrong.
You get work you can stand behind
Audit-ready documents, answered questionnaires, a live risk register. Reviewed by someone who puts their name on it.
What you get
Two things, in order
Start with the security and audit work that is already on your desk. Add deeper risk analysis when the board starts asking harder questions.
Security and audit readiness
- SOC 2 and ISO 27001 readiness: policies, control mapping, gap analysis, and evidence
- Audit preparation and exhibits, ready for the firm that signs off
- Inbound security questionnaire responses, handled for you
- Business continuity and disaster recovery plans
- Penetration test coordination and supporting exhibits
- A public trust page prospects can check
We prepare and analyse. We do not issue certificates. A licensed firm performs your SOC 2 or ISO audit and signs it. Barite gets you ready and stands behind the preparation.
Risk analysis
- An enterprise risk register you can actually maintain
- Board and investor grade risk assessments
- Third party and vendor risk reviews
- Scenario and quantitative risk analysis
- A risk appetite statement and framework
- Board risk reporting on a schedule
Higher-judgment work, led by an experienced practitioner. This is where a senior human matters most.
Why Barite
Someone experienced puts their name on it
Risk and compliance is the last work you want an unsupervised bot to do. Barite sits between raw AI tools and a big engagement, and takes the accountability with it.
A named person is accountable
Every output is reviewed and owned by an experienced practitioner, not generated and forwarded. If it goes out, someone stands behind it.
Priced like software
A subscription, not a statement of work that grows every month. You know what it costs before the work starts.
Works like a small expert team
You get the coverage of a function without the hiring, the onboarding, or the headcount on your books.
Fast because agents draft
The first pass arrives in days. The human time goes into the review, which is where the judgment lives.
Built for audits, not for show
Documents are structured the way an auditor reads them, with evidence attached and gaps flagged before they cost you.
It grows with you
Start with readiness. Add risk analysis when the board starts asking harder questions. The desk expands as you do.
Inside the desk
See the work, not a status bar
The desk keeps your readiness, evidence, and risk in one place, with a person reviewing what matters before it goes out.
Your controls, mapped and tracked
Agents map your systems and evidence against SOC 2 and ISO 27001, then show a live status per control. You see what is covered, what is missing, and who needs to close it.
Who it is for
For teams that need the function before the hire
B2B SaaS and technology
PrimaryEnterprise buyers gate deals on security. The desk gets you ready and keeps you there.
- Closing enterprise deals that demand SOC 2, ISO 27001, and answered questionnaires
- Need audit readiness and honest risk analysis, on a real timeline
- Cannot yet justify a full-time GRC hire
Asset-heavy operators
SecondaryReal exposure that needs managing, without standing up a department to produce the analysis.
- Real operations with real exposure to manage
- Need a maintained risk register and scenario analysis
- Want board reporting that stands up to scrutiny
Trust and data
Sensitive work, kept where it belongs
Compliance work touches your most sensitive material. The desk is built so you stay in control of it.
Runs where you need it to
When the work is sensitive, Barite can run on infrastructure you provision and control, so your data stays inside your boundary and the desk operates within it.
Reviewed before it leaves
The people doing the work are named and accountable. Nothing goes out without a practitioner reviewing it first.
Clear about what we do
We prepare and analyse. We do not certify, attest, or advise on insurance. Licensed firms sign the certificates. We get you ready for them.
How to engage
Priced like software, staffed like a team
Barite is a subscription. You get a desk that covers security and audit readiness from the start, with risk analysis added as you need it. No statement of work, no hourly billing, no surprise scope.
Start with a working call. We will look at what is on you now, tell you what readiness takes, and show you what the desk would handle.
A gap analysis against the standard you are targeting, and the questionnaires already in your inbox handled.
Draft policies, a control map with evidence attached, and the first gaps closed with owners assigned.
A risk register your board can read, and a readiness position you can hand to an audit firm.
Every item carries the name of the person who reviewed it.