Cyber Risk & Resilience · VENDOR SECURITY QUESTIONNAIRE SUPPORT
A customer is waiting on your security review. Give procurement supported answers, mapped evidence and a clear plan for the gaps.
We prepare your questionnaire response in 1–2 weeks. We work from the controls you operate, connect answers to current evidence and identify the gaps to address before submission. You receive accurate, consistent answers and a clear evidence trail to support your customer’s security review.
Free 30-minute security questionnaire strategy call. No obligation.
Our commitment: clear, fixed pricing with the scope and delivery schedule agreed upfront. Every answer is grounded in your actual controls and evidence.
Share your questionnaire and customer’s deadline with Temi so we can plan your response.
A 300-question security questionnaire arrives as your enterprise contract approaches its deadline. We help you respond with clear answers and supporting evidence, showing your customer how you protect their data and giving procurement the information it needs to move the review forward.
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20+ — Years of Experience
1 Week — Security Questionnaire Response
30 Days — Follow-Up Access
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Every vendor security questionnaire engagement is led by Temi, with over two decades of experience across technology, financial services, healthcare and media, including consulting engagements with several Fortune 100 companies, including Amazon, Walgreens and Humana. Temi has led over 100 assessments.
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A prospect’s procurement team sent a SIG, CAIQ, HECVAT or custom questionnaire with a deadline. The security review needs a response before procurement proceeds. We draft every answer from your actual controls, map the supporting evidence and prepare a clear response plan around your customer’s deadline.
Your customer and auditor need answers supported by the controls you operate. We ground each response in your actual practices and evidence, keeping customer-facing answers separate from internal review notes so you can submit with confidence.
A reusable answer library and evidence index reduce repeated drafting, preserve approved responses and keep your answers consistent across customers.
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The buyer’s due diligence, in question form. Your answers show customers how you protect their data and give their reviewers evidence to support a decision.
A vendor security questionnaire is how an enterprise customer’s procurement, security or risk team assesses your controls before signing or renewing a contract. Formats include the Shared Assessments SIG, the Cloud Security Alliance CAIQ, HECVAT for higher education, legacy VSAQ questionnaires and customer-specific requests. Questions cover governance, access control, data protection, application security, vendor management, business continuity and privacy, and can run to several hundred questions.
The reviewer looks for 3 things: the controls you operate, the evidence supporting them, and answers that are consistent with each other and with any SOC 2 report or certification you hold. Where a gap needs attention, we help you explain the improvement plan, who is responsible and the target date. We prepare clear, evidence-backed responses and a reusable answer library so your customer can understand your security practices and your team can respond consistently to future requests.
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We prepare evidence-backed responses in the format your customer uses, from established industry questionnaires to custom requests and online assessment portals.
| Format | Issued by | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| SIG and SIG Lite | Shared Assessments | Third-party due diligence across financial services, insurance and enterprise vendor programs |
| CAIQ | Cloud Security Alliance | Cloud and SaaS provider assessments aligned with the Cloud Controls Matrix |
| HECVAT | Higher education community, with EDUCAUSE, Internet2 and REN-ISAC | Reviews of cybersecurity, privacy, IT accessibility and compliance |
| VSAQ | Google-originated application and templates | Legacy or requester-supplied technology questionnaires |
| Customer-specific | The buyer’s security or procurement team | Enterprise, healthcare, government and regulated-buyer requests |
| Portal-based assessments | Assessment platforms used by the buyer | Supplier onboarding, periodic reviews and reassessments |
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A questionnaire gives your customer answers about your security practices. A SOC 2 report adds independent assurance over the controls covered by the examination. Your customer may request either or both.
| Comparison | Questionnaire response | SOC 2 report |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Your answers to the buyer’s questions, supported by your controls and evidence | An independent CPA firm’s examination report covering applicable Trust Services Criteria |
| Who reviews it | The buyer’s security or procurement team | The buyer’s security or procurement team assesses the report against its requirements and remaining questions |
| Delivery timeline | Your questionnaire response in 1–2 weeks | SOC 2 readiness in 9–13 weeks. The independent CPA issues the report following its examination; a Type 2 report also covers an operating period |
| Reuse | Approved answers and an evidence index support future questionnaires | The report supports customer reviews relevant to its scope and reporting date or period, shared with its intended users |
| Our service | Vendor Security Questionnaire Support | SOC 2 Readiness |
We build your questionnaire response from your actual controls and supporting evidence. If you hold a SOC 2 report, we reference the relevant coverage alongside the other evidence your customer requests, keeping your answers consistent with the report.
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Your questionnaire response is delivered in 1–2 weeks, with clear answers, supporting evidence and a plan for questions that need further attention.
| Phase | Timing | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Intake | At the start | We review your questionnaire, customer’s deadline and contract context, and gather existing policies, evidence and reports. |
| Draft | During the 1–2-week engagement | We draft answers from your actual controls, map the evidence and identify gaps with recommended next steps. |
| Review and submit | Before delivery | We guide your review and approval, finalize the response for submission and retain approved answers for reuse. |
| Follow-up | 30 days after delivery | You have follow-up access for clarification and preparation for your customer’s security discussion. Our Virtual CISO service supports recurring questionnaire needs. |
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In a 30-minute call, we review your questionnaire, customer’s deadline and contract context, and establish what your response needs to address.
We connect each answer to the policy, control or evidence that supports it. Responses use clear language that helps your customer understand your security practices and locate the supporting documentation.
We identify questions requiring a decision before submission and recommend how to address them. This includes explaining an improvement plan, identifying who is responsible and clarifying when a requirement does not apply to your service.
We guide your approval process and finalize the response for submission. Approved answers are organized for reuse, and you receive a briefing to prepare for your customer’s follow-up security discussion.
Our commitment: Clear, fixed pricing with the scope and delivery schedule agreed upfront. Your questionnaire response is delivered in 1–2 weeks, with 30 days of follow-up access.
We give your customer clear answers, evidence they can review and context that explains how your security practices apply to the service they are buying.
| Answer element | What we include |
|---|---|
| Direct response | A clear answer to the question your customer has asked. |
| Control and coverage | Your current practice, the systems and services it covers, and who is responsible. |
| Supporting evidence | References to current, approved policies, reports and other documents, shared through the appropriate access arrangements. |
| Gaps and improvement plans | A clear distinction between safeguards already in place, planned improvements and exceptions, with an explanation where a requirement does not apply. |
| Approval and reuse | A record of who approved the answer and when it was reviewed, so approved responses can be retained and reused consistently. |
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Clear, fixed pricing with the scope and delivery schedule agreed upfront.
| Essentials | Most Popular Comprehensive |
|---|---|
| From $1,500 per engagement | From $2,500 per engagement |
| Questionnaire response and supporting evidence | Everything in Essentials, plus the additional deliverables below |
| Delivery in 1 week | Delivery in 2 weeks |
| 1 questionnaire, up to 150 questions | 1 questionnaire, up to 300 questions |
| Response tracker and evidence mapping | Reusable response library for SIG, CAIQ and common custom formats |
| Gap or exception register and recommended remediation | Organized evidence index |
| Internal approval workflow | Briefing for your customer’s follow-up security call |
| 30 days of follow-up access with 1 call | 30 days of follow-up access with 2 calls total |
| Discuss Your Security Questionnaire | Discuss Your Security Questionnaire |
Questionnaires arriving throughout the year? Continue with our Virtual CISO service for ongoing support with recurring customer requests.
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We support businesses responding to customer security reviews, including:
Startups and small businesses selling to enterprise, healthcare, financial-services or public-sector customers for the first time.
Growing companies whose sales process includes a security review on every deal.
Vendors facing a procurement deadline for a SIG, CAIQ, HECVAT or customer-specific questionnaire.
Companies strengthening previous responses with accurate descriptions of their current controls and supporting evidence.
Organizations preparing for SOC 2 that need to answer customer security questions while readiness work progresses.
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Consistent customer responses. We ground your answers in the controls you operate and supporting evidence, so your customers receive a clear, consistent explanation of your security practices.
Audit-informed guidance. With experience reviewing vendor security evidence and building security programs across industries, we understand the questions customers and auditors ask.
Clear plans for gaps. We help you explain existing safeguards, planned improvements and requirements that do not apply, giving your customer the context needed to review your response.
Answers you can reuse. Your approved responses and evidence references stay with your business, ready to support future questionnaires.
Led by Temi. You work directly with Temi throughout the engagement, backed by over 2 decades of experience and over 100 assessments.
Clear, fixed pricing. The scope and delivery schedule are agreed upfront.
Bring your questionnaire and customer’s deadline. We agree a response plan and prepare clear, evidence-backed answers in 1–2 weeks.
Free 30-minute security questionnaire strategy call. No obligation.
Clear, fixed pricing with the scope and delivery schedule agreed upfront. Includes 30 days of follow-up access.
Choose a time for your free 30-minute strategy call.
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We review your customer’s requirements, bring together the right people and supporting evidence, and clarify how each question applies to your service. You receive a coordinated, accurate response that shows customers how you protect their data, with clear explanations of your safeguards and planned improvements.
13Organize the Evidence for Review
We connect your answers to the evidence your customer needs, including relevant security policies, incident procedures, supplier inventories, privacy terms, assessment reports and records of your security controls. Clear references help reviewers find the right information and understand what it covers. We distinguish current safeguards from planned improvements and help you share approved documents or summaries securely, making the review easier while protecting sensitive information.
If the buyer asks how security researchers report a vulnerability, identify your current reporting route and supporting policy or record the gap for your approval. Preparing the questionnaire response does not establish or operate a vulnerability disclosure program.
14Decide What Can Be Completed Before the Deadline
We prioritize the answers, evidence and improvements that matter most to your customer’s decision, giving you a clear plan for the response deadline. Your submission explains the safeguards already in place and the improvements being addressed, with clear responsibilities and target dates. Where more time would strengthen the response, we help you explain the remaining work and request a realistic revised date. For future requests, we help keep reusable answers aligned with your current controls and evidence, supporting consistent responses as your business changes.
15Choose the Evidence the Buyer Actually Requires
We help you establish whether your customer needs evidence-backed questionnaire answers, a security assessment, a certification or an independent SOC 2 report, so you can invest in the assurance that matters to the contract. We clarify what evidence the buyer will consider while longer-term work progresses and explain any significant findings alongside your current safeguards and improvement plan. When customers require SOC 2, we help you plan readiness around their requirements, the systems involved and recurring demand across your business.
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Which security questionnaires do you support? We prepare responses to SIG and SIG Lite, CAIQ, HECVAT, legacy VSAQ questionnaires, customer-specific requests and portal-based assessments. We tailor your answers to the format your customer uses and connect them to your current controls and supporting evidence.
How long does it take? We prepare your vendor security questionnaire response in 1–2 weeks, with clear answers, mapped evidence and a plan for any gaps. We plan the response around your customer’s deadline and include 30 days of follow-up access to clarify the response and next steps.
How much does vendor security questionnaire support cost? Engagements start at $1,500, with clear, fixed pricing and the scope and delivery schedule agreed upfront. You receive evidence-backed answers, a gap register, remediation recommendations and 30 days of follow-up access. See our pricing table for the available options.
Can a SOC 2 report replace the questionnaire? It depends on your customer’s requirements. A relevant SOC 2 report can answer many due-diligence questions, while your customer may also request details specific to your service. We map the report’s relevant coverage to the questionnaire and prepare supported answers for the remaining questions. If you are working toward SOC 2, we build your response from your current controls and evidence.
What happens when a question surfaces a gap? We explain the gap, recommend practical improvements and prioritize the issues that matter most to your customer’s review. Your response clearly describes the safeguards already in place and the planned improvements, with responsibilities and target dates. The gap register gives you a clear action plan and helps your customer understand how the issue is being addressed.
How does the library help with the next questionnaire? An approved answer library and evidence index give you a reusable starting point for future customer requests, reducing repeated drafting and helping keep your responses consistent. Before reusing an answer, check that it addresses the new question and still reflects your current controls and evidence.
Who approves the answers? You approve the final responses before submission. We coordinate the review, explain the answers and supporting evidence, and help the relevant people in your business confirm the information. You receive a clear response you can approve with confidence.
Explore support for the security priorities your customer review brings into focus:
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You receive your completed questionnaire response, supporting evidence references and gap register, with 30 days of follow-up access to clarify the answers and next steps. Most clients continue with our Virtual CISO services, where we manage the security program, guide improvements and help keep customer-facing answers aligned with current controls and evidence as new requests arrive.
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Bring your questionnaire and customer’s deadline to a free 30-minute strategy call. We’ll discuss the answers and evidence your customer needs and plan your response for delivery in 1–2 weeks.
Free 30-minute security questionnaire strategy call. No obligation.
Clear, fixed pricing with the scope and delivery schedule agreed upfront.