Meridian Financial — Security Audit & Compliance

Meridian Financial had $8M in ARR waiting in enterprise contracts — all blocked on SOC 2 compliance. Their security posture had gaps that could have cost them everything.

Results at a glance

SOC

2 Type II certified

$8M

in contracts unblocked

critical findings post-audit

01The Challenge

23 critical security gaps identified in our initial audit, including unencrypted customer PII at rest, no access logging, and production credentials stored in plaintext in version control.

02Our Approach

Full remediation roadmap, implementation of AWS security controls, employee security training, policy documentation for all 23 SOC 2 trust criteria, penetration test, and audit preparation.

03The Outcome

SOC 2 Type II certification achieved in 11 weeks — industry average is 6–9 months. Zero critical findings. All 8 enterprise contracts signed within 30 days of certification.

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“We had $8M in contracts sitting on the table blocked by compliance. Aphrick got us SOC 2 Type II in 11 weeks. We closed all 8 contracts within a month of certification.”

David Park, CISO