Security questionnaires & references
Pre-filled responses to the questions procurement teams ask most often — so you can skip the 8–12 hour cycle of sending us a fresh questionnaire and waiting for a response. Open the Master Reference or CISO Top-50 below, or request a tailored response if you need a specific framework populated.
Available materials
Three formats. Pick the one that matches what procurement is asking for.
Security Overview (1-page summary)
PublicProcurement-grade quick-skim summary of architecture, compliance posture, sub-processors, and contact. Safe to share internally before engaging.
Public, indexable. Most-shared starting point for first-look procurement reviews.
Master Security Reference
GatedComprehensive Q&A organized by topic — governance, access control, cryptography, audit, incident response, BCP/DR, vendor management. Synthesizes the controls covered across SIG-Lite, CAIQ v4, and VSA short form.
The doc most procurement teams will accept in place of running a full questionnaire from scratch.
Custom CISO Top-50
GatedThe 50 most-asked questions across SIG-Lite, CAIQ, and VSA, with AscendCore-specific answers. Tight format for CISOs who want the high-leverage subset, not the full reference.
Use when procurement says “send us your security responses” without specifying a framework.
Framework-specific responses
If your procurement requires a specific framework — SIG-Lite, CAIQ v4, or VSA short form — we'll populate the official template against the Master Reference content. Send us the template + a 2-business-day turnaround window and we'll deliver it complete.
- SIG-Lite (Shared Assessments) — Phase 2 — populated on customer request once procurement provides the latest template version
- CAIQ v4 (CSA) — Phase 2 — populated on customer request once procurement provides the latest template version
- VSA short form (Vendor Security Alliance) — Phase 2 — populated on customer request once procurement provides the latest template version
Why on-request vs pre-populated: framework templates change versions, and each customer's procurement uses their own filled-out tracker. We populate against the current template the moment your team sends it, with the full Master Reference content as the source of truth — that turnaround is reliably faster than re-syncing against version drift on our side.
Need something specific?
Architecture deep-dive under NDA, control walkthrough, deal-specific assessment, or just want to talk to the team — start here.
