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.
