Security Questionnaires
A growing company answers the same questions, in different formats, for every prospect — SIG, CAIQ, and a long tail of custom spreadsheets. Axipro’s team handles them for you, so your security and sales people get their time back and your buyers get answers fast.
- SOC 2
- HIPPA
- ISO 27001
- GDPR
- PCI DSS
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How it Works:
Intake
Send us the questionnaire — SIG, CAIQ, or a customer’s own format. We log it and confirm the deadline.
Map to Existing Evidence
We match each question against your current controls, policies, and certifications so anything already documented is answered without rework.
Draft the Response
Our team writes accurate, consistent answers in the buyer’s required format.
Review and Return
You approve, we finalize, and the completed questionnaire goes back to your customer on time.
Our Security Questionnaire Service
Axipro runs your security questionnaires for you, end to end.
Our team takes the inbound request, maps it against the evidence and controls you already have, drafts accurate responses, and routes anything genuinely new back to you — so you’re only ever answering net-new questions, not re-typing what you’ve already proven.
You stay in control of what gets shared and with whom. We do the repetitive work that was eating your team’s week.
This pairs naturally with the compliance work we already do. If we’ve helped you reach SOC 2 or ISO 27001, the evidence behind those certifications is exactly what most questionnaires are asking for — so the answers are already there to reuse.
What's Included
- Dedicated questionnaire support from Axipro's security team
- Response drafting for SIG, SIG Lite, CAIQ, and custom questionnaires
- Mapping to your existing controls, policies, and certifications
- A clear list of only the net-new questions that need your input
- Format-matched, customer-ready responses returned on deadline
- Optional: Trust Center setup to deflect repeat requests
- Optional: outbound vendor assessment support
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Frequently Asked Questions
What questionnaire formats do you handle?
Standardized ones like SIG, SIG Lite, and CAIQ, plus custom questionnaires in a customer’s own format.
Do I have to answer everything myself?
No. We answer everything already covered by your existing controls and certifications, and only send you the genuinely new questions.
Do I need to be SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certified first?
It helps — your certification evidence answers most questions automatically — but it isn’t required to start.
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Related Frameworks
SOC 2
The most-requested security certification in the US market. SOC 2 evaluates how service organizations protect customer data across five Trust Services Criteria: Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy. Available as Type I (point-in-time) or Type II (over a period), with Type II preferred for enterprise deals.
ISO 27001
The global gold standard for information security. ISO 27001 demonstrates that your organization systematically protects sensitive data through a comprehensive Information Security Management System (ISMS). Required by enterprise customers worldwide and the foundation for most other security frameworks.
HIPAA
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act establishes mandatory privacy and security standards for protected health information (PHI) in the United States. HIPAA applies to healthcare providers, health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and any business associates handling PHI on their behalf.
ISO 27701
An extension of ISO 27001 specifically focused on privacy management. ISO 27701 helps organizations implement a Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) that demonstrates compliance with global privacy regulations like GDPR, CCPA, and others. Certification proves systematic, ongoing privacy management.
PCI DSS
The mandatory security standard for any organization that processes, stores, or transmits credit card data. PCI DSS establishes 12 core requirements covering network security, data protection, vulnerability management, and access controls. Non-compliance can result in heavy fines, increased transaction fees, and loss of card processing privileges.
GDPR
The world's most comprehensive data protection law, governing how organizations collect, process, store, and transfer personal data of EU residents. GDPR applies regardless of where your company is based—if you serve EU customers, you must comply. Violations can result in fines up to €20 million or 4% of global revenue.
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Gartner predicts that by 2028, 90% of enterprise software engineers will use AI code assistants, up from less than 14% in early 2024. SOC 2 and ISO 27001 change management controls were written before that shift, and both rest on an assumption that AI-generated code breaks outright: the person who approved a change wrote it, or at least fully understood it. Neither the AICPA nor ISO has published AI-specific change management requirements, so auditors apply the existing controls, SOC 2 CC8.1 and ISO 27001 Annex A 8.32, to commits no human authored. Most teams discover the mismatch mid-audit, when a sample pulls up a 2,000-line agent-generated pull request that was approved in four minutes. This guide maps AI code generation to both frameworks: what each one requires, the risks AI coding assistants introduce, the workflow that satisfies auditors, and the evidence they request when GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code shows up in your SDLC. Why AI-Generated Code Breaks Traditional Change Management Change management controls assume a human bottleneck. AI removes it in three places at once. The Volume Problem: AI Commits at Machine Speed A single developer running an agentic coding tool can open more pull requests in a
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