Use cases

11 stories, one platform

Pick the one closest to yours — every card is a real path we’ve built for.

USE CASE1/11

The deal-blocked
founder

WHO
B2B SaaS, 15–40 people, no security hire
PAIN
Enterprise deal blocked on ISO 27001
  • Guided setup in plain English
  • All 93 controls pre-linked from day one
  • AI turns gaps into a prioritised to-do list
OUTCOMEAudit-ready in weeks, not months
USE CASE2/11

SOC 2 without
starting over

WHO
ISO 27001-certified scale-up entering the US
PAIN
American buyers demand SOC 2 Type II
  • One control library, mapped once
  • SOC 2 starts 60–80% complete
  • Work only the genuine deltas
OUTCOMETwo frameworks, one evidence graph
USE CASE3/11

The fintech
facing DORA

WHO
Fintechs & ICT providers to EU finance
PAIN
DORA pushed down the supply chain
  • DORA inherits your ISO 27001 base
  • Incident, BIA & supplier modules built in
  • Live, linked resilience evidence
OUTCOMEOversight questionnaires, answered
USE CASE4/11

The NIS2
supply-chain squeeze

WHO
MSPs & vendors to regulated entities
PAIN
Customers pass NIS2 duties to suppliers
  • Reuse your ISO 27001 control set
  • Legislation register: 94 obligations tracked
  • An explicit, mapped compliance picture
OUTCOMEA defensible answer — and an edge
USE CASE5/11

The AI startup's
head start

WHO
Teams building or deploying AI products
PAIN
Buyers now ask: how do you govern AI?
  • ISO 42001 inherits your ISMS spine
  • Add only the AI-specific layer
  • Impact assessments & AI inventory
OUTCOMECertified AI governance, first
USE CASE6/11

The spreadsheet
escape

WHO
Certified 2–3 years ago, run on spreadsheets
PAIN
The spreadsheet owner left. Chaos.
  • Versioned, linked, review-tracked
  • RAG status on every objective
  • RBAC spreads ownership across the team
OUTCOMEAn ISMS that survives people leaving
USE CASE7/11

Always
audit-ready

WHO
Any certified organisation
PAIN
Annual surveillance-audit panic
  • Live evidence: Jira, Defender XDR, GitHub
  • AI flags gaps all year round
  • Access reviews run in-platform
OUTCOMEAudit prep in hours, not weeks
USE CASE8/11

Taming
vendor sprawl

WHO
Growing teams with 60+ suppliers
PAIN
"How do you manage third-party risk?"
  • Supplier due-diligence module
  • Linked to risk & asset registers
  • Evidences ISO 27001, DORA & NIS2 at once
OUTCOMEA live register, not an apology
USE CASEComing soon9/11

Security
that sells

WHO
Sales-led startups losing deal velocity
PAIN
Questionnaires stall every deal 2–4 weeks
  • Trust Center: live posture, SoA, certs
  • Share with prospects in one click
  • Always current — never a stale PDF
OUTCOMEAnswer it before it arrives
USE CASE10/11

Platform
+ people

WHO
Teams who want an expert in the room
PAIN
First audit, no in-house security lead
  • Certified UK Lead Auditors
  • Working inside your workspace
  • No consultant hand-over gap
OUTCOMEExpert prep, zero knowledge loss
USE CASE11/11

AI assistant
workflow

WHO
Teams already using ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor
PAIN
Switching between tools to answer security questions
  • Ask Sentinel42 from inside the chat thread
  • Create management actions without opening the app
  • Same sign-in, same tenant rules
OUTCOMEAnswers where you already work
How it works

Three moves to audit-ready

01
Baseline.
Provision a working ISMS in minutes — Clauses 4–10, all 93 Annex A controls, policies, risk register, SoA — pre-linked and ready to edit.
02
Fix gaps with AI.
Continuous scans flag missing evidence, stale reviews, SLA breaches and control weaknesses — turned into a prioritised, ordered backlog.
03
Export audit pack.
One click produces the auditor bundle: SoA, policies, risk register, corrective actions, management review, evidence trail. Every framework, one graph.
Platform + people

An expert in the room — inside your workspace

Optional support from certified UK ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditors and Implementers. They work inside your Sentinel42 workspace, so when they hand back, everything they did stays with you.

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer UK-based, GDPR-compliant hosting