Turn a Design Document into Implementable Security Requirements in Minutes

Generate tailored security requirements with practical technical guidance, mapped directly to NIST controls
Just provide your design document - IQReq handles the rest

EARLY ACCESS PROGRAMME

Expert - validated during our pilot programme to continuosly improve accuracy and reliability

Security and Compliance —
Done Completely. Done Differently. Done Better. Automatically

Fully automated from system design through to ongoing operational compliance
We analyse your environment automatically
We tell you exactly what you need
We tell you exactly how to do it 
We prove you have done it

PILOT PROGRAMME — NOW OPEN

The Problem

The Compliance Gap — Why Organisations Keep Getting It Wrong

Organisations spend significantly on compliance — yet results remain consistently incomplete. Compliance tools only monitor what they have been configured to monitor. If requirements have never been correctly identified for your specific environment, your tools are monitoring the wrong things from day one.
Even a green dashboard does not mean you are genuinely compliant. It means the controls someone happened to configure are passing. The compliance gap begins before the tools are even switched on.
Missing technologies and configurations

Controls that should exist are never deployed. Configurations exist but are incorrectly implemented. Nobody has derived what should be there in the first place — so the tools monitor an incomplete picture from day one.

Security expertise is in high demand, yet internal capacity rarely keeps pace with project volume.

Drafting structured, high-quality security requirements becomes another time-intensive task added to an already stretched workload, increasing the risk of delay and inconsistency
Significant time, effort, and cost — repeatedly

Consultants are engaged repeatedly at substantial cost. Frameworks are addressed one at a time. The same work is repeated from scratch for every new system, every new engagement, and every additional regulatory obligation.

Defining security requirements is often a manual, document-heavy process dependent on limited subject matter experts.

Gathering inputs, interpreting standards, and drafting tailored requirements can significantly slow project initiation.

When requirement definition becomes a bottleneck, delivery timelines and compliance milestones are impacted
Generic checklists miss your specific environment

Generic templates and checklists never reflect your specific technology stack, risk profile, or regulatory obligations. Requirements must be derived from your actual environment — not copied from a framework document.

Generic templates are frequently reused across projects to save time, but they rarely reflect specific business models, risk profiles, or regulatory obligations.

This can lead to over-engineered controls in some areas and gaps in others.

Without contextual tailoring, requirements lose relevance and audit defensibility
Green dashboards don't mean genuine compliance

Compliance monitoring tools tell you whether the controls you have configured are passing. They cannot tell you which controls your specific environment should have in the first place. The gap begins before the monitoring tools are switched on.

Compliance frameworks define what organisations must achieve, but they do not always translate easily into practical implementation steps

Audit language and operational delivery requirements often sit in different domains, creating misunderstanding and friction between teams

This disconnect can result in unclear expectations and inconsistent execution
Multiple frameworks — duplicated effort

Addressing each compliance framework separately — HIPAA, ISO 27001, GDPR, NIS2 — creates duplicated effort and inconsistent coverage. A single correctly scoped assessment should cover every applicable framework simultaneously.

High-level requirement statements often lack sufficient clarity to guide technical or operational teams

Without structured articulation, stakeholders are left to interpret intent independently

This increases variability in implementation and can introduce unintended risk
Requirements defined too late — costly rework follows

Security requirements defined after key architectural decisions have been made lead to costly redesigns and avoidable rework. Requirements identified at the design stage — before build — cost a fraction of the same gaps found in a live system.

Poorly structured or ambiguously written requirements create confusion across projects

Different stakeholders may interpret the same requirement in different ways, leading to rework, clarification cycles, and delays

When clarity is missing, efficiency and accountability suffer
Why IQREQ?

Consistent Security, Compliance, and Reduced Operational Burden, with Less Effort

IQReq delivers what no consultant or compliance tool can match — requirements, implementation guidance, and standards mapping across every applicable framework, in a single engagement
Replace Manual Assessments

Exceed consultant quality in a single session

A consultant working manually can spend weeks producing a requirements specification at significant cost. IQReq not only exceeds that quality but delivers implementation guidance and standards mapping the manual process does not produce at all — in a single session
Every Framework. One Engagement

No duplicated effort across standards

IQReq covers the compliance frameworks applicable to your organisation — NIST, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, NIS2, PCI-DSS, SAMA CSF, and more. Coverage is determined by your specific obligations and engagement scope.
Implementation Depth No Tool Matches

Exactly how to fulfil every requirement

Compliance monitoring tools tell you a control is not in place. IQReq tells you exactly how to fulfil it — with detailed, precise implementation guidance for the specific technologies in your environment
Accessible to Any Organisation

Enterprise or SME — with or without documentation

Enterprise clients with formal architecture documents or SMEs with no security team. IQReq works from any input — design documents, existing playbooks, or our structured intake process. Every organisation receives a specification tailored to their environment and engagement scope.
WHAT MAKES IQREQ DIFFERENT

Why Nothing Else Does What IQReq Does

Six capabilities that no consultant, compliance tool, or checklist delivers. Derived from your environment. Mapped to your applicable standards. Delivered automatically.
Fully Automated

From Input to Complete Specification — Automatically

What takes a consultant weeks, IQReq delivers in a single session — complete requirements, compliance assessment, and implementation guidance. No manual effort. Every time.
Beyond Identification

We Tell You Exactly How To Do It

Compliance tools tell you what controls are missing. IQReq tells you exactly how to implement every requirement for the specific technologies you run. No other tool goes this deep.
No Other Tool Does This

Requirements Derived From Your Actual Environment

Every other approach uses generic checklists. IQReq derives requirements from your specific environment — your technologies, your architecture, your data. Requirements that actually fit your situation.
One Assessment. Every Standard

Every Applicable Framework Covered

IQReq maps requirements across the compliance frameworks applicable to your organisation — international standards, sector-specific regulations, and regional frameworks. Coverage determined by your specific obligations and engagement scope.
Shift Left

Requirements Before You Build — Not After

Security requirements identified after key decisions have been made lead to costly redesigns. IQReq identifies requirements at the design stage — before build, where gaps cost the least to fix.
A New Kind of Deliverable

The System Playbook

No other platform generates a pre-populated System Playbook as part of a security assessment. Your In Case of Emergency manual — capturing environment, obligations, contacts, and recovery priorities. Available as part of your IQReq engagement.
our approach

From Submission to Complete Specification —
In a Single Session

Three simple steps.
No security expertise required from your team.
GOT QUESTIONS

IQReq — Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about IQReq, the System Playbook, and the Pilot Programme
What does IQReq actually do?

IQReq analyses your environment using automation and delivers everything you need for security and compliance — complete security requirements, full compliance assessment, detailed implementation guidance, and standards mapping across your applicable frameworks. All fully automated and delivered in a single session. Additional deliverables including the System Playbook are available as part of your engagement scope.

How is IQReq different from what we already use?

Compliance monitoring tools tell you whether the controls you have configured are passing. IQReq tells you which controls your specific environment should have in the first place — and exactly how to implement the ones that are missing. No other tool derives requirements from your actual environment and tells you precisely how to fulfil them. IQReq is the layer that comes before the monitoring tools.

What do I need to provide?

Any combination of the following — architecture or design documentation, an existing System Playbook or operational runbook, or our structured intake process if no documentation exists. The more input you provide, the more precise your output. We work with whatever you have.

Which compliance frameworks do you cover?

IQReq covers major international, sector-specific, and regional frameworks — including NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, NIS2, PCI-DSS, CIS Controls, Cyber Essentials, SAMA CSF, NCA ECC, SOC 2, GxP, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, and NIST 800-82. Framework coverage is determined by your specific obligations and engagement scope

What is the System Playbook?

The System Playbook is a comprehensive operational document — think of it as your In Case of Emergency manual. It captures your technology environment, regulatory obligations, key contacts, critical systems, and recovery priorities. Available as part of your IQReq engagement scope. If you already have one we ingest it directly to enrich your assessment output.

How do we apply for the Pilot Programme?

Complete the contact form below. We are looking for organisations facing compliance complexity across multiple frameworks, managing a growing technology estate, or carrying significant cost and resource burden from security assessment work. Enterprise and SME organisations are both welcome. Places are limited.

Apply for the IQReq Pilot Programme

Pilot participants receive a full IQReq assessment, a pre-populated System Playbook, dedicated engagement support, and the opportunity to directly influence the platform roadmap.
Places are limited
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