Compliance
Pentest evidence for the frameworks your auditor checks.
Most frameworks ask you to test your app, not only watch it. Barrion's AI pentest produces WSTG-mapped reports, reviewed by a security engineer from Standard up, with free retests that show what you fixed. Monitoring adds a timestamped record between tests. It's evidence that supports your audit, not a compliance certificate.
First layer: the pentest
The report auditors ask for first.
Findings are checked against your live app before they're reported. Confirmed ones come with the request and response, and unconfirmed ones are kept as lower-confidence leads.
Report
Mapped to OWASP WSTG
Each AI pentest report comes as PDF, XLSX and JSON with an OWASP WSTG coverage matrix. Your auditor sees what was tested, not only what was found.
Review
A security engineer reviews
From Standard up a security engineer reviews the findings. Deeper tests come with a report signed off by that engineer.
Retest
Free retests show the fix
Retesting the issues a pentest found costs nothing. The evidence then shows the finding and the fix, which is the part auditors ask about next.
Continuous
Testing that keeps running
The pentest reruns on a schedule or on demand. Each run labels earlier findings as new, still open, resolved or regressed.
Second layer: monitoring
A record of the time between pentests.
Passive monitoring checks TLS, headers, cookies, DNS and exposed services on a cadence and keeps every result with a timestamp. It shows your configuration didn't drift after the test. It doesn't replace the test.
By framework
Pick the framework you're being audited on.
SOC 2
SOC 2 evidence
Pentest reports as evidence for CC4.1 and CC7.1, which customers' security reviews ask for by name. Monitoring adds timestamped CC6 and CC7 evidence across the observation window.
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 evidence
Pentest evidence for A.8.8 (technical vulnerabilities) and A.8.29 (security testing). Monitoring supports A.8.16 between tests.
PCI DSS
PCI DSS evidence
Requirement 11.4 asks for internal and external penetration testing at least every 12 months and after significant changes, and 11.4.4 asks for a retest of what was fixed. Barrion covers the web app and API part, and monitoring covers the web tier in between.
HIPAA
HIPAA evidence
Pentest findings on patient portals feed your §164.308 risk analysis and periodic evaluation. Monitoring watches the §164.312 transmission safeguards.
GDPR
GDPR evidence
Article 32(1)(d) asks for a process of regularly testing your security measures. A pentest on a schedule is that process, written down.
NIS2
NIS2 testing evidence
NIS2 doesn't name pentests, but Article 21(2)(f) and Regulation 2024/2690 ask for documented security tests and fixes. What's binding, who's in scope, and what to keep.
Hand your auditor a pentest report.
Run an AI pentest on your app and share the WSTG-mapped report. For testing that keeps running through the year, we'll scope a continuous program with you.
FAQ
Compliance evidence, answered.
Why lead with a pentest instead of monitoring?
Because that's what auditors and customer security reviews ask for. PCI DSS 11.4 names penetration testing, many SOC 2 auditors accept one as evidence for CC4.1, and ISO 27001 A.8.29 covers security testing. Monitoring shows your configuration stayed in shape between tests, but it doesn't test your app the way an attacker would. Barrion does both, and the pentest report is the document you'll hand over first.
Which framework should I start with if my customers are asking for compliance?
Start with SOC 2 if you sell SaaS to US enterprise buyers, since it's what their procurement teams ask for first. Choose ISO 27001 if your customers are in the EU or internationally distributed. Add PCI DSS only if you store, process, or transmit payment card data, and HIPAA only if you touch protected health information. GDPR applies if you process personal data of people in the EU.
Does Barrion replace Vanta, Drata, or Secureframe?
No. GRC platforms like Vanta, Drata, and Secureframe manage policies, HR onboarding, vendor risk, and the audit workflow itself. Barrion sits alongside them and produces the technical evidence those platforms ask you to upload: pentest reports for your web apps and APIs, and monitoring exports for TLS, headers and exposed services.
Is a Barrion pentest report enough for my audit?
It produces evidence that supports your audit. It doesn't certify compliance. Reports come as PDF, XLSX and JSON with an OWASP WSTG coverage matrix, and from Standard up a security engineer reviews the findings, with deeper tests getting a report signed off by that engineer. Whether that's enough for a given control is your auditor's or QSA's call, so share a sample report with them early.
How do we show testing happened across a Type II window?
The pentest can rerun on a schedule or on demand, and each run labels earlier findings as new, still open, resolved or regressed. That run history, plus the monitoring scan history, shows testing kept going across the window. Your auditor decides how much history is enough.