Compliance Audits with MHM: Why a Personalized Approach Can Offer Big Benefits
Introducing MHM: Big Expertise in Compliance Audits
When it comes to compliance audits, whether it's SOC 2, ISO 27001, or privacy assessments, many organizations face a choice: partner with impersonal organizations that will treat you like a number or a specialized boutique firm that will treat you like an individual and adapt their approach to your needs. Choosing a firm like MHM offers unique benefits that can make a significant impact on your audit experience.
At MHM, we believe that the quality of your compliance audit matters. As a boutique cybersecurity audit firm, we combine big-firm expertise with personalized service. Whether you’re a first-time audit client, a growing startup, or a mature enterprise with established processes, we provide tailored audits, led by our principals and senior-level auditors, offering expert guidance to meet your specific needs.
Our team delivers top-tier audit services for SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, privacy assessments, and more, ensuring that each audit is competitively priced, efficient, and conducted with the utmost care and attention to detail.
Why Choose MHM?
Here’s how MHM stands out in the crowded world of compliance auditing:
1. Personalized Service with Senior-Level Expertise
At MHM, you’ll work directly with principals and senior-level auditors at every stage of the audit. We collaborate closely with your team to understand your business, risk profile, and compliance goals, ensuring a customized and thorough audit experience.
With decades of cross-industry expertise, our experienced auditors are always by your side. Whether you're a growing startup or a large enterprise, we apply the same high standards to deliver actionable insights that align with your organization’s needs.
2. Competitive Pricing Without Compromising Quality
Some audit firms often come with high price tags due to their overhead costs and there are others that have ridiculously small pricing and are infamous for cutting corners. At MHM, we provide premium audit services at a competitively priced rate. Our fixed-fee pricing model is designed to fit businesses of all sizes, and avoid surprises.
You get exactly what you need, efficient, exceptional-value audits without any upselling of unnecessary services. Our pricing model is built for transparency and value, no hidden costs, just top-tier service. We never outsource our work; we only use local resources to ensure the highest quality and personalized attention for every engagement.
3. Agility and Efficiency
At MHM, we offer the flexibility and agility that other firms simply cannot. Our boutique approach allows us to respond quickly to changes in your audit needs and schedule audits with minimal disruption to your business. Whether you need a last-minute change in scope or a faster timeline, we can adapt with speed and efficiency, ensuring minimal business interruption.
We staff the majority of our engagements with one of our Principals and an experienced Auditor. This dedicated team fosters clear communication throughout the process. With fewer layers to navigate, we can address issues quickly and escalate matters efficiently when necessary. This streamlined approach avoids the bureaucratic delays often seen in other firms that use a combination of junior staff and senior staff; in those firms, clients don’t even get to speak with the decision-makers. At MHM, you always have direct access to our principals and senior auditors leading your audit, ensuring fast answers, better collaboration, and a smoother experience. You get to focus on what matters most, your business. This model dramatically reduces turnaround time, ensuring that final reports are issued within one week of fieldwork completion.
4. Deep Industry Expertise Across a Range of Organizations
MHM brings big-firm experience to every engagement. Our auditors are experts in cybersecurity and compliance audits, with extensive experience in certifications such as SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, and privacy assessments, among others. MHM has over 250 active clients and we understand that businesses, regardless of size, industry, or maturity, require tailored audits that meet their specific needs, and we’ve built a reputation for delivering just that. Our diverse client base spans startups, mid-sized companies, and large enterprises across a wide range of industries. Our team brings over 150 years of combined experience working with clients of all sizes and industry sectors, allowing us to take a pragmatic but personalized approach when navigating the complexities of compliance.
5. Building Lasting Relationships for Long-Term Success
At MHM, we don’t just view audits as one-off engagements. We believe in fostering long-term relationships with our clients. Our team is invested in your ongoing success, providing continuous guidance and support throughout your compliance journey. To support continuity and strengthen relationships, we strive to assign the same auditor to your engagement year after year, whenever possible.
As regulations evolve and your business grows, we’re here to help you stay ahead. With a deep understanding of your operations and risk profile, we provide strategic advice that evolves with your business, ensuring ongoing compliance and continuous improvement.
Our Four Core Values: Guiding Every Audit We Deliver
At MHM, four core values shape everything we do, from our first conversation to your final report.
Expertise & Experience
We bring decades of experience working with companies of all sizes, from startups to enterprises. Every member of our team is a highly experienced senior auditor and we do not work with junior staff or middlemen. Every one of our auditors provides direct, high-level engagement throughout the audit process, ensuring you receive the expert attention your organization needs.
Personalized & Client-Centric Service
Your business deserves a tailored approach, and we’re committed to providing exactly that. From the initial scoping meeting to the final audit report, we prioritize your needs, offering hands-on guidance and insight at every step. We don’t use a one-size-fits-all approach; instead, we tailor our approach to meet the unique challenges and goals of your organization.
Integrity & Trust
Integrity is at the heart of everything we do. We deliver clear, transparent audits and honest feedback, ensuring you know exactly where you stand at every stage. We will never upsell or cross-sell unnecessary services, just straightforward, actionable assessments that build trust and ensure you have the clarity needed to move forward confidently.
Efficiency & Practicality
We understand that time is valuable, which is why we’re committed to delivering efficient audits that minimize disruption to your operations. At the same time, we maintain flexibility to adjust our approach to your specific needs, without ever compromising on quality or thoroughness.
Meet Our Principals: The Leadership Behind MHM
Our firm’s leadership is at the heart of everything we do. At MHM, you will work directly with the principals who lead every engagement, ensuring that you receive the highest level of expertise and commitment to your compliance goals.
Our principals bring decades of hands-on experience in cybersecurity, risk management, and compliance auditing. With a deep understanding of industry standards, coupled with their passion for helping organizations succeed, ensures that each audit is handled with the utmost care and expertise. From the initial consultation to the final report, our clients benefit from direct, senior-level involvement at every stage of the process.
Mark Mandel, CPA, CDPSE - Founder & Principal
Mark founded MHM with a mission to bring high-quality and affordable security and privacy compliance audits to smaller organizations. With almost three decades of experience as the founder of MHM and prior to that, a PwC Partner, Mark has served clients across various sectors worldwide in governance, risk management, and data privacy. He focuses on aligning each client’s unique risks with the requirements of their chosen compliance standards. He ensures that all projects are delivered on-time and on-budget. Mark is a licensed CPA and holds the Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE) designation.
Jose Costa - Principal
Jose Costa brings over 20 years of experience in risk management, internal controls, and IT security. As a former PwC Partner and CISO, Jose has a passion for simplifying compliance with complex frameworks. He tailors audit processes to align with the evolving landscape of third-party risk, cloud technology, and certifications. Jose’s leadership and expertise ensure that MHM delivers a streamlined and effective audit process, no matter how complex the requirements.
By partnering with MHM, you’re not just engaging a team of experts, you’re gaining a trusted partner who is invested in your long-term success. Our principals lead every audit, providing the personalized attention and strategic guidance you need to navigate compliance with confidence.
What We Offer
At MHM, we tailor each audit to your organization’s specific risk profile, maturity, and toolset, ensuring the audit is effective, efficient, and scalable. Our services include:
SOC Attestations: Whether you're pursuing a SOC 1, SOC 2, or SOC 3 attestation for the first time or as part of ongoing compliance, we deliver a seamless, efficient process tailored to your business needs.
ISO Certifications: We specialize in ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certifications, supporting you from initial certification through to re-certification, helping ensure your organization remains continuously compliant.
Our Combined SOC 2/ISO 27001 Approach: Streamlining both frameworks to minimize duplication of effort, our integrated approach helps create efficiencies across the audit and certification processes allowing you to take advantage of the benefits of both standards without adding a lot of extra cost & administration.
Additional Compliance Services: From GDPR, NIST, and HIPAA assessments to privacy audits, we offer a wide range of compliance services tailored to your organization's needs.
Conclusion: The Benefits of Choosing a Specialized Audit Firm
When it comes to cybersecurity audits, the quality of the audit process matters far more than the size of the firm behind it. At MHM, we combine personalized service, senior-level expertise, and competitively priced solutions to deliver top-tier audit services to organizations of all sizes.
Whether you’re a small business or a large enterprise, we offer the same level of dedication and commitment to helping you meet your compliance goals. If you’re looking for a trusted partner who understands your business and can provide hands-on, strategic advice, get in touch with us today. Let us show you how MHM can deliver big results.
