Case Study — Agencies

From No Security Infrastructure
to ISO 27001 Audit-Ready
in 11 Weeks.

How BrainDonors & Creative Corner transformed their security posture, protected their clients' data, and unlocked deals that were previously out of reach.

11
weeks
to full audit readiness
55
people
across two brands, fully protected
€100K+
saved
vs. building a security team internally
Company Ad Tech International LLC
Industry Digital Marketing & Web Development
Size 55 employees
Services used Assessment · 90-Day Sprint · The Compliance Engine™
Goal ISO 27001 certification + security maturity

The company

Ad Tech International LLC operates two distinct brands under one roof. BrainDonors is a performance marketing agency, managing high-value digital advertising campaigns on behalf of their clients — with direct access to their ad accounts, budgets, and campaign data. Creative Corner is their web development arm, building and maintaining client websites and digital infrastructure.

Together, they employ 55 people across both brands. Their clients range from fast-growing e-commerce businesses to established B2B companies — all trusting them with access to sensitive commercial data and digital assets.

The challenge

Before Veratlas, there was no structured IT or security infrastructure in place. The CTO — a technically strong, commercially focused leader — was the de facto IT department. Access management, tooling decisions, vendor onboarding, security questions: all handled ad hoc, on top of an already demanding role.

It worked — until enterprise clients started asking harder questions.

"Who has access to our ad accounts? How is our data protected? Are you ISO 27001 certified?"

As BrainDonors and Creative Corner grew, the gap between their commercial ambitions and their security posture became impossible to ignore. Enterprise prospects were raising security as a blocker. Deals that should have been straightforward were stalling — or simply not progressing at all — because the company could not answer basic security questions with confidence.

The stakes were high. Both brands handle sensitive client environments: advertising accounts with significant budgets attached, website infrastructure for dozens of businesses, and confidential commercial data that clients were trusting them to protect.

Why not hire internally?

Benchmarking the cost of hiring internally quickly clarified the economics. Building a proper security function would require at least 3 hires — a security engineer, a compliance lead, and an IT operations person — totalling €100,000–€110,000 per year in salary alone, before tooling, training, or the 12+ months it would take to reach meaningful operational output. And after all of that investment, they still wouldn't have a certification pathway or guaranteed audit readiness.

They needed a partner who could move fast, own the entire process, and deliver a concrete outcome — not a consultant who would hand them a report and walk away.

What we did

A structured three-phase engagement, designed to move fast without cutting corners.

Phase 01
The Clarity Assessment
We mapped the full attack surface across both BrainDonors and Creative Corner. Access management, endpoint security, vendor risk, data handling practices, incident response readiness — every gap surfaced, prioritised, and documented. The output was a precise remediation roadmap with clear sequencing for the Sprint.
Phase 02
The 90-Day Accelerator
We implemented the full remediation plan across both brands. Identity and access management (IAM) restructured. Endpoints hardened. Incident response procedures written and tested. Security policies documented. ISO 27001 controls implemented and evidence collected. The CTO was briefed throughout — not burdened with execution.
Phase 03
The Compliance Engine™
Ongoing managed security to keep both brands continuously audit-ready. Evidence logs maintained automatically. Security questionnaires answered within 48 hours. Continuous monitoring across endpoints and cloud environments. Monthly reporting. The CTO gets a clear, accurate picture of security posture at all times — without doing the work themselves.

The results

Delivered in 11 weeks — four weeks ahead of the 90-day commitment.

ISO 27001 audit-ready in 11 weeks Full control implementation and evidence collection completed — four weeks ahead of the 90-day promise.
Enterprise deals now within reach Security is no longer a blocker in sales conversations. The team can now sit at the table for deals that were previously inaccessible.
CTO freed from ad-hoc IT work Security operations are fully handled by Veratlas. The CTO focuses on product, strategy, and growth — not access management and policy writing.
Client data protected with confidence Ad account access, website infrastructure, and sensitive commercial data — all handled under a documented, auditable security framework.
€100,000+ saved vs. hiring internally Building internally would mean 3 hires (security engineer, compliance lead, IT ops) at €100K–€110K/year total — with no guarantee of audit readiness at the end of it.
55 people protected across two brands A unified security posture covering both BrainDonors and Creative Corner — one framework, consistent standards, no gaps between brands.

Peace of mind for our security state. Confidence when working with critical customer details and operating their ad accounts. The ability to protect the data of our company and our customers. And — perhaps most importantly — the ability to qualify and sit at the table for deals which before our journey with Veratlas was simply not possible.

Andrey Petrov
Andrey Petrov Co-Founder & CMO, BrainDonors

Services used in this engagement

The full Veratlas pathway — diagnose, implement, maintain.

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