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Zero-hassle advice.Zero-touch integrations.Zero-Trust native.

Mandatory helps early-stage companies stand up AI-native InfoSec and Compliance functions using modern IT tooling and processes from day one, prioritizing auditable, automatable infrastructure-as-code rather than configuring by hand.

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Built by an operator, not a firm

Run by someone who's built these functions from the inside.

Engagements run as flat monthly retainers across three tiers, each scoped by a short SOW, so the work stays disciplined and your roadmap stays realistic.

Advisory that's actually useful

Expert guidance on IT, Security, Compliance, and AI implementation, including feedback on your own product if you're building in this space.

Hands-on when you need it

Not just slides and frameworks; real configuration work across your productivity, IT, Security, Finance, HR, and Legal stack.

Built to scale with you

Continuous tuning and operational ownership as your systems mature, not a one-time setup that goes stale.

Infrastructure as code

Systems are stood up as versioned, automatable infrastructure-as-code, so every change is auditable instead of buried in untracked dashboard clicks.

Engagement tiers

Three tiers, priced to match what the work actually takes.

Advise

10 hours base
$5,000
per month
Expert advisory on IT, Security, Compliance, and AI implementation, plus feedback on your own product if you're building in this space.
  • //Phone, video, or in-person (travel billed separately)
  • //Monthly SOW sets priorities within the 10 hours
  • //Diligence & vendor evaluation lives here

Implement

Starting at
$10,000
per month
Hands-on-keyboard integration of the systems you've selected into a working environment.
  • //Productivity, IT, Security, Finance, HR & Legal stack setup
  • //Config against tools you've already chosen
  • //Includes product development advisory

Enhance

Starting at
$20,000
per month
Your fractional CIO/CISO, covering ongoing optimization and maintenance of existing systems and processes, including anything built in Advise or Implement.
  • //Continuous tuning, not one-time setup
  • //Operational ownership across your stack
  • //Includes product development advisory
Tools & platforms

Already fluent in the stack you're choosing between.

Pick a category to see some of the tools we're already hands-on with today, and those we can help you evaluate against.

How hours work

Disciplined by design.

  • //Advise includes 10 hours/month, scoped by that month's SOW. Hours do not roll over.
  • //Implement and Enhance are scoped by that month's SOW instead of a fixed hour count, so the engagement can flex to match the work.
  • //Need more Advise hours, planned in advance? Bundle additional hours upfront at a discount, e.g., 20 hrs/mo at a reduced blended rate.
  • //Need more, unplanned? Ad hoc hours beyond the monthly bundle are billed at a premium over the base rate.
Contact

Let's talk about what you're building.

Tell us what you're standing up, securing, or getting ready to have audited. We'll help you work out which tier fits and what the first month should cover.

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hello@mandat0ry.com

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Based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Calls by phone or video, or in person (travel billed separately).