Know what's running.
The AI Posture Review. Governed in days, not quarters.
less than two weeks from kickoff to a scored AI posture, shadow AI findings across your Microsoft environment, and a prioritized 90-day roadmap. Fixed scope. Published outcome guarantee.
Book Your AI Posture ReviewBuilt for Mid-Market Microsoft-Stack Organizations
CTOs and CISOs at 100–1,000 employee companies running Microsoft 365 and Azure — across SaaS, fintech, professional services, healthcare, banking, and insurance.
Your board is about to ask
A board member or auditor wants to know your AI governance posture, and you cannot yet answer with data. 91% of organizations are deploying AI agents; only 10% have a strategy.
Your teams are deploying faster than you can review
Engineering shipped agents last weekend. 29% of employees use unsanctioned AI tools. Shadow AI is already in your Microsoft tenant — you just have not mapped it yet.
Your audit cycle now includes AI
SOC 2 auditors, OCC examiners, and HIPAA assessors are asking AI questions for the first time. You need a scored posture mapped to NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001 before the next audit window opens.
What You Get in Less Than Two Weeks
Four deliverables, one engagement. Board-ready documentation aligned to NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, AIUC-1, OWASP LLM Top 10, and MITRE ATLAS — written for the leadership team that will read it the same day.
Scored AI Posture
A measurable baseline scored across six dimensions — agent inventory, identity management, data flow mapping, policy coverage, framework alignment, and incident readiness — with a numeric score and a prioritized fix list per dimension.
Shadow AI Findings
Every AI tool, agent, and integration running in your Microsoft tenant — including the ones IT never approved. Surfaced through our Shadow AI Discovery Kit, which runs in your environment so no third-party data access is required.
90-Day Roadmap
A prioritized, sequenced action plan tied to your scored posture. Three quick wins your team can execute in 30 days without outside help, then a clear track for the following 60. Designed to be defended in a board meeting.
Framework-Aligned Briefing
Findings mapped directly to NIST AI RMF (Govern / Map / Measure / Manage), ISO 42001 controls, AIUC-1, OWASP LLM Top 10, and MITRE ATLAS. Audit-ready documentation, not a slide deck.
All four deliverables, one engagement — $2,997, fixed scope, fixed fee.
Less Than Two Weeks. Four Steps. Board-Ready.
Microsoft-stack-native delivery — built on Entra ID, Purview, Foundry, and Agent 365. Your team runs the discovery queries; we analyze and translate the findings.
Kickoff and Scoping
Days 1–2We align on scope, applicable frameworks, and the shape of your Microsoft environment. Stakeholder interviews with the people who know your tenant, your workflows, and your audit calendar.
Shadow AI Discovery
Days 3–5Our Shadow AI Discovery Kit runs in your own Microsoft tenant. Your team executes the queries; we analyze what comes back. No third-party data access. By Day 5 you have a full inventory of agents, tools, and data flows your security team did not authorize.
Posture Scoring and Roadmap Drafting
Days 6–8We score your AI posture across six dimensions and map findings to NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, OWASP LLM Top 10, and MITRE ATLAS. Quick wins isolated. The 90-day roadmap takes shape against your team's actual capacity.
Delivery and Readout
Days 9–10You receive the scored posture, shadow AI findings, and 90-day roadmap. A live readout with your leadership team — questions answered, next steps clear, audit-ready documentation in hand.
Published Outcome Guarantee
Scored posture, shadow AI findings, and 90-day roadmap — or we keep working.
If you don't have all three deliverables in less than two weeks, we keep working until you do. No change orders. No second invoice. The guarantee is the engagement.
Governed in days, not quarters.
Know what's running before your board asks.
In less than two weeks, you get a scored AI posture, every shadow AI tool and agent in your Microsoft environment mapped, and a prioritized 90-day roadmap — backed by a published outcome guarantee.
Book Your AI Posture ReviewSimple, Transparent Pricing
$2,997
AI Posture Review · flat fee
$300K+
Typical Big-4 engagement
Fixed scope. Fixed fee. Published outcome guarantee.
A scored AI posture, shadow AI findings across your Microsoft environment, and a prioritized 90-day roadmap — delivered in less than two weeks.
Book Your AI Posture ReviewHow This Compares
Mid-market accessible, fixed-scope, fixed-fee — counter-positioned against the two extremes in the market.
| Alternative | Timeline | Price | What You Get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackademic AI Posture Review | Less than two weeks | $2,997 | Scored posture, shadow AI findings, 90-day roadmap — outcome guaranteed |
| Big-4 (Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, EY) | 8–16 weeks | $300K+ | Enterprise-scoped governance program, built for Fortune 500 |
| Avanade / EPC Group | 8–16 weeks | $300K+ | Microsoft-native, but built for Fortune 500 |
| Mid-Market Audit Firms (RSM, Crowe) | 1–6 weeks | Custom quote | Policy-only review or generalist risk assessment; not Microsoft-stack-native |
| Platforms (Credo AI, Knostic) | Ongoing SaaS | Annual SaaS license | Tooling for monitoring; requires an internal team to operationalize |
| DIY (NIST AI RMF template) | Open-ended | Internal time only | Self-directed assessment; high internal time burden; no external validation |
Comparison reflects publicly available positioning in the reviewed competitor set.
Scholar-Practitioner. Microsoft-Stack-Native.
Led by Chris Simpson — PhD Cybersecurity, Navy Lieutenant Commander, TOPGUN Instructor, CISSP, GPEN. Affiliated with an NSA-designated Center of Academic Excellence and the San Diego Cyber Clinic. 20+ years of defense and security operations, applied through a research-first methodology.
We deliver on the Microsoft control plane you already operate — Entra ID, Purview, Foundry, Agent 365 — and align every finding to NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, AIUC-1, OWASP LLM Top 10, and MITRE ATLAS. Your governance program is built on published frameworks, not vendor marketing.
Questions Worth Asking
Direct answers to what mid-market security leaders ask before they sign.
"We're too small for formal AI governance — that feels like a Fortune 500 thing."
A 2026 Cloud Security Alliance survey of 418 IT and security professionals found 65% experienced an AI-agent-related cybersecurity incident in the past year. Risk does not scale with company size — mid-market organizations are often more exposed because they lack dedicated AI governance teams. The 10-day AI Posture Review was built specifically for organizations your size.
"We already use Microsoft's built-in governance tools — Purview, Entra, Defender."
Good — that is exactly the stack we build on. The gap is not tooling; it is operationalization. Only 22% of organizations treat AI agents as independent identities in Entra. Purview's AI Hub needs to be configured to your policy framework. We help you turn the tools you already own into a functioning governance program.
"How is this different from Deloitte or EPC Group?"
Scope, speed, and fit. Big-4 and large Microsoft-partner engagements typically start above $300K and run 8–16 weeks, built for Fortune 500 operations. Hackademic delivers a scored AI posture in less than two weeks, built for the mid-market CTO or CISO who needs answers this quarter — not next year.
"Why not wait for Microsoft to ship better governance features?"
Microsoft is shipping capabilities — Agent 365, Purview AI Hub, Entra agent identity — but these are tools, not programs. Someone still needs to configure them, define policies, assess your current exposure, and build the roadmap. We are not competing with Microsoft; we are helping you operationalize what Microsoft ships.
"We don't have a budget line for AI governance."
Reframe: you have budget for cybersecurity, and AI governance is cybersecurity. The IBM 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report puts the global average at $4.4M. The AI Posture Review is a fixed-fee engagement that fits within existing security budgets — not a new budget category. Frame it to your CFO as assessing your AI attack surface.
Your board will ask. You should have answers.
Book Your AI Posture Review.
Less than two weeks. $2,997 — fixed scope, fixed fee. Scored posture, shadow AI findings, 90-day roadmap. Outcome guaranteed.
Book Your AI Posture Review