Complete Security Program Pillars
All six pillars plus the C2 command layer that conducts them — the compliance operating system, the DevSecOps risk register, the Bug-Hunter discovery layer, the PTaaS proof lane, both halves of the AI-SOC pillar, and the Fractional CISO operating system they all report into. Discovery to detection to remediation as one program. 20% off buying separately.
The pillars are one compliance-to-discovery-to-detection-to-remediation program, and each is cheaper to operate when the others exist.
Pillar 01 — The Compliance Operating System. Map controls once and satisfy every framework you owe, driven from a registry rather than a platform's integrations — including the ISO 42001 and EU AI Act layer most guides still omit.
Pillar 02 — AI-Augmented DevSecOps Risk Register. Platform-first discovery, source and live scanning, a self-healing register keyed on stable fingerprints, and tiered AI triage that took roughly 6,000 flat findings to 44 ranked criticals on our own estate. This is where findings come to rest.
Bug-Hunter Automation. The continuous discovery layer that feeds both sides — source analysis on the left, autonomous runtime testing on the right, and a validation gate in the middle that files findings instead of noise. Ten sections and eight working appendices, including the findings register schema and a fillable authorization record.
Pillar 03 — AI-Augmented PTaaS Lane. An authorized, sandboxed lane that proves reachability instead of guessing it, and drafts the patch. Design-stage, with free updates as it ships.
Pillar 04 — The AI-SOC Operating System, with its reference architecture and hardware companions. Where the findings get watched: a reducer that reads every alert and escalates only what needs a human, plus six planes with a 24-component licence truth table, an AI analyst plane with a defensible autonomy ceiling, and the same architecture landed on a coreboot machine with Nitrokey as the root of trust.
Pillar 05 — The Incident Response Operating System. The pillar the others hand off to when it fires: roles and pre-granted authority, the offline runbook that works when everything else is encrypted, the notification clocks, and a rehearsed tabletop.
C2 — The Operator's Manual. The seat above all of it: one intake queue, visible approval gates, one living register, and observability over every AI channel — plus the agent layer and MCP wiring that runs it.
Pillar 06 — The Fractional CISO Operating System. The board-facing capstone. Every register above feeds one a human owns, conducted out to the board as quantified, board-legible risk.
One register, one human gate, one append-only audit trail where the machine suggests and a person decides. Bought apart, you assemble that integration yourself.
All three are DIY builds of pillars from the CISO Marketplace AI Security Department — managed DevSecOps and managed PTaaS are there if you would rather not build them.
What's in this bundle
Pillar 01 — The Compliance Operating System
Map controls once, satisfy every framework. A continuous, registry-driven compliance program across SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI, CMMC, DORA and NIS2 — plus the ISO 42001 and EU AI Act layer most guides still omit.
Pillar 02 — AI-Augmented DevSecOps Risk Register
Run a continuous, AI-triaged security program across 100+ apps as a solo engineer. Platform-first discovery, SAST/SCA/secrets/DAST, a self-healing risk register, and tiered Claude triage — on free and near-free parts.
Bug-Hunter Automation
The continuous discovery layer between Pillars 02 and 03 — shift-left source analysis, autonomous runtime testing, and a validation gate in the middle that files findings instead of noise. Ten sections, eight working appendices.
Pillar 03 — AI-Augmented PTaaS Lane
An authorized, sandboxed autonomous offense lane that proves bugs — a crashing proof-of-vulnerability or live exploit chain, paired with a candidate patch, under the same register and human gate as Pillar 02. Design-stage guide, published before the build.
Pillar 04 — The AI-SOC Operating System
Read every alert, resolve the routine, escalate only what needs a human. A reducer that overlays your existing SIEM, EDR, identity and cloud — human-gated, auditable, and capped at an autonomy level you can defend.
Pillar 04 Companion — The Open SOC Reference Architecture
The open-source SOC diagram everyone shares has two commercial products on it. This is the corrected version — six planes, 24 components with verified licenses and named replacements, an AI analyst plane with a defensible autonomy ceiling, and three sized builds with honest hour counts.
Pillar 04 Companion — SOC in a Box
The Open SOC reference architecture landed on one machine you can hold — a coreboot NUC with the Management Engine disabled, Nitrokey as the root of trust, three disks mapped to three storage tiers, and a 14-test acceptance suite you run before pointing a single agent at it.
Pillar 05 — The Incident Response Operating System
An operating system for the worst day — the right people in one room, on one clock, with 90% of the hardest choices already made. Built on NIST 800-61 Rev. 3, with the offline runbook, the notification clocks and a ready-to-run tabletop.
Pillar 06 — The Fractional CISO Operating System
The capstone hub: a human-owned register that aggregates every security stream into board-legible, quantified risk. The 2026 pricing ladder, the first 90 days, the five-page board deck, and the layer the AI vCISO platforms structurally cannot replace.
The Operator's Manual — C2 Command Layer
The capstone above all six pillars: one seat that conducts the whole department. Intake from four employee doorways, visible approval gates, one living risk register, and observability into every AI channel — with the agent layer and MCP wiring that runs it.
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- Free updates — re-download when we release new versions
- Practitioner License: unlimited client use (vCISO / MSP)
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