Operational Risk & Compliance Advisory

Risk and compliance work when they're connected to how your organization actually operates.

Most risk and compliance programs produce documentation. Curago One builds programs that identify real operational exposure, align controls to business impact, and connect regulatory obligations directly to your continuity and recovery capability.

Not this

Checkbox compliance

Filling in evidence templates, satisfying auditors, and calling it done — with no connection to how the organization would actually perform under disruption.

Not this

Audit-only focus

Programs that exist to pass an annual audit and sit idle the rest of the year — disconnected from operational decisions, recovery plans, and actual risk exposure.

This

Operational risk advisory

Risk and compliance programs built around how your organization operates — identifying real exposure, aligning controls to critical functions, and sustaining compliance as a continuous capability.

What We Do

Four capabilities, one integrated program.

Effective risk and compliance advisory spans identification, alignment, connection, and execution. Each capability reinforces the others.

01

Identifying Real Operational Risk Exposure

Most organizations assess risk against a framework checklist. We assess risk against how your organization actually operates — which critical functions exist, what dependencies they rely on, and what happens when those dependencies fail.

The output is a risk profile that reflects operational reality: which threats carry genuine business impact, which controls are actually effective, and which areas carry hidden exposure that standard assessments miss.

Threat and scenario-based risk identification tied to critical business functions
Dependency mapping: people, systems, vendors, and single points of failure
Risk register development with ownership, likelihood/impact ratings, and treatment decisions
02

Aligning Controls to Business Impact

Controls should protect what matters most. When controls are designed around framework requirements rather than business impact, organizations end up with well-documented programs that fail in the areas that would cause the most damage.

We align control design to the functions, systems, and processes your BIA identifies as critical — so that your control environment is proportionate to actual risk and accountable to operational outcomes, not just audit findings.

Control mapping against ISO 22301, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and HIPAA
Gap analysis identifying where controls are absent, partial, or untested
Remediation roadmap prioritized by business impact, not compliance weight
03

Connecting Compliance to Continuity and Recovery

Compliance requirements for BC, DR, and cybersecurity are often managed in isolation from the actual programs they govern. The result: organizations that pass audits but cannot demonstrate that their recovery plans work.

We connect your compliance obligations directly to continuity planning, disaster recovery strategy, and incident response — so that meeting a standard means your program is actually functional, not just documented.

ISO 22301 compliance aligned to a functioning BC program — not just a documented one
NIST CSF alignment integrated with incident response and cyber recovery
Regulatory requirements (SOC 2, HIPAA, industry-specific) mapped to BC/DR obligations
04

Practical Execution, Not Documentation

A risk register that nobody reads and a compliance report that nobody acts on are not program assets — they're liability. We work with operations and IT leaders to translate risk and compliance outputs into decisions, controls, and tested programs.

That means board-level reporting that communicates risk posture clearly, training that builds actual awareness, and testing that validates whether the program works — before an auditor or an incident reveals that it doesn't.

Executive and board-level risk reporting that drives decisions, not just awareness
Tabletop exercises and DR tests that validate compliance claims against real performance
Sustainable program design that maintains compliance between audit cycles

Framework Coverage

Standards-aligned. Operations-first.

We work across the frameworks that govern BC, DR, cybersecurity, and operational risk — but always in service of building programs that function, not just comply. Framework alignment is the measure, not the goal.

Discuss your compliance landscape
ISO 22301
Business Continuity Management System — the international standard for BC program design and audit readiness
NIST CSF
Cybersecurity Framework — identify, protect, detect, respond, recover across the cyber resilience lifecycle
ISO 27001
Information security management — control implementation, risk treatment, and certification readiness
SOC 2 & HIPAA
Trust services criteria and healthcare compliance — audit preparation and continuous control monitoring
ISO 31000 & COSO ERM
Enterprise risk management frameworks — risk identification, treatment, and board-level governance reporting

Start the Conversation

Is your risk program connected to how your organization actually operates?

If your compliance posture exists independently of your BC, DR, and cyber resilience programs — the gap is the risk. Let's discuss what a connected, operational approach looks like for your organization.

30-minute session · No obligation · Irvine, CA · Serving clients nationally