Carbide

Carbide provides a security and privacy management platform combined with an in-house advisory team of credentialed security professionals. The platform automates evidence collection, maps controls across multiple frameworks, generates step-by-step implementation plans, tracks remediation tasks and surfaces gaps ahead of an audit. Product components include a custom policy builder with more than 20 generated policies, a risk management module and risk assessment matrix, an asset manager, a business continuity plan builder, an audit manager, a reporting center and builder, a progress dashboard, continuous cloud monitoring, weekly vulnerability scans, penetration testing services, a trust center, technical integrations and Carbide Academy training content. Security awareness training is delivered inside the platform through a partnership with Ninjio. An AI capability, marketed as Carbide Analyst and Carbide AI, cross-references uploaded documents against a customer's full control set to identify gaps before advisor review.

The company's methodology, branded DRIVE (Design, Review, Implement, Validate, Evolve), structures engagements from an initial gap assessment through scoping, remediation and evidence collection, pre-audit walkthroughs and ongoing maintenance of evidence between audit cycles. Advisors work inside the same platform as the customer, interpret controls, prepare evidence for assessors, review every evidence document before it reaches an auditor, and manage the auditor relationship. Carbide states that it supports 20+ standards, regulations and frameworks, including SOC 2 (Type I and Type II), ISO 27001, HIPAA (Privacy and Security Rule), CMMC, NIST 800-171, GDPR and CPCSC, and that customers can start with one framework and reuse overlapping evidence and controls as obligations expand. A dedicated defence supplier compliance offering and an MSP partner program are also listed.

Published customer examples include WonderMD (healthcare regulatory requirements), Virtual Hallway (ISO 27001 audit), Protocase (NIST 800-171 and CMMC), Jetdocs (SOC 2 Type 2) and a travel-industry data protection officer (GDPR).

Founding story

Co-founders Darren Gallop and Laird Wilton encountered intensive security due diligence while pursuing their first million-dollar deal at a prior company, and built a security program in response. After that venture was acquired, they founded Carbide to make enterprise-class security and privacy accessible to organizations regardless of size. The name references early 20th-century carbide lamps used by miners to illuminate the path ahead.

Business model

Carbide sells subscription plans for its security and privacy management platform, with advisory services, expert guidance and interactive workshops available in select plans. Additional service lines include penetration testing and defence supplier compliance support. A partner channel is offered through an MSP program.

Subscription plans for platform access, with tiered inclusion of advisory support and workshops, plus services such as penetration testing.

Traction

The website reports more than 200 customers across regulated industries, 20+ supported frameworks, and a 4.6-star G2 rating, with published case studies covering SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, NIST 800-171, CMMC and GDPR engagements.