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INVITE Networks is a Drata partner, helping enterprise and mid-market organizations in Salt Lake City, Phoenix, and the greater Mountain West implement and manage Drata’s compliance automation platform. INVITE handles Drata onboarding, integration configuration, evidence collection setup, and ongoing compliance program support — so your team can achieve and maintain SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and other frameworks without building a dedicated compliance operations function from scratch.

What does INVITE Networks deliver as a Drata partner?

As a Drata partner, INVITE Networks implements Drata’s compliance automation platform — connecting it to your cloud infrastructure, identity providers, endpoint management tools, and security controls to automate evidence collection across the compliance frameworks you’re pursuing. INVITE handles the full onboarding: integration configuration with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Okta, Microsoft 365, GitHub, and other systems in your environment; control mapping to your target framework; and setup of automated tests that run continuously against your control environment.

For organizations new to SOC 2 or ISO 27001, INVITE provides compliance program guidance alongside the Drata implementation — helping define policies, identify control gaps, and build a remediation roadmap before your audit window. We work alongside your selected auditor to ensure Drata’s evidence packages are audit-ready and that your team understands what auditors will examine. This compliance work integrates directly with INVITE’s broader cybersecurity services for organizations that want security and compliance managed under a single partner relationship.

Why do Salt Lake City, Phoenix, and Mountain West organizations choose INVITE for Drata?

Compliance automation platforms like Drata are powerful, but realizing their value requires correct implementation — integrations that actually pull the right evidence, control mappings that match auditor expectations, and policies that align with your operational reality. Organizations that purchase Drata without implementation support frequently find themselves with partial integrations, untested controls, and audit preparation that still falls heavily on their internal team.

One example: a 120-person SaaS company in Salt Lake City was pursuing SOC 2 Type II for the first time to unlock enterprise sales deals being blocked by security questionnaires. Their engineering team had purchased Drata but stalled six weeks into setup — integrations were partially configured and the team wasn’t sure which controls applied to their environment. INVITE stepped in, completed all integrations, mapped controls to their AWS and GitHub environment, drafted required policies, and had the organization audit-ready within 10 weeks. They received a clean SOC 2 Type II report and closed three enterprise deals within 60 days of report issuance.

For Phoenix-area organizations in healthcare, financial services, and government contracting — where HIPAA, PCI DSS, or FedRAMP requirements add additional compliance layers — INVITE’s experience across multiple frameworks means we configure Drata to address overlapping control requirements efficiently rather than treating each framework as a separate implementation.

How does INVITE support Drata as part of its managed security services?

After initial implementation, INVITE provides ongoing Drata management as part of a managed compliance service — monitoring control test results, investigating failing tests, coordinating remediation with your engineering and IT teams, and keeping your compliance posture current as your environment changes. When you add a new cloud account, hire employees, or deploy new software, INVITE ensures Drata integrations reflect those changes and your evidence collection stays complete.

INVITE also manages annual security awareness training assignment through Drata, vendor risk assessment workflows, and policy review cycles — the recurring compliance operations tasks that typically consume significant time from internal engineering or security teams. For organizations approaching their annual SOC 2 surveillance audit or ISO 27001 recertification, INVITE prepares the evidence package, reviews control documentation, and coordinates directly with the auditor to reduce the burden on your team.

For organizations that want to expand to additional frameworks — adding HIPAA after achieving SOC 2, or layering in ISO 27001 alongside an existing SOC 2 program — INVITE maps the incremental control requirements and configures Drata to address them without duplicating evidence collection across frameworks. Learn more about how compliance fits into INVITE’s managed services offering.

What compliance frameworks does INVITE implement in Drata?

INVITE implements Drata for the frameworks most commonly required by mid-market and enterprise organizations: SOC 2 Type I and Type II (the most common requirement for technology vendors and SaaS companies), ISO 27001 (required for international enterprise deals and regulated industries), HIPAA (for healthcare organizations and business associates handling protected health information), and PCI DSS (for organizations processing payment card data). INVITE also supports GDPR readiness and NIST CSF alignment programs through Drata’s framework library.

For organizations subject to multiple frameworks simultaneously, INVITE designs the Drata implementation around control overlap — mapping shared controls across frameworks so your team isn’t maintaining separate evidence collections for requirements that are substantively identical. This cross-framework efficiency is particularly valuable for SaaS companies selling to healthcare, financial services, and government customers simultaneously, each of which may require a different certification.

Looking for a Drata partner who implements the platform and manages your compliance program, not just sells the license? Contact INVITE to discuss a Drata engagement for your organization.

Frequently Asked Questions: Drata Compliance Automation

Is INVITE Networks an authorized Drata partner?
Yes. INVITE Networks is an authorized Drata partner, qualified to implement, configure, and support Drata’s compliance automation platform for enterprise and mid-market clients pursuing SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and other frameworks.

Can INVITE manage our Drata environment if we don’t have a dedicated compliance or security team?
Yes — this is the primary engagement model for INVITE’s Drata clients. INVITE serves as your compliance operations function: monitoring control status, remediating failures, managing policy reviews, coordinating vendor assessments, and preparing audit evidence packages. You maintain executive oversight of your compliance program; INVITE handles the day-to-day compliance operations.

How does Drata differ from manual compliance spreadsheet tracking?
Drata automates the evidence collection that manual compliance programs require staff hours to produce — pulling configuration data, access logs, and security tool outputs continuously from integrated systems rather than requiring someone to gather evidence manually before each audit. For most mid-market organizations, Drata reduces audit preparation time by 60–80% compared to manual processes and provides continuous visibility into compliance posture rather than a point-in-time snapshot.

How long does a Drata implementation with INVITE typically take?
For a mid-market organization pursuing SOC 2 Type II with a standard cloud and SaaS environment, INVITE typically completes the Drata implementation — integrations, control mapping, policy drafting, and initial evidence population — in 4–6 weeks. The subsequent audit observation period for SOC 2 Type II is a minimum of six months, during which INVITE manages the platform and prepares the evidence package for auditor review.