Question 1

Is the Assurance Baseline free?

Accepted Answer

No. The 15-minute Fit Call is free; the Baseline is a paid, fixed-scope engagement. You know the full investment before any work begins: no open-ended hourly consulting and no surprise scope changes.

Question 2

What does the Baseline cost?

Accepted Answer

A fixed fee, quoted after the Fit Call and scoped to your size and complexity: number of sites, systems, and whether your IT is internal, outsourced, or both. The fee is agreed in writing before work begins.

Question 3

Do we have to replace our MSP or our tools?

Accepted Answer

No. There is no forced rip-and-replace and no blind MSP transition. The findings and roadmap belong to you. You can execute them with your current provider, your internal team, or Stealth. If a transition is the right answer, SmoothSwitch™ makes it a structured process with written transition commitments rather than a leap.

Question 4

Does the Baseline commit us to managed services?

Accepted Answer

No. There is no automatic recurring-services commitment. The Recommended Operating Model may be fully managed, co-managed, or a validated version of what you already run.

Question 5

How much of our team's time will this take?

Accepted Answer

Typical client participation: one leadership kickoff, one technical working session, read-only access where practical, and one named coordinator. Stealth handles the analysis, testing, documentation, and executive translation.

Question 6

We have an internal IT team. Is this still for us?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Co-managed is one of our two operating models. The Baseline gives your internal team the security depth, testing discipline, and escalation path that's hard to build alone, and the Risk & Responsibility Matrix makes the division of labor explicit instead of assumed.

Question 7

Do you guarantee security, compliance, or audit results?

Accepted Answer

No, and you should be wary of anyone who does. Our Decision Clarity Commitment guarantees our own process: every agreed Baseline deliverable is completed within the written scope, or we keep working on it at no additional professional-services fee. Third-party decisions (assessors, insurers, auditors) are never ours to promise.

Question 8

What happens after the Baseline?

Accepted Answer

You leave with a prioritized 90-day roadmap: every material issue visible, validated, prioritized, assigned, and initiated. Many clients then move to Stealth 360° Continuous Assurance, the recurring operating cadence that keeps the Executive Assurance Brief current, but that's a decision you make with the Baseline in hand, not a condition of starting.

Question 9

Where does Stealth operate?

Accepted Answer

Boston and New England, Tampa and Sarasota on Florida's Gulf Coast, and the Greater Philadelphia region, with defense-supplier and AI governance engagements delivered nationally.

Risk	Business implication	Owner · due
Project-file platform restore untested for 14 months	A failure during a submittal deadline could stall every active project	Ops lead · Oct 15
Two former employees retain partial system access	Data exposure; fails the insurer questionnaire as written	Stealth · Oct 1
Six workstations past end-of-support in production	Unpatchable vulnerabilities on billable seats	Stealth · Q4
MFA gaps on two vendor portals	Account-takeover path into project financials	Vendor · Sep 30
No named owner for AI-tool risk	Uncontrolled data flow into external AI services	Leadership · decision #2

The Executive Assurance Brief: full sample

Executive Assurance Brief

1 · Executive snapshot

2 · Decisions required from leadership

3 · Top risks: implication, owner, due date

4 · What changed since last brief

5 · Owners & next actions

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