A deeper, continuous Drawbridge alternative
Drawbridge and Testify both serve the PE buyer. The difference is the depth and currency of the measurement — and Testify is built to make advisors more effective, not to replace them.
Where they overlap
Drawbridge is purpose-built for the PE / hedge-fund buyer and offers portfolio oversight — it is one of the few entries genuinely aimed at this buyer. That overlap is real.
Where Testify differs
Testify works at the safeguard level: it tells the firm which controls are implemented, which have policy but no automation, and which are absent — for every company, continuously. It runs entirely on the firm's own infrastructure with local AI, keeps an evidenced, exit-ready maturity record, and is built so any risk advisor or internal team can work directly in it.
- Inside-out vs. questionnaire/scan. Four-dimension safeguard maturity vs. a questionnaire-and-external-scan assessment.
- Continuous vs. point-in-time. A live control state that updates from assessments, incidents, and remediations vs. an assessment captured at one moment.
- Customer-hosted, local AI. Portfolio data never leaves the firm's deployment; no cloud round-trip for AI.
A common pattern: both
Many firms keep Drawbridge for firm-level operational due diligence and add Testify as the portfolio-company maturity layer underneath it. Testify is the instrument; any assessor — internal, vCISO, or an advisory firm — can provide the judgment.
Frequently asked questions
Is Testify a replacement for Drawbridge?
No — they're complementary. Drawbridge's strength is firm-level ODD and regulatory readiness, delivered with advisors; Testify's is inside-out, safeguard-level, continuously-updated maturity across every portfolio company. Many firms run Testify as the measurement layer beneath Drawbridge or any advisor they trust.
Does Testify require buying advisory or consulting hours?
No. Testify is a platform you license directly, and it works with whichever advisor you choose — an internal cyber lead, a vCISO, or a risk advisory firm. Testify is the instrument; the advisor provides the judgment. By design it lets a firm bring its trusted advisor onto a common platform and automates the administration of assessments, so advisors spend less time managing them and more on maturity development.
How does Testify assess a company's security?
From the inside, at the CIS Controls v8 safeguard level, across four dimensions (Policy, Implementation, Automation, Reporting), fed continuously by assessments, incidents, remediations, and audited overrides — rather than primarily by questionnaire and external scan.
See it on your portfolio
Testify is accepting early customers. Portfolio Directors and Operating Partners get priority access to a guided walkthrough.