Pulse diagnostic · 60 minutes

MARTECH SECURITY POSTURE

Your marketing stack is a business-critical system. This diagnostic reveals how exposed it actually is - across access controls, credentials, data governance, and vendor risk.

EUR 1,000
60-minute session

Marketing technology stacks are security weak points. They span dozens of integrations, require broad access permissions, process sensitive customer data, and are often managed by teams focused on velocity, not security. The result: your marketing stack is typically more exposed than your core product systems. Yet most organisations have never assessed this exposure. Security isn't an IT problem layered on top. It is a foundation problem built into your stack architecture.

Where the real security risk sits

WHAT YOU SEE

Access to the stack is too broad

Too many people have admin access. API keys are shared in Slack or stored in spreadsheets. Integrations run with overprivileged credentials. You have multiple vendor relationships, but no clear map of who can access what.

WHAT MAKES IT WORSE

Control layers are fragmented across vendors

Access control lives in fifteen different systems. Credential rotation policy exists in your CDP, but not in your email platform or analytics tool. Data governance rules in your data warehouse don't apply to vendor access. Each tool has its own security model.

WHERE IT ACTUALLY LIVES

Security was not architected into the stack

Your marketing technology stack was built for capability and speed. Access controls, credential management, and data governance were added later - if at all. There is no unified security model across the stack. Security isn't an enforced layer; it is a collection of afterthoughts.

The Pulse diagnostic maps your actual security posture - what the exposure truly is, not what you think it is. You leave the session knowing exactly where to reduce risk first.

One session. Four deliverables. Clarity on what is exposed.

The Pulse is a structured 60-minute diagnostic session with a senior MarTech architect. It is not a sales conversation or a vendor assessment. You get an honest, independent assessment of your stack's actual security posture - what is exposed, and what creates the highest risk.

Before

Pre-session intake

A focused questionnaire (15 minutes) that maps your current stack, integrations, access patterns, and the specific security concerns you need addressed. This ensures the 60 minutes focus on diagnosis, not data gathering.

During

Diagnostic session

60 minutes with Arjen Segers. Structured assessment across access controls, credential management, data processing governance, vendor security posture, and integration-layer security. Scored against defined risk criteria at each layer.

After

Security posture scorecard

A visual one-page assessment showing where your stack is protected, where it is exposed, and which exposures create the highest risk. Clear enough to present to leadership and IT security teams.

After

Priority remediation brief

A 2-3 page document identifying the top 3-5 security issues to address, in recommended sequence, with an honest assessment of complexity and whether the fix lives in marketing ops or requires IT collaboration or vendor escalation.

Situations where this Pulse is most immediately useful

Never formally assessed

You have never conducted a formal security assessment of your marketing stack. You know risk exists but have no structured map of where or how much.

After a breach or incident

A security event - in your marketing stack or elsewhere - has raised questions about stack exposure. A formal assessment provides clarity and shapes remediation priority.

New compliance requirement

GDPR, CCPA, NIS 2, or industry-specific regulations have expanded security requirements. You need to know whether your stack architecture can support compliance at scale.

Before a major stack change

You are planning a CDP migration, platform consolidation, or significant integration change. Baseline your current security posture before the change so you can improve - not degrade - during transition.

Vendor selection and risk management

You are evaluating new vendors or consolidating your vendor landscape. Understand how vendor security decisions affect your overall stack exposure.

Supporting a business case

You need data to justify investment in security infrastructure, access governance, or data integration work. The scorecard and brief provide the evidence; the narrative is defensible.

Developed with an active Data Protection Officer from Dutch healthcare

The security posture assessment framework was co-designed with a practising Data Protection Officer from a Dutch healthcare organisation - the highest-risk GDPR sector in the Netherlands. The assessment criteria, risk scoring, and remediation prioritisation reflect current regulatory standards applied in environments where data protection failures have direct patient safety and legal consequences.

The diagnostic session itself is delivered by Arjen Segers (IDADAY). The DPO collaboration ensures the assessment meets the standard applied in the most regulated environments in the EU.

The Pulse is a starting point, not a commitment

The session and deliverables stand on their own. Many organisations use the scorecard and remediation brief to guide their own security programme. For those who want deeper investigation, the natural follow-on is the full Gravity Scan - a three-week, 28-area assessment of your entire marketing technology foundation, including security, capability, integration, and compliance dimensions.

Full diagnostic
Gravity Scan
EUR 7,500 - 3 weeks

Before you invest in security infrastructure, here is what your stack actually looks like.

60 minutes. EUR 1,000. Independent assessment. The findings are yours regardless of what you do next.

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MarTech Security Posture · EUR 1,000 · 60 minutes