Government Modernization · EU readiness
EU AI Act:
95 days.
EU AI Act high-risk Annex III conformity assessment becomes mandatory 2 August 2026. Penalty exposure: €35M or 7% of global turnover for non-compliance. NIS2 (Oct 2024) is enforced now; DORA (Jan 2025) is in effect; both reach extraterritorially into US firms with EU subsidiaries or EU customers. We run readiness from the US side, billed in USD, delivered remote — we do not sell direct to EU governments.
$140-180K NIS2 readiness · $220-320K DORA readiness · EU AI Act scoping $30K-$80K + conformity assessment partner-coordinated
What we run for EU-readiness partners
Six components. All extraterritorial-aware.
EU AI Act High-Risk Conformity (Aug 2 2026)
Annex III high-risk categorization, conformity assessment per Article 43, technical documentation per Annex IV, post-market monitoring per Article 72, CE-marking workflow. €35M or 7% of global turnover penalty exposure for non-compliance. ~95 days as of this writing.
NIS2 Directive Compliance
NIS2 transposition deadline October 2024 — now enforced across EU Member States. Essential entity vs. Important entity classification, supply-chain security obligations, 24-hour early-warning reporting, registration with national authority. Direct + indirect applicability for US firms with EU subs or EU services.
DORA — Digital Operational Resilience Act
Effective 17 January 2025 for EU financial entities. ICT risk management framework, ICT incident reporting, digital operational resilience testing (TLPT), ICT third-party risk including critical-third-party designation. Applies to US firms with EU financial subs + ICT third-party providers.
GDPR Article 32 Cyber-Specific Controls
Technical and organisational measures, ICO/EDPB-aligned breach notification 72-hour clock, Data Protection Impact Assessments tied to security controls, supervisory authority coordination on cyber incidents.
Schrems II / Cross-Border Data Transfer
EU-US Data Privacy Framework, Standard Contractual Clauses, Transfer Impact Assessments. Cybersecurity controls baked into TIA technical-measures section.
NIS2 + DORA Crosswalks to US Frameworks
SOC 2 + ISO 27001 evidence covers ~70% of NIS2 + DORA technical requirements. We map the existing US compliance posture to the gap rather than rebuild from scratch.
What this is — and isn’t
Honest scope.
What this is: cybersecurity readiness for US firms with EU subsidiaries or EU customers facing NIS2, DORA, EU AI Act, GDPR Article 32. Billed + delivered US-side. SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / NIST 800-171 / ISO 42001 evidence converts to ~70% of EU framework requirements with translation overhead.
What this isn’t: direct-sell to EU governments. Direct EU public-sector cybersecurity contracting requires a local in-country partner (BSI Grundschutz partners in Germany, ANSSI-qualified providers in France, etc.). When that partnership economics make sense we’ll add it. For now, we’re honest that this page serves US firms reaching into the EU, not EU public sector directly.
Who you’ll work with
Quinnlan Varcoe
CEO and Founder · OSCP · GIAC × 10 · 17 credentials across the practice
ISO 42001 + NIST AI RMF + EU AI Act crosswalks. SOC 2 + ISO 27001 + NIS2 + DORA evidence-mapping. US-side delivery for EU-extraterritorial obligations.
Every partnership begins with me. Not a sales rep, not an account executive, not a junior. The first call, the diagnostic, the strategy work — that’s mine.
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Reviews
From the senior people
who’ve worked alongside Quinn.
The named companies beside each reviewer are their employers — not Varcoe partnerships. Each quote is a professional reference from someone who’s shipped work alongside Quinn directly.
“The partnership model isn't marketing language with Quinn — it's how she actually works. Senior judgment, single accountable contact, and the rigor to integrate across IT, security, and AI under one roof.”
Aaron Birnbaum
Managing Partner
“Quinnlan brings more than expertise — she brings strategic alignment. The ability to scale operations without sacrificing depth is exactly what serious organizations need from a modernization partner.”
Caroline Lombard
Threat Specialist
“I've worked with Quinnlan on incidents most teams couldn't navigate — Log4j among them. The technical depth and the calm under fire are real, and they're rare.”
Justin Cox
Senior AWS Security Analyst
“One of the most seamless collaborations I've had in this industry. Composure under pressure, technical precision, and the kind of credibility that compounds — exactly the senior bench a modernization partnership needs.”
Soufiane Jihadi
Senior Incident Response Consultant
Original references collected on the legacy Varcoe site · LinkedIn endorsements available on request