Security questionnaire answers with citations.
SaneCite turns approved security docs and past answers into cited first drafts for RFPs and security questionnaires. Unknown stays unknown.
Not raw AI. Not a new place for guesses. The source packet is the authority; the draft is just the fastest path to review.
Draft answer
Yes. Customer data stored in production databases and object storage is encrypted at rest using AES-256 or cloud-provider managed equivalent encryption.
Unknown: RTO/RPO was not in the approved packet.
Reviewer action: ask security or engineering for approved language.
The source packet is the authority.
Most teams already have the answers somewhere: SOC 2 summaries, trust-center copy, security pages, policy docs, old questionnaires, and approved legal language. SaneCite turns that pile into a reviewable draft. If the source does not support an answer, the answer does not get invented.
Load the questionnaire.
Spreadsheet, Word doc, or exported portal text. Keep the customer’s format instead of forcing a new workflow.
Attach approved sources.
Trust center, SOC 2 summary, security FAQ, policies, prior approved answers, and product docs.
Return a cited draft.
Each answer includes a source, confidence, and reviewer action. Unsupported claims are marked unknown.
Sample output.
This public demo uses a fictional vendor and realistic security questionnaire patterns. It proves the workflow without asking for internal documents.
| ID | Question | Draft answer | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q002 | Do you encrypt customer data at rest? | Yes. Production databases and object storage are encrypted at rest. | answered | Security page, encryption section |
| Q006 | Do you have a current SOC 2 Type II report? | Yes. SOC 2 Type II completed for Security, Availability, and Confidentiality. | answered | SOC 2 summary |
| Q014 | What are your RTO and RPO commitments? | Unknown. No approved RTO/RPO language found. | unknown | No matching approved source |
| Q015 | Do you use customer data to train AI models? | Unknown. No approved AI data-use language found. | unknown | No matching approved source |
Start with one stale questionnaire.
Send an old questionnaire and the docs your team normally reuses. I will return a filled draft, evidence map, and unknowns list.