SOC 2 Readiness Consulting

Our SOC 2 consulting helps SaaS and technology companies get ready for a SOC 2 Type 1 or Type 2 examination: scoping the system, choosing the Trust Services Criteria, designing controls auditors can test, and collecting evidence without stopping engineering. Security Solution Consultants (SSC) works with companies in Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East that need a SOC 2 report to win and keep customers, especially in North America.

What SOC 2 is

SOC 2 is an attestation framework from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). A licensed CPA firm examines your controls against the Trust Services Criteria and issues a report with an opinion. Security is always in scope; Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality and Privacy are added when customers rely on them.

Our SOC 2 readiness services

• Readiness assessment against the Trust Services Criteria, with a gap list and realistic timeline.
• Scoping and system description: services, infrastructure, software, people, data, boundaries and subservice organisations such as cloud providers.
• Control design and policies for access, change management, monitoring, incident response, vendor management, risk assessment and HR, written to match how your team actually works.
• Evidence approach: what to collect, how often and where, automated wherever possible.
• Auditor selection and audit support: help choosing a CPA firm, preparing for walkthroughs and responding to requests.
• SOC 2 and ISO 27001 together: one control set mapped to both, if you need both.

Evidence that stands up to sampling

In a Type 2 examination the auditor samples instances across the observation period: access reviews, joiners and leavers, change approvals, backups, vulnerability fixes and incident tickets. Missing one instance can create an exception in the report. We set up evidence routines and, if you use it, the GRCLens SOC 2 module to track each control and its evidence so nothing is missed.

Typical timeline

1. Weeks 1 to 3: readiness assessment, scope and Trust Services Criteria selection.
2. Weeks 4 to 10: close gaps, write policies, set up evidence routines.
3. Type 1: point-in-time examination once controls are designed.
4. Type 2: observation period of 3 to 12 months, then the examination and report.

A report customers trust

A clean SOC 2 report answers most of a customer’s security questionnaire in one document. We help you present it well, with a short bridge letter process between reports and a plan for the next observation period.

Related: security compliance services, SOC 2 training for your team, SOC 1, 2 and 3 explained and ISO 27001 certification.