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Security & Assurance · System and Organization Controls 1 (SSAE 18)

An attestation over controls at a service organization that are relevant to your customers' internal control over financial reporting.
Book a SOC 1 assessment

Issued by

AICPA

Typical timeline

10-16 weeks

Assessed by

Licensed CPA firm

Validity

Renewed annually

Overview

  • 01Payroll, billing and payments processors
  • 02Fund administrators and fintech platforms
  • 03Vendors whose systems touch customers' financial statements

Requirements

  1. 01Control objectivesDefined by you and the auditor around financial-reporting risk.
  2. 02ITGCsAccess, change management and operations controls supporting the in-scope applications.
  3. 03Complementary user entity controlsClear articulation of what your customers must do on their side.
  4. 04Type I / Type IIDesign at a point in time, or operating effectiveness over a period.

Our approach

Week 1

01

Scope

We learn your product, your buyers and your deadlines, then fix the exact frameworks, boundaries and systems in scope.

Weeks 2-3

02

Assess

Control-by-control gap assessment against every target framework at once, with a single prioritized findings register.

Weeks 3-10

03

Remediate

Policies written, controls implemented, evidence automated. We work inside your tools, Jira, GitHub, AWS, Google Workspace.

Weeks 10-14

04

Audit

Mock audit, auditor selection and fieldwork coordination. Your independent auditor issues the report; we sit beside you until they do.

Year-round

05

Sustain

Continuous monitoring, quarterly testing and a renewal calendar that never surprises you.

Customer story

OPOrbital PayLondon, UK & Bengaluru, IN
Sample

41%

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FAQ

Typical timeline: 10-16 weeks, depending on scope, maturity and team availability. We'll give you a firm plan after a two-week scoping and gap assessment.

Yes, that's our specialty. SOC 1 shares substantial control overlap with ITGC and SOC 2, so we build one control set and map evidence across all of them.

Next framework

SOC 3

Security & AssuranceAICPA

End of the thread

A 30-minute call with a senior practitioner. You leave with a plan either way.

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We handle audit readiness and auditor coordination. Your SOC reports and ISO certificates are always issued by independent, accredited auditors.

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