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Security & Assurance · System and Organization Controls 2

An independent CPA attestation that your controls meet the Trust Services Criteria for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy. The report most B2B buyers ask for first.
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Issued by

AICPA

Typical timeline

8-16 weeks to Type I

Assessed by

Licensed CPA firm

Validity

Renewed annually

Overview

  • 01SaaS and cloud companies selling to enterprise
  • 02Managed service and data-processing providers
  • 03Any vendor facing security questionnaires in procurement

Requirements

  1. 01Trust Services CriteriaSecurity is mandatory; availability, confidentiality, processing integrity and privacy are chosen by scope.
  2. 02Control design (Type I)Auditor confirms controls are suitably designed at a point in time.
  3. 03Operating effectiveness (Type II)Controls are tested over an observation window, typically 3 to 12 months.
  4. 04Evidence & samplingPopulation-based sampling of access reviews, change tickets, onboarding, incidents and more.

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

PHParallax HealthBoston, US
Sample

3

Frameworks in one program

Three frameworks, one fieldwork window, zero engineering fire drills.

SOC 2ISO 27001HIPAA

FAQ

Most enterprise buyers ultimately want Type II. A Type I is a useful first milestone that unblocks deals while your observation window runs.

Typical timeline: 8-16 weeks to type i, 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 2 shares substantial control overlap with ISO 27001 and SOC 3, so we build one control set and map evidence across all of them.

Next framework

SOC 1

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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