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SOC 2 Compliance
Effective SOC 2 compliance support from experienced consultants, with AICPA audits issued by a leading SOC 2 issuer.
Our consultants work alongside CPA auditors and your team to ensure a smooth SOC 2 engagement.
Our consultants work alongside CPA auditors and your team to ensure a smooth SOC 2 engagement.
Our consultants work alongside CPA auditors and your team to ensure a smooth SOC 2 engagement.
We provide implementation guidance, security control reviews, audit preparation, and evidence collation to take the complexity out of compliance.
We provide implementation guidance, security control reviews, audit preparation, and evidence collation to take the complexity out of compliance.
What is SOC 2?
What is SOC 2?
What is SOC 2?
SOC 2 is an information security compliance standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), providing a framework for assessing how service organisations manage data.
There is no certification; instead, an AICPA-registered auditor issues a Type I or Type II report.
Type I is a point-in-time audit of your information security controls against selected Trust Services Criteria (TSCs), assessing their design and implementation. It is faster and more cost-effective than Type II, though less reflective of long-term security capability.
Type II is an extended assessment of your information security controls over a defined period, typically three to six months. It evaluates control design, implementation, and operating effectiveness, providing greater scrutiny and assurance.
SOC 2 is an information security compliance standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), providing a framework for assessing how service organisations manage data.
There is no certification; instead, an AICPA-registered auditor issues a Type I or Type II report.
Type I is a point-in-time audit of your information security controls against selected Trust Services Criteria (TSCs), assessing their design and implementation. It is faster and more cost-effective than Type II, though less reflective of long-term security capability.
Type II is an extended assessment of your information security controls over a defined period, typically three to six months. It evaluates control design, implementation, and operating effectiveness, providing greater scrutiny and assurance.
Why WorkNest for SOC 2 compliance support?
Expert-led SOC 2 support that takes the hard work out of compliance.
Experienced consultants
Benefit from the combined expertise of our consultants working alongside experienced AICPA partner auditors.
Automated compliance
Our unified platform collects evidence, tracks progress and enables collaboration with auditors.
Cross-framework efficiency
We can help you reuse evidence across multiple standards, reducing the extra work required to meet additional compliance requirements.
Why should you comply with SOC 2?
Why should you comply with SOC 2?
Why should you comply with SOC 2?
SOC 2 certification is rapidly becoming a baseline expectation for organisations handling customer data.
Protect customer data and strengthens credibility, helping to win and retain business by demonstrating a commitment to information security.
Reduce the risk of costly data breaches by ensuring robust security controls are embedded across your organisation's processes and systems.
Improve internal operations through better-defined processes and controls, increasing both efficiency and accountability across teams.
Create a strong foundation that simplifies alignment with other frameworks, including ISO 27001, PCI DSS and FTC.
SOC 2 certification is rapidly becoming a baseline expectation for organisations handling customer data.
Protect customer data and strengthens credibility, helping to win and retain business by demonstrating a commitment to information security.
Reduce the risk of costly data breaches by ensuring robust security controls are embedded across your organisation's processes and systems.
Improve internal operations through better-defined processes and controls, increasing both efficiency and accountability across teams.
Create a strong foundation that simplifies alignment with other frameworks, including ISO 27001, PCI DSS and FTC.
Our packages
Essentials
Everything you need to become fully SOC 2 compliant.
Features:
- Guidance throughout the process
- Comprehensive Type 1 & Type 2 readiness report
- Understanding of scope, activities & implementation effort
- Implementing SOC 2 organisational & procedural controls
- Alignment with COSO principles
- Implementing & documenting technical controls
- Final audit conducted by external CPA SOC 2 auditors
Enhanced
Enhanced assurance with additional support services.
Everything from Essentials package, plus:
- Enhanced support during implementation activities
- Reviewing implementation activities
- CPA audit guidance, including an independent pre audit assessment
- Support in the collation of your audit evidence
- Presence during the CPA audit
Support
Consultancy support for any SOC 2 project needs.
Options:
- Implementation guidance
- Review of implementation activities
- CPA audit guidance
- Support in the collation of audit evidence
- Presence during the CPA audit
Simplify compliance through expert‑led consultancy, readiness support, and audit preparation.
FAQs
The cost of SOC 2 compliance depends on multiple variables but is largely influenced by your organisation’s security maturity, required TSCs, and report type (Type I or Type II).
Key cost factors include:
Number of TSCs required
Report type (Type I or II)
Organisation size
Security maturity e.g. existing security frameworks already in place
Resources available
Experience of your consultants and auditors
Our experienced SOC 2 consultants use their expertise to make the compliance process as simple and affordable as possible.
SOC 2 compliance is usually driven by customer demand or entry into sectors where it’s seen as a standard. While not legally required, it’s increasingly sought by organisations to show customers, partners, and regulators they have strong data security controls.
SOC 2 audits must be performed by recognised CPA auditors. It is recommended that they are external to your organisation and any other organisations that assisted with your SOC 2 compliance. WorkNest Secure partners with experienced, trusted CPA auditors to verify SOC 2 implementation and produce Type I and Type II reports.
At the core of SOC 2 compliance is five Trust Service Criteria (TSCs), covering:
Security
Availability
Processing Integrity
Confidentiality
Privacy
The Security TSC is mandatory as a data security framework and is often referred to as ‘common criteria’. The requirements for completing other TSCs depend on your service and customer requirements. SOC 2 consultants’ expertise in scoping can greatly accelerate your SOC 2 compliance journey.
WorkNest can provide templates for aspects such as Access Control, Configuration Standards, Human Resource Management, Information Risk Management, Use of Mobile Devices, Physical and Environmental Security, and many more.
SOC 2 and ISO 27001 are information security frameworks designed to protect sensitive data. They overlap significantly (completing SOC 2 covers about 40% of ISO 27001), making it efficient for global organisations or those already compliant with one to pursue both.
SOC 2 is a US framework, common among organisations in or serving the US. ISO 27001 is an international standard, widely respected and seen as more comprehensive, offering stronger assurance of information security than SOC 2.
The time to achieve SOC 2 compliance depends on the type of report and your readiness assessment results. For an organisation with medium-level controls aiming for a full Type II SOC 2, the process typically takes around six months.
The cost of SOC 2 compliance depends on multiple variables but is largely influenced by your organisation’s security maturity, required TSCs, and report type (Type I or Type II).
Key cost factors include:
Number of TSCs required
Report type (Type I or II)
Organisation size
Security maturity e.g. existing security frameworks already in place
Resources available
Experience of your consultants and auditors
Our experienced SOC 2 consultants use their expertise to make the compliance process as simple and affordable as possible.
SOC 2 audits must be performed by recognised CPA auditors. It is recommended that they are external to your organisation and any other organisations that assisted with your SOC 2 compliance. WorkNest Secure partners with experienced, trusted CPA auditors to verify SOC 2 implementation and produce Type I and Type II reports.
WorkNest can provide templates for aspects such as Access Control, Configuration Standards, Human Resource Management, Information Risk Management, Use of Mobile Devices, Physical and Environmental Security, and many more.
The time to achieve SOC 2 compliance depends on the type of report and your readiness assessment results. For an organisation with medium-level controls aiming for a full Type II SOC 2, the process typically takes around six months.
SOC 2 compliance is usually driven by customer demand or entry into sectors where it’s seen as a standard. While not legally required, it’s increasingly sought by organisations to show customers, partners, and regulators they have strong data security controls.
At the core of SOC 2 compliance is five Trust Service Criteria (TSCs), covering:
Security
Availability
Processing Integrity
Confidentiality
Privacy
The Security TSC is mandatory as a data security framework and is often referred to as ‘common criteria’. The requirements for completing other TSCs depend on your service and customer requirements. SOC 2 consultants’ expertise in scoping can greatly accelerate your SOC 2 compliance journey.
SOC 2 and ISO 27001 are information security frameworks designed to protect sensitive data. They overlap significantly (completing SOC 2 covers about 40% of ISO 27001), making it efficient for global organisations or those already compliant with one to pursue both.
SOC 2 is a US framework, common among organisations in or serving the US. ISO 27001 is an international standard, widely respected and seen as more comprehensive, offering stronger assurance of information security than SOC 2.
What our clients say
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