Does this sound familiar? 

You planned for SOC2 certification. Budgeted for the preparedness, hardening of your security and privacy controls and for the attestation process. It was a long journey. Finally, you have crossed all the gates of SOC2 journey. Your management assertions were accepted the service auditor. As per AICPA SOC 2 standards, the auditors have issued a glossy SOC2 report along with their seal of attestation in your company’s name. 

 
Victory. Joy. Pride. Champagne. 

 
Hold on! During the celebrations, what was the whisper on the renewal period for SOC 2 Report? 
 

You ask in dismay, “Is there an end to this damn SOC2 journey?”                                                                                                                                       

The answer is “No! SOC 2 report is invaluable indeed, but it is not static and not forever, like diamonds.” 
 

Why? 

Because your service offering is not static. Thus, the risks and threat landscape around it are also not static. You must keep on harden and fine tune your security controls over time to deal with this. As you do so, your assertions around your controls change, and there is a need for auditing and issuing a new SOC2 compliance report to reassure your customers accordingly.   

 
Once you have SOC2 compliance, be prepared for continuous compliance. 

The good news is that you do not have to spend the same amount of money, resources, and time that you did for your initial SOC 2 Report. The subsequent reports will be based on how much your controls changes. 
 

If there is no or little change, a bridge letter issued by you saying that the controls did not change during that period may be sufficient for your customer. 

 
However, there might be significant material changes in your control. In which case, you must go through the SOC2 journey again, albeit it will be much shorter and if planned properly, much smoother. 
 

Whatever may be the case, do not have a gap in your SOC2 Compliance.

Having a gap in SOC 2 Compliance may bring you to a situation where you may have to spend more budget, time, and resources to “renew” your SOC2 certificate. Remember, your clients will ask for regular and preferably continuous reporting that opines on your controls year over year without a break in the period being covered. You may lose them, if you fail to reassure them with an objective, independent and regular SOC2 report. 
 
Frictionless SOC 2 renewal.

We provide a cost-effective solution for a frictionless SOC 2 renewal in retainer ship or as required basis. 

 
You get ready for renewal.

And in the process you get

• Develop and manage continuous compliance program 
• Automation and continuous monitoring of the security controls 
• Update management assertions 
• Prepare for SOC2 certification 

Benefits

• You will be ready for renewal audits with minimal effort.
• You management assertions would be in line with your customer expectations.
• You would have all you security data deposited in one place for analysis and future improvements.