SOC 2 audits & reports for Dallas, TX businesses are offered by NDNB, Texas’ leading provider of regulatory compliance assessments and consulting services, such as SOC 1 SSAE 18, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA assessments, and more. With today’s growing compliance mandates, it’s time to choose a proven provider of professional, fixed-fee services, a firm with a deep record of integrity and value in the Lone Star State, and that’s NDNB!

Dallas’ Leading Provider of SOC 2 Compliance Audits

Businesses in the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Metroplex have been turning to NDNB for years when it comes to proven services, fixed-fees, high-quality audits, and a household name they can trust. What makes us different from “the other guys” is our ability to truly understand every conceivable industry for which SOC 2 reporting is impacting. That’s right, from agriculture to information technology, there’s literally dozens of industries being affected by the SOC 2 compliance reporting requirements.

NDNB has worked extensively with cloud providers (Amazon, Google, Azure), software developers, data analytics companies, managed security services providers, data centers – and more – all throughout the Dallas Fort Worth area. Hey, we know the DFW market and we know the SOC 2 framework extremely well, so contact us today for a fixed-fee regarding SOC 2 Type 1 and SOC 2 Type 2 reporting.

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Helpful Tips for SOC 2 Compliance for Dallas Businesses

Here are some helpful tips for ensuring your SOC 2 Type 1 and/or SOC 2 Type 2 report is an efficient, transparent, and successful audit:

1. Begin with a SOC 2 Scoping & Readiness Assessment: Critical to the success of a SOC 2 audit is the ability to truly understand the scope of the audit and one’s control environment in terms of policies, procedures, and processes. With that said, a scoping & readiness assessment is a must for service organizations that are either new to the world of regulatory compliance, or need a refresher in terms of an independent, objective view on their internal controls.

It’s important to remember to not look at a SOC 2 scoping & readiness assessment as just another cost thrown onto the audit. Rather, taking the time to properly plan, scope, and execute on all facets of the engagement is ultimately what saves service organizations time and money, and it’s why a SOC 2 scoping & readiness assessment is often essential.

Businesses that fail to undergo a much needed SOC 2 scoping & readiness assessment ultimately end up spending more money on the overall auditing process as cost overruns and other issues surface that easily could have been eliminated during the readiness phase. Proper planning takes time, resources, and financial consideration – we more than understand that – but at the end of the day, it’s worth it. Call and speak with Christopher G. Nickell, CPA, today, at 1-800-277-5415, ext. 706, or email him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. today.

2. Understand that Remediation will be Necessary, and is Quite Common: Does any business really have a 100% full proof, picture-perfect control environment with well-documented and formalized policies, procedures, and processes? Well, if that were the case, why would audits even exist? Look, every service organization has something they can improve upon, which means that remediation is just a way of life in the world of regulatory compliance. From missing documentation to improvements within one’s internal controls – and more – remediation is common, very common.
NDNB offers the following SOC 2 remediation services for Dallas, Texas service organizations:

Documentation Remediation: Developing the necessary security policies and procedures you’ll need for becoming SOC 2 compliant is often cited as one of the most demanding and tedious tasks. Think about it, you have to spend hours authoring a wide-range of InfoSec policy documents. Luckily, NDNB offers industry leading templates free-of-charge to our valued Texas client base. It’s just another example of how we save you both time and money in today’s growing world of compliance reporting.

Technical and Security Remediation: Many times, service organizations find themselves having to correct an almost endless number of technical and security remediation measures. Perhaps their password rules are weak, their firewall configuration files are not properly written, their audit and logging events are not turned on. The point to make is that you’ll often find a number of technical and security issues that require remediation, and NDNB can assist.

Operational Remediation: Becoming SOC 2 compliant requires service organizations to perform and document an annual risk assessment, undertake security awareness training, have in place a contingency plan for operations, and much more. NDNB provides tools, templates, and programs for helping Dallas service organizations meet these demanding compliance requirements. Call and speak with Christopher G. Nickell, CPA, today, at 1-800-277-5415, ext. 706, or email him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. today.

3. Be Prepared to Provide a wide-range of Audit Evidence to the Auditors: Auditors collect evidence – that’s their main job as auditors – so expect to hand over a healthy supply of the following types of audit evidence: (1). Memos outlining how you perform a certain function or task. (2). Information security policies and procedures and other supporting documentation. (3). Screenshots of system settings, such as password rules, firewall rulesets, and more. (4). Evidence of an annual risk assessment being performed. (5). Evidence of annual security awareness training. That’s just a small sample of the mountain of evidence you’ll need to turn over to auditors.

4. Remember that Compliance is Annual, so Start to think about Ongoing Auditing Activities: Once you’ve gone down the road of regulatory compliance, there’s really no turning around. It’s never a “one-and-done” scenario, rather a new way of life for tens of thousands of service organizations throughout North America. NDNB offers fixed-fees, scalable auditing workflow solutions, and numerous other industry leading tools for ensuring an efficient process from day one. Call and speak with Christopher G. Nickell, CPA, today, at 1-800-277-5415, ext. 706, or email him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. today.

5. Know that NDNB can Assist with all Audit Issues from Beginning to End: That’s right. Whatever your needs for a SOC 2 audit, from scoping & readiness assessments to the actual audit itself, we are the proven and trusted experts for Dallas businesses.

Understanding the SOC 2 Framework

For any type of SOC 2 report being issued – and that includes a SOC 2 Type 1 and/or a SOC 2 Type 2, auditors will be assessing (and possibly testing) controls related to the Trust Services Criteria (TSP). What are the TSP? They are criteria put forth by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) that consist of provisions for testing a service organization’s very controls – their policies, procedures, and processes:

The main provisions of the Trust Services Criteria (TSP) are as follows:

• Availability: That the system is available for operation and use as committed or agreed.
• Security: That the system is protected against unauthorized access, both physically and logically.
• Processing Integrity: That system processing is complete, accurate, timely, and authorized.
• Confidentiality: That the information held by an organization is securely protected.
• Privacy: That personal information is protected.

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Regulatory compliance reporting for businesses all throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is at an all-time high as the Texas economy just keeps growing and growing. Add to the fact of today’s increased cybersecurity mandates for protecting organizational assets, one can clearly see the need for SOC 2 audits.

It’s important to find a firm that offers expertise, fixed-fee pricing, and the ability to understand an organization’s reporting needs. NDNB is that very firm, so call and speak with Christopher G. Nickell, CPA, today, at 1-800-277-5415, ext. 706, or email him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. today.

Dallas’ SOC 2 Auditing Experts for Fixed-Fees

NDNB has been a leading provider of high-quality, fixed-fee SOC 2 audit reports for more than a decade for service organizations all throughout Texas, and that includes Dallas. We cut our teeth years ago in terms of compliance reporting with the original SAS 70 auditing standard that debuted in April, 1992.

More than a quarter-century later, we are still going strong, offering exceptional services and fees. Is your business located in the greater Dallas Fort-Worth metroplex and are in need of a SOC 2 audit, then call and speak with Christopher G. Nickell, CPA, today, at 1-800-277-5415, ext. 706, or email him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. today.