SOC 2 Type 1 compliance assessments & audits are offered from NDNB, North America’s leading provider of high-quality, competitively prices SOC assessments. Additionally, SOC 2 Type 1 compliance assessments & audits performed by NDNB also include a complimentary SOC 2 Policy Packet containing hundreds of pages of critical information security and operational specific policies, procedures, and much more.

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Here’s what else you also need to know about SOC 2 Type 1 compliance, courtesy of NDNB:

1. A SOC 2 Scoping & Readiness Assessment is Essential: If you’re new to the world of regulatory compliance, particularly the AICPA SOC 1, SOC 2, and SOC 3 reporting frameworks, then welcome, and don’t forget that a readiness assessment is crucial. Why? Because you’ll want to have an objective, independent assessment of your internal controls BEFORE you even begin to think about performing an actual SOC 2 audit. More specifically, you’ll need to find a proven CPA firm who can help assess audit scope, identify areas of remediation, and provide you with a roadmap for audit success.

Getting it “right” in terms of SOC 2 compliance means performing a readiness assessment and assessing, evaluating, and taking necessary action on the findings of such results. Every service organization being required to perform annual SOC 2 audits will no doubt benefit from NDNB’s SOC 2 readiness assessments, so contact Christopher G. Nickell, CPA, 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. Policies and Procedures are Critical: Documentation in terms of policies and procedures is not only mandatory for SOC 2 compliance, it’s also time-consuming in terms of developing all the necessary materials. While businesses – rightfully so – focus on the technical merits of SOC 2 compliance, they often lose sight of the magnitude of information security policies and procedures that need to be developed.

While auditors have different interpretations on overall audit scope, one thing they all agree on – and will demand – are policy documents from their clients undergoing a SOC 2 audit – it’s as predictable as the sun rising in the East! NDNB offers a complimentary SOC 2 Policy Packet to all of our valued clients, so contact us today to learn more.

3. Technical Remediation is Vital: Not only will a SOC 2 readiness assessment unearth documentation weaknesses, it will also highlight the need for making substantial changes to information systems for helping ensure the safety and security of your development and critical production environments. From re-configuring firewall rulesets to hardening servers – both the operating systems and the applications – there’s often much to do in terms of technical remediation for SOC 2 compliance, and NDNB can assist. We offer technical hardening checklists, along with helpful links to industry and vendor user guides, and more.

4. There’s a wide variety of Audit Deliverables to Produce: Even though the CPA firm is the organization actually performing the SOC 2 audit, your business will have to provide a wide variety of documentation as audit deliverables. Examples include – but are not limited to – the following: policy and procedures, signed memos, system configuration and other system files, and more. Additionally, you’ll be asked to escort auditors to various facilities for purposes of physical inspection, thus answering numerous questions along the way. Thankfully, NDNB has a proven process for helping streamline audit deliverables, saving businesses an incredible amount of time, so contact Christopher G. Nickell, CPA, 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 to learn more.

5. Compliance is Annual: Are you being asked for a SOC 2 report by a client or prospect, or possibly even a government entity? If so, don’t think that a one-year commitment is all that’s needed to suffice their demands, not at all. Businesses that perform SOC 2 assessments – or almost any type of regulatory compliance audit – do so annually, which means it just makes sense to partner with a well-established firm, somebody who provides superior service and fixed-fee pricing, and that’s NDNB. With all the services and solutions we offer – from SOC 2 readiness assessments to policy writing, remediation guidance, and more – NDNB should be high on your list for regulatory compliance.

6. Welcome to the New World of Regulatory Compliance: Are you being asked to provide a SOC 2 audit report to a client for purposes of inquiring about your internal controls? Perhaps you’ve been asked to furnish your SOC 2 report as part of an RFP? Maybe a governmental entity is requesting a SOC 2 report for any number of reasons.

Then welcome to the new – and growing – world of regulatory compliance, a world where outsourcing is growing bigger each day and companies are desperately seeking assurances of how business functions are being performed by other businesses. Compliance is here to stay, which also means SOC 2 audits are becoming an annual requirement for many businesses. Talk to NDNB, we can help.

7. Third-Party Providers: One last thing – be sure to determine what relevancy your third-party service providers play in terms of SOC 2 compliance. More specifically, do you outsource services to other organizations, for which these services are considered an important component of your business processes – and ultimately – your system of internal controls?

If the answer is yes, then you’ll need to work with your auditor in determining scope considerations for these “subservice organizations.” Contact Christopher G. Nickell, CPA, 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 to learn more about “subservice organizations” and the relevant SOC 2 reporting.

8. Next Steps? Contact the regulatory compliance experts today at NDNB, providers of high-quality, fixed-fee SOC 2 assessments. NDNB also offers SSAE 18 SOC 1 reporting, PCI DSS assessments, HIPAA compliance, and much more. Today’s regulatory compliance reporting can be complex, costly, and time-consuming, and it’s why you need a proven firm with deep knowledge and expertise of today’s growing regulations, and that firm is NDNB. Let’s talk about your SOC 2 needs and other compliance issues today. From readiness assessments to SOC 2 Type 1 and SOC 2 Type 2 audits, trust the experts at NDNB.

• SOC 2 Type 1 compliance is essentially performed for an “as of” date, as opposed to SOC 2 Type 2 audits, which are assessments conducted over a stated time period.
• SOC 2 Type 1 compliance is a great stepping stone towards SOC 2 Type 2 audits.
• SOC 2 Type 1 compliance is vastly different from SOC 1 Type 1 assessments.
• SOC 2 Type 1 compliance is heavily geared towards many of today’s technology driven service organizations.

Speak with Christopher G. Nickell, CPA, 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., and receive a competitively priced fixed fee for SOC 2 Type 1 compliance today.