SOC 2 Readiness and Support Services

May 28

Pursuing SOC 2 compliance is an effective way to streamline and enhance your company’s internal security posture while attracting more customers. Whether you are just starting your journey of pursuing SOC 2 or need to maintain your compliance, our SOC 2 Support Services cover the entire SOC 2 audit lifecycle, including your preparation, audit, and ongoing maintenance.

Preparation Phase

In the Preparation Phase, Hive Systems subject matter experts work closely with your company to get you ready for your SOC 2 Audit. Our Advisory services span all three components of the preparation phase.

Scoping, Boundaries, and Control Selection

Unlike other control frameworks, SOC 2 controls are uniquely tailored to your environment. Hive Systems will work alongside your team to understand your environment, where you may process, store, or transmit customer data, and help define your in-scope systems for the SOC 2 audit. From there, we will leverage our subject matter expertise to define and tailor the controls for your audit based on the AICPA Trust Services Criteria that serve as the foundation for the SOC 2 audit.

Informed Audit Readiness Support

After defining the controls, Hive Systems will then assess your maturity toward achieving those controls. During this phase, Hive Systems will complete the following:

Conduct workshops, review sessions, and review existing documentation and artifacts to understand current capabilities toward achieving SOC 2 compliance for either a Type I or Type II report;
Develop a consolidated list of outstanding cybersecurity activities or controls at your company; and
Generate an Implementation Roadmap describing gaps and possible solutions to best close those gaps to meet SOC 2 requirements.

Experienced Implementation Support

Hive Systems will take steps to implement selected approaches set forth in the Implementation Roadmap, providing high-level guidance or hands-on execution of all implementation roadmap components. In this phase, Hive Systems will develop documentation including policies, Incident Response Plans, and other artifacts required for SOC 2 compliance; re-engineer processes as needed; and provide expert guidance and technical support to stakeholders for addressing security control requirements. Using the objective-based approach set forth in the Informed Audit Readiness Support phase, Hive Systems will leverage years of subject matter expertise to recommend and implement solutions for meeting control objectives scaled for your environment.

Audit Phase

After completion of the preparation phase, Hive Systems will get you contracted with one of our audit partners or another SOC 2 auditing firm to conduct your SOC 2 audit. If you choose to go with one of our audit partners, they can even leverage Audora, our centralized audit management tool, to streamline the audit process and get you your SOC 2 report faster. Hive Systems works with your team to interpret and respond to auditor requests, identify evidence to support the audit, and provide clarity on gaps and remediation strategies.

Operations Phase

Once you achieve SOC 2 compliance and have your SOC 2 report to prove it, there are certain requirements that need to be completed throughout the year to maintain it. Hive Systems will help you understand what ongoing tasks your team will need to complete to meet your control requirements, and can even support by conducting those operational tasks for you. If you choose to conduct these operations internally, Hive Systems will advise on what evidence needs to be collected for future audits, ensure you are documenting and remediating issues in your POA&Ms, and can provide penetration testing.

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