Build assurance that survives buyer questions.
Detailed, operator-focused guides for planning the program, choosing an auditor, running controls, and evaluating evidence. No fake benchmarks or universal timelines.
How to start SOC 2: a practical path from customer request to audit
A decision-first guide for founders and security teams: define the commercial goal, choose scope, assign owners, close control gaps, collect evidence, and enter the audit without manufacturing certainty.
Read guide →Decision · 9 minSOC 2 Type I vs Type II: what buyers, founders, and auditors actually need
The difference is timing of evidence—not a simple “basic versus advanced” label. Use this guide to choose the report that matches your sales and assurance objective.
Read guide →Checklist · 13 minSOC 2 readiness checklist: owners, controls, evidence, and audit handoff
A working readiness checklist organized around proof of operation rather than policy-document theater.
Read guide →Process · 12 minThe SOC 2 audit process, from readiness through report delivery
A phase-by-phase map of the engagement, with the decisions and failure modes that change cost or timing.
Read guide →Operations · 11 minSOC 2 evidence collection without screenshot chaos
Design evidence around populations, timestamps, ownership, and exceptions so it remains useful to operators and testable by an auditor.
Read guide →Cost · 10 minSOC 2 cost breakdown: model the full first-year program
Separate audit fees, tooling, readiness work, internal ownership, remediation, and recurring operation. Published quotes and modeled estimates are not the same thing.
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