Why Your Technology Firm Needs a SOC 2 Report

SOC 2 demonstrates that you, the “service organization” are SERIOUS about integrity, ethics and security.

The SOC 2 Report verifies that you have documented your internal controls for processing services, supporting your commitment to meeting regulations, standards, and a specific set of criteria as established by a widely recognized national trusted authority.

SOC 2 is gaining tremendous recognition in the world of regulatory compliance – and for good reason – as the common criteria control framework is an excellent tool for reporting on information security and operational controls within technology-oriented service organizations. 

Founder and CEO Albert Strong, MBA, PMP, SSCP, ITIL, SPOC, brings knowledge and experience in the latest best practices in Project Management, Cyber Security, and Risk Management.

Our services include an affordable comprehensive evaluation of your company's state of compliance readiness, and our recommended Roadmap for all the steps needed to take you from where you are today, to being fully prepared to achieve successful SOC 2 compliance.  We will also help you estimate the timeframe needed.

We will work with you to provide the level of support you need, to include:

•  Comprehensive evaluation to your company's state of readiness 
•  Project planning workshop and kickoff
•  Project plan with timelines and milestones
•  Weekly project calls
•  Policy templates 
•  Cost analysis 
•  A mutually agreed target completion date 

Our services may be the critical difference needed to  boost your internal team and meet your target date to satisfy your investors and customers that you are SOC 2 compliant.

 ·  Focused Project Management includes:

• Define the scope, schedule and budget accurately from the start
• Push your team to stay on schedule
• Keep costs and resources on budget
• Improve productivity and quality of work
• Improve communications among staff and stakeholders
• Manage and mitigate risks

Our Senior IT Project Manager will coordinate all your SOC 2 team members and activities,

enabling your company to navigate the detailed and challenging path to SOC 2 compliance -- 

allowing you to get on with your business! 

Strong Cyber Solutions LLC offers an in depth readiness assessment for helping service organizations prepare for (a first) or (annual) SOC 2 Type 1 and SOC 2 Type 2 reports.    

Suggested Milestones:

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• Take an Inventory of Your Services
• Assemble Your Internal Team
• Gap analysis/readiness assessment
• Remediation period
• Assist Choosing the CPA Audit Firm
• Engage With External Audit Team
• Help Prepare Your Response to the Auditor's Information Request List
• Liaison with the Auditors On Site