By Framework · SOC 2

The report that closes enterprise deals

For a software or services company, a SOC 2 report has become the cost of doing business. Enterprise buyers ask for it before they sign, and a Type II, which tests your controls over months rather than a single day, is the version they actually trust.

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The landscape

Trust, attested by an independent auditor

SOC 2 is an AICPA attestation that your controls meet the Trust Services Criteria. Security is required in every report; Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy are added based on what you promise customers and what your buyers demand. A Type I report is a point in time; a Type II proves the controls operated effectively across a review period, usually three to twelve months, which is why it is the one enterprise procurement teams want to see.

SOC 2 Type II Trust Services Criteria Security Availability Confidentiality Processing Integrity Privacy
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Trust Services Criteria, with Security required in every SOC 2 report and the other four added on demand. For most vendors the report is not a nice-to-have; it is the gate to selling into the enterprise at all.

Because a Type II is measured over a window, the work is not a single push before an audit. Your controls have to operate, and be evidenced, every day of the period, or the report says so.

Why it is hard

A Type II is a marathon, not a sprint

The trap in SOC 2 is the observation window. It is not enough to have controls in place on audit day; they have to run, and generate evidence, across the whole period, or the auditor notes the exception. And the same company chasing SOC 2 is usually chasing ISO 27001 and a stack of customer security questionnaires on the exact same controls.

Managed in spreadsheets and screenshots, that becomes a frantic evidence hunt at the end of the window, and controls that quietly lapsed in month two of a twelve-month period.

How SimpleRisk fits

One control library, every obligation

SimpleRisk keeps your SOC 2 controls running and evidenced across the whole observation window, and reuses that same work everywhere else a customer asks.

  • Evidence the whole window. Define tests, run them on a schedule, and build the continuous record a Type II depends on instead of reconstructing it at the end.
  • Map once, satisfy many. Through the Secure Controls Framework, one control maps across SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, PCI DSS, and 250-plus frameworks, so the SOC 2 push also answers the next questionnaire.
  • Scope to the criteria you commit to. Track exactly the Trust Services Criteria you promised customers, and the controls behind each one.
  • Answer questionnaires from one source. Turn the same controls and evidence into fast, consistent responses to the security reviews that follow every deal.
Compliance in SimpleRisk → Risk Management → Secure Controls Framework →

Get to a clean Type II and keep it clean

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