Audit — Compliance Assessment

SOC 2
Assessment

Independent SOC 2 Type I and Type II examinations that give your enterprise customers confidence in your security, availability, and confidentiality controls.

SOC 2 has become the de facto trust currency in B2B technology relationships. We help you design your control environment, prepare your evidence, and deliver a clean report — so your sales team stops losing deals to "where's your SOC 2?"

Type I vs Type II

What is SOC 2?

SOC 2 is an examination framework developed by the AICPA that evaluates a service organization's controls against the Trust Services Criteria — security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. The resulting report provides independent, third-party assurance that your organization has implemented effective controls to protect customer data.

Enterprise customers, procurement teams, and security reviewers now routinely require SOC 2 Type II reports during vendor evaluation. Without one, you face lengthy security questionnaires, custom audit requests, and — increasingly — lost deals to competitors who already have a report ready.

We handle the full lifecycle — from defining your control environment and preparing your evidence through the formal examination and report issuance — so you get a clean SOC 2 report with minimal disruption to your engineering and operations teams.

Trust Services Criteria

Security — Protection against unauthorized access (required for all SOC 2 reports)
Availability — System uptime and operational commitments per SLAs
Processing Integrity — Accurate, complete, and timely data processing
Confidentiality — Protection of information designated as confidential
Privacy — Collection, use, retention, and disposal of personal information

Type I vs Type II

Choosing the right report type depends on where you are in your compliance journey and what your customers require

SOC 2 Type I

Design Effectiveness

Evaluates whether your controls are suitably designed at a specific point in time. Ideal for organizations pursuing SOC 2 for the first time that need a report quickly to unblock sales cycles.

Point-in-time assessment
Faster to achieve (4–8 weeks typical)
Good stepping stone to Type II
Some enterprise customers accept Type I initially
SOC 2 Type II

Operating Effectiveness

Evaluates whether your controls have been operating effectively over a sustained period (typically 3–12 months). The gold standard that most enterprise customers and procurement teams require.

Period-based assessment (3–12 months)
Stronger assurance — proves sustained control operation
Required by most Fortune 500 procurement teams
Replaces dozens of individual security questionnaires

Our SOC 2 Services

Comprehensive support from readiness through report issuance and annual re-examination

Readiness Assessment

We evaluate your current control environment against the applicable Trust Services Criteria — identifying gaps and producing a remediation roadmap before the formal examination begins.

Control Design & Documentation

We help you design, document, and formalize controls — including control descriptions, risk-control matrices, and evidence collection procedures — so your control narrative is clear, complete, and audit-ready.

Policy & Procedure Development

We develop or refine the information security, HR, change management, incident response, and vendor management policies that underpin your SOC 2 control environment.

Type I & Type II Examinations

We conduct the formal SOC 2 examination — Type I (point-in-time design) or Type II (operating effectiveness over a period) — and issue the independent auditor's report.

SOC 2 + Additional Criteria

We can integrate additional frameworks into your SOC 2 examination — including HITRUST CSF, CSA STAR, or custom criteria — reducing the burden of multiple separate assessments.

Continuous Monitoring & Re-examination

Post-report, we support ongoing control monitoring, exception management, and annual re-examination — ensuring your SOC 2 report stays current and your control environment stays strong.

The SOC 2 Journey

A structured approach from first conversation to clean report

01

Scope & Criteria Selection

Define the system boundaries, select the applicable Trust Services Criteria (Security is always included, plus Availability, Confidentiality, Processing Integrity, and/or Privacy as needed), and identify your control objectives.

02

Readiness & Gap Closure

Assess your current control environment, identify gaps against the selected criteria, design missing controls, develop policies, and establish evidence collection procedures.

03

Control Narrative & Evidence

Document your system description and control narrative. For Type II, begin the observation period — collecting evidence that demonstrates controls operating effectively over time.

04

Formal Examination

Our auditors conduct the formal SOC 2 examination — reviewing evidence, testing controls, and evaluating design (Type I) or operating effectiveness (Type II) against the Trust Services Criteria.

05

Report Issuance

We issue the final SOC 2 report — including the auditor's opinion, system description, control descriptions, and test results — ready for distribution to your customers and stakeholders under NDA.

06

Annual Re-examination

We support your annual SOC 2 renewal — adjusting scope for new systems or services, monitoring control changes, and conducting the follow-up examination efficiently.

Why Get a SOC 2 Report?

SOC 2 has become the currency of trust in B2B technology and service relationships.

Accelerate Enterprise Sales

Enterprise procurement teams routinely require SOC 2 Type II reports during vendor evaluation. Having one ready eliminates a major blocker in your sales cycle and shortens deal timelines.

Replace Security Questionnaires

A single SOC 2 report can satisfy security questionnaires from dozens of customers simultaneously — replacing repetitive, time-consuming custom audit requests with one independent examination.

Prove Sustained Effectiveness

SOC 2 Type II reports demonstrate that your controls aren't just designed well — they've been operating effectively over a sustained period, providing real assurance to stakeholders.

Competitive Differentiation

In competitive SaaS and technology markets, a clean SOC 2 Type II report differentiates you from competitors who can't independently demonstrate their security controls.

Regulatory Support

SOC 2 reports demonstrate compliance with data protection expectations across industries and can satisfy the third-party oversight requirements of banking and financial regulators.

Drive Internal Improvement

The SOC 2 examination process itself drives operational improvement — formalizing controls, identifying weaknesses, and establishing accountability across your organization.

Why Choose Gravity Innovision?

Technology-Fluent Assessors

Our assessment teams understand modern technology stacks — cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, API security, and microservices. We speak your engineers' language, which means faster evidence collection and fewer misunderstandings.

Efficient, Predictable Engagements

We use structured evidence collection, clear timelines, and collaborative working sessions to keep your SOC 2 engagement on track — minimizing disruption to your engineering and operations teams.

Readiness + Examination Under One Roof

We handle both readiness (designing controls, building policies, preparing evidence) and the formal examination (testing, reporting) — so there's no gap between "what we prepared" and "what the auditor evaluates."

Multi-Framework Integration

If you also need ISO 27001, HIPAA, or PCI DSS compliance, we can design your SOC 2 control environment to align with those frameworks — reducing total compliance effort and cost.

Ready for Your SOC 2?

Whether you need a Type I to unblock deals quickly or a Type II for long-term enterprise trust, we'll scope the right engagement and get you to a clean report efficiently.

Prove Your Controls. Win Enterprise Trust.

Contact us today to discuss which SOC 2 report type is right for your organization and get a tailored assessment roadmap.