Trust Services Criteria scoping
Define the system boundary, services in scope, applicable Trust Services Criteria, control owners, supporting systems, vendors, and evidence requirements before the examination starts.
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SOC 2 / Trust Services Criteria
SOC 2 consulting for audit-ready controls and reliable evidence
Prepare for SOC 2 Type I or Type II with structured scoping, control design, evidence readiness, gap remediation, and independent CPA examination coordination.
What we help you achieve
A control environment that can stand up to customer and auditor scrutiny
SOC 2 readiness is not a policy-writing exercise. The strongest programs connect customer commitments to clear control ownership, repeatable operating procedures, reliable evidence, and a system description that reflects how the service is actually delivered.
Control design and implementation
Translate SOC 2 requirements into practical security, availability, confidentiality, processing integrity, and privacy controls aligned with how your organization actually operates.
Evidence and operating readiness
Build repeatable evidence practices for access reviews, change management, incident handling, vendor oversight, security monitoring, risk management, policies, and control performance.
CPA examination coordination
Prepare your team for auditor requests, evidence walkthroughs, remediation, and management responses while keeping the independent CPA firm's attestation role separate from advisory work.
Engagement approach
From readiness assessment to examination support
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Scope & readiness discovery
Understand the services, customer commitments, architecture, people, vendors, existing controls, prior assessments, target report type, and commercial timeline.
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Gap assessment
Assess current controls against the selected Trust Services Criteria, identify design and evidence gaps, and prioritize remediation by business and examination risk.
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Control & evidence implementation
Define control ownership, procedures, evidence frequency, repositories, review workflows, policy updates, and operational routines needed for sustained readiness.
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Readiness validation
Test whether controls are documented, implemented, repeatable, and supported by evidence before the independent CPA examination begins.
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Examination support
Coordinate evidence requests, clarify control operation, track observations, support remediation, and help the team maintain control discipline through the examination period.
Type I and Type II readiness
Build controls once, then operate them consistently
Type I focuses on control design at a point in time. Type II also examines whether relevant controls operated effectively during a defined period. We help teams establish evidence routines early so the move from design readiness to sustained operating effectiveness is deliberate rather than reactive.
The independent CPA firm determines the examination procedures, evaluates the evidence, and issues the SOC 2 report. Our role is to help your organization become operationally ready for that independent examination.
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Frequently asked questions
SOC 2 readiness FAQs
Is SOC 2 a certification?
No. SOC 2 is an attestation engagement performed by an independent licensed CPA firm. Ankh GRC supports readiness, control implementation, evidence preparation, remediation, and coordination with the selected CPA firm.
What is the difference between SOC 2 Type I and Type II?
Type I evaluates whether controls are suitably designed as of a specified date. Type II evaluates design and operating effectiveness over a defined review period. The appropriate report type depends on customer expectations, maturity, timing, and the CPA firm's engagement scope.
Which Trust Services Criteria should be included?
Security is included in every SOC 2 examination. Availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy are added when they are relevant to the service commitments, system design, contractual obligations, and customer expectations in scope.
Can SOC 2 controls be aligned with ISO 27001 and other frameworks?
Yes. A shared control and evidence model can reduce duplicate work across SOC 2, ISO 27001, privacy obligations, customer security reviews, vendor-risk requirements, and other governance programs.
Do you support companies outside India?
Yes. The readiness model is suitable for organizations serving enterprise customers across the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, Singapore and APAC, Australia, Canada, and India. The final SOC 2 examination must be performed by an eligible independent CPA firm.
Prepare for SOC 2 with a clear scope, control model, and evidence plan
Tell us whether you are starting from zero, moving from Type I to Type II, replacing ad-hoc evidence collection, or preparing for an upcoming enterprise customer requirement.
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